Agolavalkaranam in the context of women's rights, just means onslaught on this beloved country's great Culture! Like women daring to visit pubs, daring to defy the dress codes, daring to shatter the values of family and bringing shame to the country and the countryMen, so on and so forth. While Muthaliks and Modys are there in Karnataka and Gujrat at large to fight these evils, who will fight here? Going by the press reports, we find the local police to the leftist- rightist women/youth/students organizations to the neighborhood fraternity vigilance volunteers arrayed in the great task of defending culture. Part of the task of (people) getting opinionated against w omen's assertions, is of course left to the Fourth Estate together with the Samskarika Nayakans and Nayikas of Kerala through rhetoric s and imagery of globalization destroying Culture.... especially by w omen shedding their sense of guilt and shame, daring to express their sexuality in first person, unmindful of the Culture and Tradition! We find in one report after other ,youths being rounded up by the police for no cognizable crime. An item appeared in Malayala Manorama daily on the other day. It was a report under a sensational caption, about an incident at Kollam railway station. Lacking in many details,esp of the legality of the police/railway court's action, the report would mean that two people of different sex, unconnected either through marriage or through blood relation, sitting together and talking is an act punishable with instant arrest and fine!
On 5 Mar, 14:07, damodar prasad <[email protected]> wrote: > Have any one here noticed the print advertisement of Kerala Womens' > commission recently published in Malayalam newspapers? If I remember > correctly it appeared on last Saturday. I saw it in Malayala Manorama. The > main title is "Agola Valakkarauthinte Chathikuzhikul"............ > > The image and text in the fist box item of the ad is to be noticed. > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, we may do well to ask the organizations, or the personalities > > presiding the pennkodathi these questions: > > Do they really like to see women of Kerala ever having autonomy over > > their bodies ? > > Even while we find chapters of peedanam unending here in Kerala, are > > we confident enough to be able in any near future, to stop seeing > > women of Kerala just as victims of 'peedanam'? > > When will we able to find them as active individuals/ collectivities > > fighting , challenging the male regime of gender and sexuality on the > > one hand, and demanding progressive reforms in education about sex and > > reproduction on the other? > > When will we/ they be able to take on this essentially anti-woman, > > protectionist attitude that promotes kind of > > single handed discourse on peedanam, wherein, active agency is denied > > to women on every count? > > When will be able to dispense with the need of outfits like "Stree > > Suraksha Samithis" ,which virtually edifies the dictum of Manu (Women > > should always be protected, and they never deserve to be free) > > Flip side of the institution of peedanam is family, the burial ground > > of every right of women to full citizenship. > > It is high time that we openly defied Culture, Morals and Traditions > > at least to the extent that they openly take sides with an agenda of > > perpetuating patriarchy in all walks of life, be it physical labour, > > reproduction, sexuality or the organization of family. > > > On Mar 5, 12:24 am, Maya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sorry, the attachment didnt work for the last sent one > > > > -- > > > Maya S. > > > > March 7 Notice.pmd > > > 303KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
