It is no wonder, neither the Mangalore pub attack nor the cultural policing campaign by Sri Ram Sene was unequivocally condemned by the Kerala Leftists and the 'affiliated feminists'!
On Dec 22, 9:42 pm, Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting, and unfortunate. I too have known such instances of moralism > masquerading as pro-woman activism. On the Left, a very alert kind of gender > education is needed to correct these kind of tendencies. I've often noticed > that in the name of opposing capitalism, what happens is that feudal values > ('family' values etc) are defended - forgetting that the Left after all > should be resisting capitalism from the standpoint of *socialism*, and that > even capitalist 'individualism' in sexual relations etc is an *advance *over > feudal kind of relations. > > 2009/12/22 Venugopalan K M <[email protected]> > > > > > UNNITHAN EPISODE AND THE MORALISTIC MOBOCRACY > > > A recent story from Kerala as reported by the Malayalam press and > > electronic media should perhaps remind us the need to uphold > > > Constitution of India Against Moralistic Terror > > > Just look at the horror stories in the media which tell us that Rajmohan > > Unnithan (a Cong leader)was caught for being in the company of a woman in a > > rented house. The local people led by DYFI and PDP activists surrounded > > the house and they summoned the police to stop the alleged > > 'anaashasyam...'. Police have reportedly booked Unnithan and the owner of > > the house for committing/abetting ‘anasaasyam’. > > > Don’t ask neither the media nor the police what is the section under which > > the case is booked here, though we are expected to assume that the crime as > > defined in the statute book is about racketeering on women by third > > parties with motivation for profit, is invoked. But this is routinely done > > by the police and an overenthusiastic moral brigade cutting across > > political spectrums from far right to left to ‘feminists’(?), in all cases > > of extra marital relationships. > > > ‘Anaasasyam’literally means undesirable activity, and in the common > > parlance, it simply means extra marital sex even with mutual consent! It is > > also among the most favourite items that make news for the evening dailies > > in every small/big town in Kerala. > > > Several pro CPM womens’ activists indeed did loudly protest the act of > > 'anaashasyam' by a Congress leader... > > > (According to their logic, women in such cases can neither have the agency > > nor claims to rights as subjects. They are invariably seen as just the > > victims of ‘sthreepeedanam’, which means ‘harassment of women’ by a > > capitalist and sex tourism- oriented racket. > > > These protesters would have cared a damn for communal profiling of Muslims > > and dalits as terrorists. > > > -- > > > You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up > > a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on > > the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. > > -AMBEDKAR > > >http://venukm.blogspot.com > > >http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur > > >http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Green Youth Movement" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an 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.
