I lforgot to mention also about their conspicuous silence/no comments/ no response about recent vigilante calls against 'Love JIhad' by communal outfits and a section of media.
On Dec 23, 6:58 am, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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