a quick response with all its polemical reductionasm from an academic point of view, the book has inspired many a "Dalit- Bahujan" students including me. I have already mailed to Ilaiah and told him that without this book i d not have been wht i m today (i mean to say the way i think; the ability to criticize even say for eg;Ilaiah) that s why when Shahina teased me in a scrap that "people say that u r Kancha Ilaiah" i felt proud, at the same time felt pity for those who mock aat people like Ilaiah. but D R Nagaraj makes an intersting observation and the way Ilaiah poses culture and symbols in anogonistically oppsite binaries may not be the only possible means to look at dalit-bahujan culture
On 7/1/08, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > correct me if I am wrong, D R was trying to harmonise Gandhi with > Ambedkar... then the question remains what Ilaiah's godesses were > like where do the aghoras fit in - necrophiliacs? > Why I am not a Hindu cannot be re-writtenon why I am not a Muslim > Wouldl like debates on this, particularly, if Ranju Radha and Ranjit > respond > Jenny - the gauntlet is thrown at you as well > > > On 01/07/2008, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
