Tthe 9/11 terrorists wouldn't be Gandhian satyagrahis -- for Gandhi even Bhagat Singh wasn't blameless. I don't think becoming a terrorist involves any search for truth either. So the logic does not hold for them. In fact, no version of satyagraha, including the Gandhian version, would apply to them.
Gandhi did not really invent satyagraha; he merely innovated on it and instrumentalised it to nationalist-caste elitist ends. Satyagraha has always been an idea capacious enough to allow multiple uses and interpretations. I have a feeling the activists at Chengara could be seen as innovating on it in a strikingly anti-Gandhian spirit and to diametrically opposite ends. But again, this is only one facet of the struggle. For instance, I could argue that it follows upon the political tradition of public action and community self-assertion wellknown in Kerala, in which certain techniques akin to satyagraha have been deployed. Devika --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
