Hello,
I searched for this report in Madhyamam dailies but failed.
Can you attach the copy of the news report?
If such a news was not there, this response will be an
'irrensponsible' one. Because, all these discussions started based on
this thread.
There is a democratic custom that you would have to apologise
in the name of this fake reporting (of course, if it is fake).
Otherwise, if it is true, I completely agree with you.
It is unfortunate that if such live progressive discussion
groups as this starts like mainstream medias creating reports from
nowhere and making unwanted discussions based on it.
with regards,
appunni
On 6 Apr, 23:21, bharadwaj reshma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We base this response on a news report published in Madhyamam Daily (not
> read, but was reported to us by our friends in Kozhikode) today. As per this
> report P.Geetha, during a public speech has demanded governmental enquiry
> into 'night vigil'. She also appealed Kerala society not to 'tolerate' such
> 'anarchists'. She repeated the already circulating argument that the
> discussion on night vigil has dampened the discussions on Chengara land
> struggle.
> We are very happy to hear this public demand. Though we are not much bothered
> by this mantle of 'anarchists' discarded on our backs, the baggage of 'ganja'
> and alcohol it is filled with, is at times a bit heavy to carry. So it would
> be good if those who are raising these accusations have solid evidence to
> base them upon.
> And another thing which made us happy is that the demand is made to the
> 'government'. If AIDWA took brooms and cow dung, P.Geetha is 'taking' state
> to clear off the civil society of political adversaries. This is not in the
> least surprising as Savarna hindutva and state have always been natural
> allies. Poor AIDWA, they haven't yet learned the trick of sugar coating it in
> revolutionary rhetoric.
> Let us play a mind game. What will happen if 'Revolutionaries' like P.Geetha
> assume absolute power? Who will be 'left' in Kerala?
> Let us ask a very simple question to those who raise hue and cry over the
> diminished importance for Chengara agitation.
> nammude natile 'rashtreeya' budhijeevikal evideyayirunnu ithuvare?
> .We attempted to make public protest out of the guilt that such an important
> and massive agitation is being suppressed by the state, party and media. We
> don't make tall claims as we feel that whatever we did was insufficient. Even
> this 'we' is not an unchanging group, but individuals coming together in an
> issue based/ programme based manner.
> To list the activities we were part of till now..
> 1. Raising this issue in "KariNiyamaVirudha Convention" In calicut , November
> 1st.
> 2.Continued internet and media interventions by posting appeals and facts
> and other issues connected with this agitation.Folloing this , Mr. Shaji gave
> a
> Report in Thehelka which helped in attracting national attention on the issue.
> 3.A protest demonstration by Non CPIM forum for Democracy in IFFK in
> December 2007.. About 40 concerned people participated. K.Gopinath, J.Devika,
> Janaki, Elizabeth,K.K.Baburaj et al participated.
> 4.Night Vigil in front of secretariate Trivandrum, in the context of
> agitators resorting to suicide threat to ward off police action of eviction.
> About 40 concerned people participated. BRPBhaskar, Sanni Kapikkad and
> CSJayachandran spoke.
> 5.Convention at Calicut Press Club auditorium ( convenors: Gargi, Raveendran
> Op, Vidhu Vincent, Reshma R) subsequent to Night Vigil. A.Vasu inaugurated.
> Civic Chandran, V.P.Suhara, A.K.Ramakrishnan, Subrahmanian, Sanni Kapikkad
> spoke. A documentary on Chengara agitation was screened. An organizing
> committee for national convention in Pathanam Thitta on April 25 consisting
> of A.Vasu ( Chair Person), RekhaRaj, Elizabeth, M.B.Manoj (Convenors) was
> announced.
> 6.Tried to engage public including CPIM sympathizers through various media.
>
> At least these "ideal" activists with ancestry and pedigree could utter
> Chengara while condemning Night Vigil. Instead of pouring oil into the CPIM
> slandering campaigns against Chengara agitations, we hope they will show us
> the right way in engaging politics.
> We don't mind if we are untouchables to these puritans. All these small
> overtures were attempted by us on mutual trust and respect. No protest is a
> solo performance. Neither is Night vigil. One should at least consider the
> whole sequence and context before condemning it in toto, if they are really
> friends of Chengara struggle as they claim.
>
> We all are thriving on the hyped myths about Kerala's public sphere and civil
> society.
> ( We were sad to read in today's newspapers that Pinarayi Vijayan alleged CIA
> connection to Chengara struggle in the esteemed presence of KNPanikkar and M
> Mukundan, who mourn continuously over the shrinking of Malayali Civil
> Society) Very minimal is actually happening out there. Let us wake up out of
> this inflated myth
> and form ourselves part of an emerging civil society, through solidarities
> built between the marginalized among marginalized, outcastes, stigmatized and
> "cultural untouchables".
>
> Reshma Bharadwaj
> DileepRaj
>
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