There was an indpenedent inquiry on Batla house tragedy. Many of us must have read the report. In the same manner. Some form of indepnedent inquiry is essential in this case. Read in a newspaper, PUCL is inquiring into the events. Deeper investiugation is a must. Once again the sentimentally Lefty-Kerala civil society has failed to stand by the victims.
Its true that after a couple of days after the incident, the media started reporting on it with a police view and a politcal party view on the incident. However, it was not seriously reported as a human rights issue. when I say civil society I mean not only media but other institutions and individuals as insitutions. When Muthanga happened, our grand old litteratures returned their academy prizes. (actually not prize but price). See, all fell silent on this. This includes witers on both sides of faction within CPM. I think it is FEAR, deep fear,......bhayam, pedi... of the CPM that governs our writers, calumny creating public correspondents ( popularly known as ...hm.. what is it? I forgot.. hmm.. yeah.. intellectuals!!) And media in Kerala's favorite past time- VS versus Pinarayi.. Kind of politcal sensitivity. and for judicial inqury--- while ordering for the same the Govt must also have ordered for a freezer down some time to preserve intact for some day archeological survey, post-KCHR ERA,.of judicial reports, On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:17 PM, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like to add that Kerala has 1/4th of its entire population Muslim, > and yet communal profiling often takes place here thanks to the > apolitical / parochial nature of the discourses media often produce > and leaderships of various political parties sell. > Just see the huge debates centered on LDF taking the support of > Maudany and hid PDP,even while there was no questions on LDF taking > the support of the still pro-RSS Raman Pillai and his Janapaksham. > Maudany despite his confessions about some aspects of his past style > of organizing (mainly, floating ISS-type Muslim Senas to militantly > challenge the RSS) and despite the fact that he had been acquitted by > the court of all the charges related to terrorism, the media wanted to > cling on the pet theme of alliance with terrorism! > > On 23 May, 14:26, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Certainly you have a point here. > > But I wish Cheriyatura does not end up a topic for tangential > > reference; it could have been provoked even otherwise sort of thoughts > > you expressed - I mean, without prejudice to the content of the > > forward you'd dismiss as joke!. > > It took not just many Jamia type of incidents repeatedly happen > > before people seemingly succeed in seeing through the evil designs > > of hate politics, communal profiling and so on. Viewing each incident > > in isolation with others will perhaps helps the perpetrators. The > > complicity of Kerala Police in the Cheriyathura firing is evident and > > acknowledging this at least in part, the Govt has already suspended > > four police personnel.It has also ordered a judicial enquiry ,apart > > from announcing a lump sum of Rs 10 lakhs to the dependents of the > > victims. > > Why do we often put the blame squarely on the secularists and spare > > the professional 'hate parties'? > > I wish people could be bit more open minded toward the track record > > of people like Ram Puniyani and other 'bad' secularists, before being > > judgmental about what they actually try to assert. > > I do agree that the even the higher echelons of the Kerala Police > > possibly along with many political leaders cutting across parties are > > already biased against our Muslim compatriots and they are interested > > in talking about terrorism in a language shrouded in communal > > profiling. But this is precisely why one should look beyond the > > parochial limits. > > If Kerala has become communally biased against Muslims, it is to be > > fundamentally seen in the light of Muslims globally being demonized > > by the US-Israel axis plus the Hindutwa allies here. Therefore, I wish > > to suggest that talking and thinking in truly in ways strengthening > > secularism is no joke at all! > > Regards, > > Venu > > > > On 23 May, 11:51, aryakrishnan ramakrishnan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > It is a fucking joke ! at the face of the recent muslim massacre in > > > Cheriyathura. Feel to laugh and scream when seeing these kind of > forwards in > > > the midst of the silence of our secular neighborhoods on what happened > in > > > Cheriyathura. Those who compete to attach the term Muslim with terror, > I > > > mean the media, talks of the 6 dead as 'belonging to a particular > > > community'. Can't it be named, when it is killing? Or are we fools, > though > > > we live in a fascist society to think that the killings were so naive. > There > > > are other strategies to support the silence, (which is actually > justifying > > > of the killing) by talking of communal tension. Who gets shot behind? I > > > mean, repeatedly from Jamia nagar to Cheriyathura. Are we that naive to > talk > > > of secularism in our communal state? > > > > > Aryan > > > > > On 5/23/09, Venugopalan K M <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > From: ram puniyani <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:37 AM > > > > Subject: [Secular Perspective] Looking forward to Peace and Justice > > > > Article for circulation > > > > To: ram puniyani <[email protected]> > > > > > > Looking Forward to Peace and Progress > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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