Dear Shahina, * I am reluctant of such support seeking exercises as you mentioned, primarily for the reason that I am not willing to be a victim. *
I read your words and it was awesome... At a moment of utmost personal distress and ambiguity, only a committed person can write this... it is really inspiring... It was quite disappointing to see that the problem that you raised was not discussed in its true spirit in FEC... Many here took it as a plea for personal help, and refused to handle it as a vital question raised on a system and a media that has emerged as highly partial and hypocritical and xenophobic... Many of us here are ready to help a friend in trouble while refusing to engage with the real issue... We think that the issue is somewhere else and is still manageable with some influential hands... Here things are quite alright... We have a "vibrant" and an "awaken" media and an extemely impatial and efficient police system and there is no reasons to worry... I would like to quote from one of your post in Green Youth, when we were discussing yout hoot article... *"It was through my story that Mohzin's voice was first heard public after the postal bomb incident.I too remember the whispers among my colleagues about it! 'how the hell she knows that Muhsin is innocent...'" * That is the hypocracy... I was watching diffrenet news channels on the day of Jamia "encounter" including the malayalam channels... They were tallking with the same tongue and were totally absurd.. samespeak... Who ever question this version of "truth" will become the overground apologist of terrorism overnight... I am not to questioning anything here... But it is deeply disappointing to see muslims are totally getting alienated.. An unforseen disbelief is spreading among them... I am yet to meet a muslim who believes that there was nothing unusual in the news about the blasts, arrests and encounters happening in our country... This disbelief is going to radicalize atleast some of them and it will be a disaster and an unending cycle of trauma is threatening us... If we dont understand the situation responsibly nothing will stop it from happening... Regards Afthab Ellath On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Shahina KK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I don't know what to say....I am deeply moved by the expressions of > solidarity, love and sharing. I am well aware of the fact that my > cyber activity is still under surveillance.I am grateful to you all > for risking yourself by coming to a network being monitored by the > investigators. > You might have noticed, the political blog Kafila also had reproduced > that article. They also got call and mail from ATS Mahahrastra, asking > for the same information they asked to Sevanti Ninan who edits The > Hoot. Besides my where-abouts they are looking for the IP addresses of > those who visited the sites/blogs and read my article. > > A couple of days back, I met Sevanti Ninan, and she revealed that it > was not only ATS, Maharashtra, who contacted her for details about me > and for those who visited the site, but she received inquiry from > Gujarat police, Central intelligence and Delhi police. She initially > thought, I need not be informed of all these which would put me in > further distress. But I have not yet been met with any inquiry from > the authorities. > I was contacted by some Malayali journalist friends working in English > press. I was confused of going public in the initial stage and > requested them to put aside the stories they planned. Last week I was > rung up by Mr. Praveen swami, of The Hindu. I think he needs no > introduction to FEC/GY members. Initially he asked me what all > happened, whether any investigating authority contacted me and so. > Then came the question, > Did you send this article personally to anybody before publishing in > The Hoot?? > I was taken aback. > What should I say to a person pre occupied with the idea that any body > carrying a name Shahina deserves such an interrogation? I asked him > whether he was planning any story and I requested him to contact > Sevanti too in this regard. He told me it was not for story purpose at > all, but you might have seen what he wrote yesterday in the center > page. I think the reference of my name in his story is not so > innocent. (Many other columnists and scribes who don't even know me > who wrote on this episode did not mention my name at all!) > > Dear MGR, John, Bobby > Thanks for thinking beyond an online support. In fact, more than three > weeks have passed since the incident and I am yet to be met with any > kind of inquiry. Neither have I been 'ruled out'. But I don't know > this kind of an issue could be handled by gathering support from MPs, > going for press conference and so. I have already clarified my > position to the Union Ministers A.K Antony, E.Ahammed and SreePrakash > Jaiswal. I am reluctant of such support seeking exercises as you > mentioned, primarily for the reason that I am not willing to be a > victim. In our times, we all know what the plight of a victim is. I am > sure that such a 'victim status' will only help to shrink my space. > But it is beyond our guess what all are waiting in the store. In case > of further turnarounds we may think of those options too. > > Prasad, > You are absolutely right. We should think about Shahinas and Rajeevs > who are not well connected, not capable of handling the issues their > own. But I am also aware that none of us are beyond the reach of > 'them' (including the fanatics). > > Mr.Yash, > I was forwarded with those links by Sreekumar and Sevanti. > What to say on such ill minded hate-monkers? The discussion they are > having on national interest is simply distressing. > > Dear Sachi Mash, RVG, Unnikrishnan and all others… > > You make me feel that I am not alone > > Thanx a bunch > > Shahina > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
