In another way,Gail omvedt has also posed this question about the possibility of dalit-bhajan political construction.It's not easy to construct a political community along this way.I still remember,when asked about this question to k.iliahah in pune,he was so optimistic to crush down the hidutva's multi headed hegemony in indian social scenario.
--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: International award for Kancha Ilaiah's "Why I am > Not a Hindu" > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 9:28 AM > Let me quote a critical observation on this text by > DRNagaraj: > > ...Ilaiah's analysis of lower caste gods and goddesses > suffers from > reductionism. Actually, goddesses have a charming way of > appearing both at > conservative temples and the *shudra *hut-temples.Many a > time the deity who > is worshipped with the grandeur of sanscrit verses and > complicated rituals > is originally a *shudra *goddess; similarly the goddesses > who eat meat and > drink with great relish , amidst the chants of ecstatic > *bhasa *songs of the > *shudras *turns out to be a Brahmin deity!...A deep > exploration of these > thematic areas will certainly alter the prevalent > understanding of hegemony > , and restore our faith in the radical energies of the > *dalits* to transform > the experience of intimate enemy. > > > > > > > (The Book Review,1996 October, "The Pathology of > Sickle Swallowing") > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell > people what they don't > > want to hear. > > > > > > > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
