Interesting not to see any response though it was very tempting...:) On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:57 AM, C.K. Vishwanath < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- On Wed, 6/25/08, Joe MS wrote: > > > Dear vishwanath > > as you know kerala was burning last week. If things go like > > this the very existence of rationalists (ho!unfashionable > > postivist eurocentric sinners we are)likeus is at risk.All > > the casetist communal forces of kerala, ranging from > > catholic fundamentalists, muslim fundamentalists, to > > savarna hindu maniacs wereon the streets setting fire > > toevery thing. Theywant to change a text bookof school whch > > praises secularism and freedom of religion. In that text > > book a chapter says that a person of mixed religious > > parentage even has the freedom to study without filling the > > caste or religious column in application form and live. (our > > family and many family like ours are classical examples of > > this rationalist life ,the fredom for which is guaranteed by > > the constitution). The religious fundamnetalists who are > > backed by Congress party is whipping up communalpassion > > against this as infiringemnet of the rightof religion and > > impostion of atheism. Their aim is to lambast the left > > front government government of kerala whose commitment to > > secularism itself is dubious. The left front is even mired > > in many corruption controverises(Nandigram?). But they are > > forced to defend the ideology of secularims unlike their > > usuual policy of communal appeasemnt this time . But the > > forces of sectariansim energised by the opposition congress > > party ,to gain political mileage out of this ,is very > > dangerous. It may evenprove to be physiclly threatening for > > progressive mixed caste marriages like ours. All postmodern > > maniacs who cry haorse for the rights only of religious > > people shoul come and see the arroganceof kerla feudal > > christian aristocracy and other religions. When secular > > space is getting closed like this (I am serous) our > > existence is atstake .We may really be troubled for the > > 'crime' of breaking endogamy. Our baby whom we want to > > bring up only as a humanbeing, without religious > > parochialism, will be the but of their ire.Kerla christian > > patiriarchal religion, which had amassed political, social > > and academic power with its brutal votebank may win. Their > > is no space for the real minorities of the world, ie, for > > the atheists like us. I think they won't allow our kids > > to get eduacation for not having religion/castes. Our sin > > is only the fact that unlike the fashionable antimodrnists > > we took the risk of taking on orthodoxy insteadof nursing > > identity politics. but we get vilfied by these academic > > terrorists for getting trapped in enlightenment when > > biologically our life itself may be at stake. with regards > > joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
