I really don't know if I'd been exaggerating..! Nevertheless, I can say for certain that signs of 'exaggeration' of family are too conspicuous to miss. Perhaps this is why I assumed to be on the safer side, saying that there were no unequivocal condemnations of cultural policing. I meant that the AIDWA and SUCI's type women's organizations even while formally protest things like M'lore pub attack & SRS goondaism there is always a reiteration of commitment to protect 'family'& 'culture' by 'protecting' women against 'peedanam' . The answers to peedanam (atrocities), according to them, are less in women together with the progressive forces fighting moral policing than in being themselves under the cover of protection by imbibing the same family values..
Regards, Venu On Dec 22, 11:14 pm, Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Is that really true? I find that a bit tough to believe - that the kerala > CPM and AIDWA would not condemn Mangalore, Ram Sene etc. Why wouldn't they? > You sure you're not exaggerating? I think many who would condemn Ram Sene > etc, would still fall prey to 'morality' arguments in other cases where it's > not the Sangh that's doing the attacking. Such as that rape case in Bantala, > Kolkata years ago, where the Ganatantrik Mahila Samiti accused the women of > being prostitutes and sleeping with 'anti-socials' (Tanika Sarkar wrote an > article about that in EPW). > Mostly, tho, i find little hesitation anywhere on the Left to outrightly > condemn the Sangh's type of policing of women's behaviour, and also women's > right to marry by choice. The discomfort, when it shows, is at the sexuality > of women being expressed outside marriage. > Years ago when I've heard awful moralising from some senior Nepal women > activists (railing against 'western' clothes for women, for instance), and > been incensed, i used to thank the Sangh in India for educating the women's > movement and the Left here in India that cultural policing, banning jeans > etc, is a fascist thing to do! > > 2009/12/22 venukm <[email protected]> > > > > > 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]> > > <greenyouth%[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]<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. 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