Dear Appunni ( jayaraj CN?), Kabeer, Madhyamam Daily, 6th April ( Calicut Edition), 2nd page.
Our friends says, she was reportedly speaking at YuvajanaVedi's 8th annual meeting. Isn't it a front organisation of CPI(ML)? Which fraction is it? ( may be jayaraj C N will be knowing) Thanks for the insistence on correct reference. We live more on trust in others these days. Hope you will checK the veracity of the reference and take responsibility of your allegations DileepRaj Reshma Bharadwaj On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:58 AM, kabeerkatlat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bharadhwaj Reshma should respond Appunni's question. You have stated a > report in Madhyamam (off course your bracketed remarks - anticipatory > bail - that you have not read the report! clearly shows the 'reported > statement' is fabricated). Atleast the moderator should interfere here > against a false (intentional) attempt but in fail. > > regards, > kabeer, dubai > > On 11 Apr, 19:19, appunni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > DELETE button is history. Unlimited mail storage is just a click > away. 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