"if..you cannot respect the response of your own honest body in the world how much of what kind of freedom does any one of us possess? ..if your heart and your honest body can be controlled by the state , or controlled by community taboo, are you not then, and in that case, no more than a slave ruled by outside force?"
"This is a New Politics of Sexulaity. And even as I despair of identity politics-- because identity is given and principles of justice/equality/freedom cut across given gender and given racial defenitions of being , and because I will call you my brother , I will call you my sister , on the basis of what you *do* for justice , what you *do*for equality , what you *do* for freedom, and *not* on the basis of who you are , even so I look with admiration and respect upon the new, bisexual politics of sexuality." June Jordan ( "The Body Politics", in *Words of Fire : An Anthology of African - American Feminist Thought* ) This is an issue of Dalit- adivasi women's right over their hearts and body. A governement ostracising people due to their life choices is cruel . On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 7:32 AM, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > go to a govt office for a certificate. say for eg; a caste/community or > income. the officer will ask u to put ur father's name. they wont accept if > use ur mother's name .. > if u question them, the answr is ; "we live in a ptriachal soceity" > > as far as i know some subcaste organisations have raised voice against the > govr order initially. but r also not very active, perhaps bz of dalit > patriarchy > > the issue is of serious concern as it denies the woman, her parental role > denying a generation to her, > that too to a woman who has shown the courage to defie/break caste > codes/barriers > > in solidarity > > > > On 6/20/08, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Today, about hundred individuals participated in a convention held in >> Bank employees Union hall >> against the anti democratic order of the government issued on May 22, 2005 >> denying parent status to women >> in case of inter caste marriages. Convention was orgenised y MANUSHA. >> >> K.Ajitha inaugurated the convention. Rekha Raj presented the issue . She >> wondered why the civil society is >> keeping a safe distance from this issue as if it affected only a minority. >> She also wondered why Dalit organisations are >> insensitive to this isssue. caste for dalit and adivasi women is not >> something could be erased automatically through marriage, she opined. Women >> should also be given the status of 'natural parent". >> >> K.M.SalimKumar , Jyothi Narayanan, Rajagopal Vakathanam, M.B.manoj, >> Sajini, Purushothaman, K.Sadanandan, Adv.Anila George, Dileep Raj and Adv. >> Rashmai participated in the discussion.P.D.Jose presided. >> >> A state level committee was formed with K.Ajitha ( chair person) and Rekha >> Raj, Anila George, Sasikumar Kizhakkedom (convenors) >> to lead future struggles. >> >> -- >> Dileep R I thuravoor >> >> >> -- Dileep R I thuravoor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
