'Yuktivaadi' variant of Atheism in Kerala is too preoccupied with god,
as much as a prohibitionist is with liquor.
Once my friend had almost decided to give up drinking..  Alas, that
evening he happened to hear the  awesome
speech of the activist and he couldn't  regain his mood without taking
another peg!
For both these groups no other issue existed other than the one about
which they preach for life!


On Jul 28, 7:13 pm, ranju radha <[email protected]> wrote:
> there is another atheist magazine titled, YUKTHIVICHARAM published from
> Thrissur, in fact brought out by my elder father who is a syrian christain
> atheist inter-caste married to my elder mother Mrs. Devaki (both are staunch
> Atheists)..
> i happened go through this magazine recently (as he gifted some of the
> issues) and find same savarna feudal arrogance in some of the articles
> whenever dealing with issues of caste, minority issue, reservation etc.
> atheism seems to be yet another space for the hegemonic brahmanic arrogance
> apart from marxism/communism/gandhism..
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:47 PM, manhaz mohammed
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Here i am attaching editorial of YUKTHIREKHA...Please find the
> > attachment..I think U Kalanadhan  is the chief editor of YUKTHIREKHA
>
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:31 PM, manhaz mohammed <[email protected]
> > > wrote:
>
> >> sorry ..please read as I don't know why he hates the believers too much..
>
> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:24 AM, manhaz mohammed <
> >> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>> Farida,
> >>>                 True..I happend to read EA Jabbar's posts in
> >>> sargasamvadam blog..I don't know he hates the believers too much
>
> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:33 AM, farida m <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>>> unfortunately yuktivadam in kerala is only another forum to promote the
> >>>> caste hygemony, in more subtle ways than the traditional institutions. it
> >>>> may be noted that many hindutwa ideologues are not religious but firmly
> >>>> casteists, and the yuktivadis of kerala are no different. after a t 
> >>>> kovoor
> >>>> no true rationalist has appeared in kerala's socialscape. farida
>
> >>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Venugopalan K M <
> >>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Want to have an idea of how at least a section of
> >>>>> Kerala Yuktivaadis (Rationalist of Kerala) view the controversial
> >>>>> comment by the CM,Kerala?
>
> >>>>>http://sargasamvadam.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post_25.html
>
> >>>>> --
>
> >>>>> 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
>
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> " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class
> using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be
> thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing
> their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the
> former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we
> believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional
> qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human
> beings."
>
> - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927

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