Dear all, All of you might have read in todays newspaper the interview with Thilakkan, ( he also received an national award last week) on the caste , community issue within the 'secular' film industry. I quote the Hindu report: "*personal animosity and casteims' had snatched away the national honours thrice earlier".* Todays IE has a quote of Thilakkan on the same issue. Thilakan and alos Jagathy ( recenlty in manorama news interview with Johny Lukose) has raised the same issue of *prevailing casteism, (communiatrainism) as well as Trivandrum geo-culltural lobbying (now ernakulam as well), and relational (friendship etc) coteries working within the industry.* I am not sure whether the industry leaders have given a patient hearing to Thilakkan and Jagthy. I am also not sure whether our film critics has dealt this issuse. I may be mistaken regarding the latter. Some small/ medium/ large attempts have been done in this regard.
This dynamics is working in most of the domain. Besides the "caste and communal interests", the 'gift economy' culture (borudieu)( includes non-tangible gifts as well) ( in realtions etc) , 'accumulation of 'network capital' ( geo-cultural and communitarian) are all central to certain specific zone. Specific zones ( film as well as any "industry" for that matter) are intended for enculturation of individuals in a specific mould and route them thorugh a particular stream of engagement ( father figure of this metthod is none other than Josph Stalin' s cultural thug, Zhadanov) and constant reproduction of certain values. More on this.... damodar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
