---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dileep Raj <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:59 PM Subject: Vahana Jatha: Argumentation at Perumba To:
One caveat first. Please dont imagine that I am a member of the women's Vahanajatha. After witnessing the inauguration in the morning, I returned to hotel room along with comrade Shaju VV. In the afternoon, the jatha team asked me to bring more notices to Perumba by 5pm.when I reached there (Perumba is the place where Chitralekha park her auto) Rekha was speeking. Jaseela also spoke.Shaju rejoined as we planned to attend public meeting at Edatt. By the time the speeches were over, a small crowd gathered around Reshma and Kaveri ( who knows no Malayalam) who were distributing notices. The argumentation heated up and the crowd became huge in no time. By that time Rekha and Jaseela came to the scene.It was virtually four of them gheraoed by about 100 people, majority autorickshaw drivers. In fact they parked autorickshaws as in strikes and engaged in violent exchange of words. Unlike Zacharia, as they were not male, grabbing by collar and physical abuse was 'technically' not alluded to, if we could excuse verbal violence at a (close) distance as falling out of definition of violence. It lasted over twenty minutes. The vigour and reativity shown in retorting back at each and every provocations they brought was unbelievble. Not to two helpless onlooking 'henchmen' in galleries , but to the whole crowd. Soon, cracks started appearing in the adversary camp.Some of them started nodding hesitantly at the logic provided.They threatened that at Edatt they will 'deal' the jatha members with women. Fellow travellers started walking toward Edatt, hoping we could board an auto midway.But we were already spotted as 'traitors' to the whole male community. Not a single auto stopped for us. Poor fellows!! we travelled all the way to Edatt as kalnadajatha.( why dont take bus? yes we also asked this ourselves many times later on. kathayil logicilla.) When Rekha, Reshma and Jaseela narrates the details of those vada-prathivadam, I am sure it will form a postmodern Uapnishad. "nallopanishad", dialogues on nanma and cheetha. At Edatt, Ajitha and Jaseela delivered emotional and effective speeches.Upanishadic dialogues continued, but at much low pitch and scale. An autodriver with a constant grumpy expression reluctantly allowed two "poor fellow travellors" to get in when the meeting was over. Our conclusion: Edatt auto stand is more democratic than Perumba! They at least dont mix professionalism with intolerence.. Ithi onnam divasam samaptham. -- Dileep Raj -- 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.
