I am sorry, I was replying someone else. By mistake it was sent to greenyouth.
My apologies; I shouldn't have done it, especially to an important mailing list with such a massive user base. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Deepak Sankaranarayanan <[email protected]>wrote: > മനുഷ്യാവകാശസമരം കച്ചോടമാണെങ്കില് അതില് കാമ്പറ്റീഷനില്ലാതെ കഴിയില്ലല്ലോ, > ദാ... > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dileep Raj > Date: Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:48 PM > Subject: Response to Devika's take in Kafila ( awaiting moderation!) > > > Hi, > Please find below my response to Devika's take in Kafila on Chitralekha > issue..( > http://kafila.org/2010/01/29/the-many-vices-of-chitralekha/#more-3777) > Do forward it to your friends who might be sensitive to this... > > > "I agree with Devika on all points except her use of ‘activist’ and > ‘ex-activist’ to refere to her unknown ‘friends’. As she herself shows in > this mail, nobody is 100% activist or 100% nonactivist.Thus calling somebody > ‘ex-activist’stands only when we hold on to some rigid notion of activism. > > Devika enumerates two or three ‘responses’ in this mail. I have sent a > personal/public mail to 44 friends on Januray 26th in which the ending part > refreerd to Chithralekha issue.Let me quote that part in this ‘public’ > forum as I feel this indicates a ‘fourth response’ complicating the picture. > > “A campaign is on supporting Chithralekha, a Dalit auto driver, who has > been harassed by the CITU and the police in Payyanur , Kerala .Some > concerned academics and professionals in Delhi are taking initiative for the > campaign. .Rekha Raj has been active in Dalit politics in Kerala for two > decades and is one of the founding members of Panchami, a Dalit feminist > organization. She started getting frequent phone calls from friends in Delhi > at first urging her, then almost demanding her visiting Chithralekha > immediately. In fact Rekha did have contact with Chithralekha and was in > touch with her and confused and feeling helplessness as to what could be > done. Theses phone calls irritated her to such an extent that she was > provoked to ask them “Why don’t you visit first? Its easier to reach > Payyannur from Delhi than from Kottayam” > > One friend urged her to form a “Dalit Bahujan Women’s Organization”to which > she retorted : “ Sorry, I have been investing my whole being in dalit > struggles for some decades. Now I also would like to complete my PhD , leave > Kerala and teach in a college like you ” > > In a campaign material supporting Chithralekha, signed by Chithralekha > Solidarity Group, Delhi, I came across the following sentence. > “Though there have been various attempts to contact many women and other > groups, by people outside Kerala, so far not a single concerned person in > Kerala has visited her or found out what is happening to her” > > As Rekha’s replies shows, this is a false dichotomy viz: concerned person > in Kerala/ people outside Kerala. Everybody shares equal responsibility is > responding to such a situation where fascist attempts are made in order to > silence a Dalit woman. The implicit hierarchy in the sentence above > interpellates certain agents as lacking political subjectivity. They are > called upon to ‘prove their credentials’. The reasons for the delay in > somebody from Delhi coming to Payyanur is perceived as “ practical’ whereas > the same in case of those residing within Kerala as ‘criminal’.( Isn’t it > fascist to seek response from a limited number of agents all the time on all > the issues as if they are superwo/men? ) > > I feel this has to be questioned publicly in order to establish solidarity > among those who stand by Chithralekha. It is not factual that nobody is in > contact with Chithralekha. What is lacking is a plan of action and > imagination. There is no need for everybody visiting Chithralekha at once. > What some committed people from Delhi are doing on this issue is > very effective in bridging this gap, irrespective of their physical > presence in Payyannur. > I could see some initiatives emerging from the State as well by way of > empowering her .Hope such multiple initiates will result in resisting the > frequent attempts at irritating the daily life ( one of the tested > strategies of Fascism) of Chithralekha.” > > > -- > Dileep Raj > > 2010/1/31 Deepak Sankaranarayanan <[email protected]> > > http://kafila.org/2010/01/29/the-many-vices-of-chitralekha/#more-3777 >> >> 2010/1/29 venukm <[email protected]> >> >> I gave the telephone number of Cithralekha in many web based groups to >>> help concerned people hearing things direct from the hapless couple. >>> Both Chithralekha and her husband have had enough dramatic moments in >>> their life to send SOS messages to the media people and others who >>> they look to in such occasions of big crisis generated by mass >>> propaganda to ostracise them. >>> >>> After barely four days after the episode of 20th January, on 24 th I >>> think, they were panicked by two things- >>> There was a power failure in their house ,while all fuses in their >>> house were in tact and the neighbouring homes had normal power supply. >>> They saw few 'party 'men near their residence by 8pm(some of them they >>> seemed to recognize). >>> . >>> As there was not a single public figure available at Payyanur whom >>> they could confidently call for getting rid of their apprehensions >>> about another immiinent danger, human rights activists from far away >>> places had to make calls to the SP Kannur and to the Payyanur Police >>> station to intervene in the scene.. >>> >>> Indeed, the local police made a visit to their place and they got >>> respite from the fear, albeit temporary!(their power supply was also >>> instantly restored by certain technical intervention by the KSEB >>> people seemingly as requested by the police. >>> >>> Imagine how long people can stand this sort of constant fear, and how >>> long they can defend themselves against ostracising by the very >>> guardians of the society in which they live.! >>> >>> Please call Chithralekha who can tell you about their ordeals; try to >>> reassure her too. . >>> [Her number:9526128764] >>> >>> >>> On Jan 29, 12:25 pm, Devadas VM <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > http://www.facebook.com/notes/sudeep-aadil-almitra/when-media-plays-t. >>> .. >>> > >>> > *When Media plays the Joker* >>> > >>> > One general response from the media to a 'Justice to Chithalekha' press >>> > release (which was signed by many prominent people) demanding inquiry >>> into >>> > an incident of a woman autorickshaw driver being beaten up by the >>> public and >>> > the police was that 'let us not take sides now, we should know the >>> truth'. >>> > Another one was that 'she was drunk and created ruckus, do not make it >>> a >>> > Dalit issue'. (None of the newspapers carried any mention of the press >>> > release.) >>> > >>> > The second one was in sync with the below three reports, probably the >>> only >>> > mentions about the incident in the print media. Two of them in evening >>> > dailies, one in CPM paper Deshabhimani. All three of them report * >>> > conflicting* CITU/Police versions: >>> > >>> > (1) രാഷ്ട്ര ദീപിക, ജനുവരി 20 ബുധന് >>> > >>> > മദ്യലഹരിയില് യുവതിയുടെ വിളയാട്ടം >>> > >>> > പയ്യന്നൂര്: മധ്യരാത്രിയില് നഗരത്തിലെത്തിയ യുവതിയുടെ വിളയാട്ടത്തില് >>> > ഗതാഗതം സ്തംഭിച്ചു. പെരുമ്പ ഓട്ടോ സ്റ്റാന്ഡിലായിരുന്നു സംഭവം. എടാട്ട് >>> > സ്വദേശിനിയായ യുവതിയാണ് മദ്യലഹരിയില് നടുറോട്ടില് പേക്കൂത്തുകള് >>> കാട്ടിയത്. >>> > ഇന്ന് രാവിലെ യുവതിയുടെ ഓട്ടോ ഡ്രൈവറായ ഭര്ത്താവ് മദ്യപിച്ച് വാഹനവുമായി >>> > സ്റ്റാന്ഡിലെത്തിയപ്പോള് മറ്റു ഡ്രൈവര്മാര് ഇയാളെ തിരിച്ചയച്ചിരുന്നു. >>> > ഇതിന്റെ വിരോധത്തില് മദ്യപിച്ചെത്തിയ യുവതി ഡ്രൈവര്മാരെ തെറി >>> > പറയുകയായിരുന്നു. പിന്നീടാണ് റോഡിലിറങ്ങി ഗതാഗതം തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തിയത്. >>> > സ്ഥലത്തെത്തിയ പോലീസ് പിന്നീട് യുവതിയെ കസ്റ്റഡിയിലെടുത്തു. >>> > >>> > Rashtra Deepika (Evening daily) Wed January 20 >>> > >>> > Drunken woman’s antics >>> > >>> > *Payyannur: A drunken young woman’s tantrums halted traffic in the >>> city. The >>> > incident happened in Perumba auto stand. The woman hails from Edat. Her >>> > autodriver husband was asked to return from the stand in the morning by >>> > other drivers as he was drunk. Angered by this, the young woman came >>> drunk >>> > and abused other drivers. After that she ventured into the road and >>> > interrupted traffic. Police came and took her under custody. * >>> > >>> > (2) കേരളകൌമുദി ഫ്ലാഷ് - ജനുവരി 21 വ്യാഴം >>> > >>> > പൊതു നിരത്തില് ബഹളം വച്ചതിനു ഓട്ടോ ഡ്രൈവര് ചിത്രലേഖയ്ക്കും >>> ഭര്ത്താവിനും >>> > എതിരെ കേസ് >>> > >>> > പൊതു നിരത്തില് ബഹളം വച്ചതിനു വനിതാ ഓട്ടോ ഡ്രൈവര് ചിത്രലേഖയ്ക്കും >>> > ഭര്ത്താവിനും എതിരെ പയ്യന്നൂര് പോലീസ് കേസ് എടുത്തു. ഇന്ന് രാവിലെ >>> പെരുമ്പ >>> > ബസ് സ്റ്റോപ്പിനടുത്തുവച്ചാണ് സംഭവം. രണ്ടുപേര്ക്കെതിരെയും >>> പെറ്റിക്കേസ് >>> > രജിസ്റ്റര് ചെയ്തതിനു ശേഷം പോലീസ് വിട്ടയച്ചു. ചിത്രലേഖയുടെ ഭര്ത്താവ് >>> > ശ്രീഷ്കാന്ത് ഓട്ടോറിക്ഷയുമായി പെരുമ്പയില് ഓട്ടം പോകാന് >>> എത്തിയതായിരുന്നു. >>> > ശ്രീഷ്കാന്ത് മദ്യപിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് സ്റ്റാന്ഡിലെ മറ്റു >>> ഡ്രൈവര്മാര് >>> > ഇയാളെ തടഞ്ഞു വയ്ക്കുകയായിരുന്നു. തുടര്ന്ന് ഇയാള് ബഹളം വച്ചു. >>> വിവരമറിഞ്ഞ് >>> > എത്തിയ ചിത്രലേഖയും ബഹളത്തില് പങ്കാളിയാവുകയായിരുന്നു. പോലീസ് ഇരുവരെയും >>> > കസ്റ്റഡിയിലെടുത്ത് സ്റ്റേഷനില് എത്തിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു. ഇവിടെയും >>> ചിത്രലേഖയും >>> > ഭര്ത്താവും ബഹളം തുടര്ന്നു. >>> > >>> > പയ്യന്നൂര് ഗവ. ആശുപത്രിയില് നടത്തിയ പരിശോധനയില് ശ്രീ >>> മദ്യപിച്ചിരുന്നു >>> > എന്ന് തെളിഞ്ഞു. തുടര്ന്ന് ഇരുവര്ക്കുമെതിരെ പെറ്റിക്കേസ് രജിസ്റ്റര് >>> ചെയ്ത >>> > ശേഷം വിട്ടയച്ചു. >>> > >>> > Keralakaumudi Flash (Evening daily) January 21 Thursday >>> > >>> > Auto driver Chithralekha and husband charged for creating a ruckus in >>> public >>> > >>> > *Payyannur: Police charged a case against woman autorickshaw driver >>> > Chithalekha and her husband. The incident happened near Perumba bus >>> stand. >>> > The police charged a petty case against them and let them go. >>> Chithalekha's >>> > husband Sreeshkanth had come to Perumba with his auto for his regular >>> run. >>> > Other drivers blocked him, alleging that he was drunk. Then he created >>> > noice. Chithralekha came to the place hearing about the incident, and >>> got >>> > involved in the ruckus. Police took both of them into custody and took >>> them >>> > to station. The two continued their brawl in the police station also. >>> > >>> > A medical examination done at Payyannur Govt. Hospital showed that >>> > Shreeshkanth was drunk. Following this, the police charged petty case >>> > against both of them and let go. * >>> > >>> > 3) ദേശാഭിമാനി, ജനുവരി 21 വ്യാഴം >>> > >>> > പയ്യന്നൂര്: ഓട്ടോ സ്റ്റാന്ഡില് ബഹളമുണ്ടാക്കിയ ഓട്ടോ ഡ്രൈവറായ >>> യുവതിയെയും >>> > ഭര്ത്താവിനെയും പോലീസ് പിടികൂടി. പെരുമ്പ ചന്തയ്ക്കു സമീപം ഓട്ടോ >>> > സ്റ്റാന്ഡില് ബുധനാഴ്ച രാവിലെയാണ് സംഭവം. ക്യൂവിന് മുന്നില് നിര്ത്തിയ >>> > ഓട്ടോറിക്ഷ മാറ്റണം എന്ന് സ്റ്റാന്ഡിലെ ഡ്രൈവര്മാര് >>> ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടപ്പോള്, >>> > മദ്യലഹരിയിലായിരുന്ന ചിത്രലേഖയുടെ ഭര്ത്താവും ചിത്രലേഖയും കൂടി, >>> > സ്റ്റാന്ഡില് ബഹളം വയ്ക്കുകയും ഓട്ടോ ഡ്രൈവര്മാരെ ചീത്ത വിളിക്കുകയും >>> > ചെയ്തു. ഈ സമയം ഇതുവഴി വന്ന പോലീസ് ചിത്രലേഖയെയും ഭര്ത്താവിനെയും >>> > കസ്റ്റഡിയിലെടുത്തു. പോലീസ് സ്റ്റേഷനില് എത്തിയിട്ടും ചിത്രലേഖയും >>> ഭര്ത്താവും >>> > പരാക്രമം കാട്ടി. ഇരുവരുടെയും പരാക്രമം കണ്ട് ധാരാളം ആളുകള് >>> സ്റ്റേഷനില് >>> > തടിച്ചുകൂടി. >>> > >>> > Deshabhimani (CPM newspaper), Jan 21 Thursday >>> > >>> > *Payyannur: Police caught the woman auto driver and her husband who >>> created >>> > ruckus at the auto stand. The incident happened on Wednesday morning at >>> the >>> > auto stand near Perumba market. The auto drivers demanded that the auto >>> > parked in front of the queue be removed. In response to this, >>> Chithalekha >>> > and her drunk husband created a brawl and shouted abuses at the auto >>> > drivers. The police reached the place and took Chithalekha and her >>> husband >>> > into custody. Both Chithralekha and her husband continued their antics >>> in >>> > the police station also. Many people gathered at the station to have a >>> look >>> > at their antics.* >>> > >>> > ---- >>> > >>> > Some say she was drunk, another say it was her husband who was drunk. >>> Some >>> > say that the fight was about drinking, while another say it was about >>> > parking. >>> > >>> > The reports also give "information" that there was a case charged >>> against >>> > Chithralekha, when there was none. >>> > >>> > Nobody who wants to 'find the truth' has spoken to Chithalekha to find >>> what >>> > she has to say. (Needless to say, none of the above reports even >>> mention her >>> > side of the story -- even a passing mention "Chithalekha said..'). And >>> so >>> > naturally all of them squarely put the blame on Chithra. None of the >>> > newspaper reporters ever called her up even after the whole signature >>> > campaign. >>> > >>> > Some respected (male) progressive individuals responded that "she was >>> drunk, >>> > she does not have a way out in this". (Those people were drunk when >>> they >>> > said that, but it is women who should not drink and should not get into >>> > fights). >>> > >>> > What gives one the right to beat up a woman in public? Some adjectives >>> like >>> > "drunk", "immoral" and some keywords like "ruckus' and "antics" would >>> > suffice for a justification? ("Immoral" part from the local CITU people >>> -- >>> > not in these reports. Probably hinting at the fact that this is her >>> second >>> > marriage). >>> > >>> > And why did Chithalekha create a ruckus? Does anybody dare to / care to >>> find >>> > that out, rather than buying the popular CPM/CITU versions? >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
