Dear Anand and Satchid Anandan, Thank you for your responses. Yes, I have a lot of materials for a film on K. Damodaran. The only thing is that I am looking at it as a feature film. My colleague and ex- associate director who wasted so much of time in his life with me, Mustafa Desamangalam, wanted to make a documentary on K. Damodaran. Among the interviews he had taken there was also an interview of my mother before her death. He could not raise hundred rupees to complete that film. As far as I am concerned, I can not raise money for any of my film plans. Therefore, I am spending my time in writing these days. It doesn't cost money. Dreams are cheaper than reality.
On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 11:55 AM Satchid Anandan <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Sasi, I completely agree with Anand. It will be wonderful to have a > good documentary on Com Damodaran. > I do value DPC's work but its scope is very limited , being confined to > *lokayata > . *If you recall some of us also got his works as well as DD Kosambi's > translated and published in Malayalam*. *But one also needs to look at > the so-called 'idealist' traditions as religion has to be seen not just as > a collection of holy books, but as day-to-day practice, ( Habermas's > 'everyday') and seen in historical perspective as to what they really did > , not just what their founders or propagators preached. ( Remember > liberation theologies, religious movements for women etc and the positive > roles they at times played esp in Africa, Latin America and some Arabian > countries) > Satchida > > On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 11:44, Anand Patwardhan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> dear sasi >> it looks like u have plenty of material to make a rich filmic exploration >> both personal and political. love, anand >> >> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 9:54 AM KP Sasi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sachi Mash, I think there is no need to compare Debiprasad Chattopodhya >>> and K.Damodaran. Personally speaking, I am highly impressed with DP >>> Chattopadhya's works, especially on his work on Lokayata. Of course, >>> K.Damodaran had a broader perspective. But DP's work is more specific. In >>> any case, there were not too many people within the communist movement like >>> them. And in these days when communal fascism is of mainstream acceptance, >>> I believe that any work on history of philosophical traditions from a >>> political perspective is too relevant and much in need. >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 9:38 AM satchida <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I got close to him personally only since the late 60s when I first met >>>> him to support APDR, a human rights organisation whose branch in Kerala >>>> some of us were launching at that time; but I had grown up reading his >>>> works like Indiayude Atmaavu ( The Spirit/ Soul of India), a book whose >>>> relevance is growing today. Com Damodaran fought both capitalism and >>>> mechanical materialism with equal vehemence and upheld all that was >>>> positive in India' s tradition instead of denying it altogether that cost >>>> the Movement dearly as it left the entire tradition for Hindutva ideologues >>>> to manipulate. Hisposition was wiser and deare to me than that of >>>> Debiprasad Chattopadhyay etc who would not go beyond Chatvaka. If I still >>>> uphold such a position it is also partly due to Damodaran' s >>>> reserachesalong with my reading of late Marx and of Gandhi. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. >>>> >>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>> From: Pritam Singh <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 22/06/2019 22:37 (GMT+05:30) >>>> To: KP Sasi <[email protected]>, >>>> [email protected], Green Youth Movement < >>>> [email protected]>, Sandeep Pandey <[email protected]>, >>>> meghnath ranchi <[email protected]>, Joe Athialy <[email protected]>, >>>> George mutholil <[email protected]>, Satchid Anandan < >>>> [email protected]>, blue rose <[email protected]>, Sudhir Pattnaik < >>>> [email protected]>, Uma Gopi <[email protected]>, >>>> Anitha Sharma <[email protected]>, Javed Anand < >>>> [email protected]>, Joe Athialy <[email protected]>, Joe Athialy < >>>> [email protected]>, Joe Athialy <[email protected]>, Jose Kavi < >>>> [email protected]>, Mustafa Desamangalam <[email protected]>, >>>> Augustine Sebastian <[email protected]>, Pandavath Baburaj < >>>> [email protected]>, Divya Bhatt <[email protected]>, >>>> Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]>, ajay singh <[email protected]>, >>>> Joe Xavier <[email protected]>, arun kali raja <[email protected]>, >>>> asit das <[email protected]>, Dalit Christians <[email protected]>, >>>> [email protected], Medha Patkar <[email protected]>, >>>> aruna roy <[email protected]>, medha <[email protected]>, Medha >>>> Patkar <[email protected]>, invites <[email protected]>, >>>> common-concern <[email protected]>, SOLIDARITY YOUTH >>>> MOVEMENT <[email protected]>, Peoples' Solidarity Concerns < >>>> [email protected]>, anand patwardhan <[email protected]>, >>>> Kappen Mercy <[email protected]>, David Selvaraj < >>>> [email protected]>, Vijayasingh Ronald David < >>>> [email protected]>, Vijayan MJ <[email protected]>, Vijayan MJ < >>>> [email protected]>, VINOD KOSHY <[email protected]>, >>>> [email protected], Kedar Mishra <[email protected]>, Ish >>>> Mishra <[email protected]>, Pritam Singh <[email protected]>, Brp >>>> Bhaskar <[email protected]>, Satya Sivaraman <[email protected]>, >>>> "binumathew100 ." <[email protected]>, charul joshi < >>>> [email protected]>, charul joshi <[email protected]>, Samar >>>> Bosu Mullick <[email protected]>, Durang Basumullick < >>>> [email protected]>, Samyadip Chatterji <[email protected]>, >>>> Sathyajit Baburaj <[email protected]>, David Selvaraj < >>>> [email protected]>, David Selvaraj <[email protected]>, >>>> Krishnamurthi J <[email protected]>, Lakshmi Josyula < >>>> [email protected]>, Sandhya Venugopalan <[email protected]>, KP >>>> Madhu <[email protected]>, Mohanan K P <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Exploring the past >>>> >>>> Dear Sasi, >>>> >>>> Your father has been the finest communist I have ever met. Though I was >>>> much younger than him, I had a strong bond of friendship with him. I wrote >>>> his obituary which the Indian Express published as a letter to the Editor. >>>> Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a copy of that obituary which >>>> if I ever find, I will send that to you. >>>> >>>> In his memory >>>> >>>> Pritam >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* KP Sasi <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* 22 June 2019 03:45:43 >>>> *To:* [email protected]; Green Youth Movement; >>>> Sandeep Pandey; meghnath ranchi; Joe Athialy; George mutholil; Satchid >>>> Anandan; blue rose; Sudhir Pattnaik; Uma Gopi; Anitha Sharma; Javed Anand; >>>> Joe Athialy; Joe Athialy; Joe Athialy; Jose Kavi; Mustafa Desamangalam; >>>> Augustine Sebastian; Pandavath Baburaj; Divya Bhatt; Kavita Krishnan; ajay >>>> singh; Joe Xavier; arun kali raja; asit das; Dalit Christians; >>>> [email protected]; Medha Patkar; aruna roy; medha; Medha >>>> Patkar; invites; common-concern; SOLIDARITY YOUTH MOVEMENT; Peoples' >>>> Solidarity Concerns; anand patwardhan; Kappen Mercy; David Selvaraj; >>>> Vijayasingh Ronald David; Vijayan MJ; Vijayan MJ; VINOD KOSHY; >>>> [email protected]; Kedar Mishra; Ish Mishra; Pritam Singh; Pritam >>>> Singh; Brp Bhaskar; Satya Sivaraman; binumathew100 .; charul joshi; charul >>>> joshi; Samar Bosu Mullick; Durang Basumullick; Samyadip Chatterji; >>>> Sathyajit Baburaj; David Selvaraj; David Selvaraj; Krishnamurthi J; Lakshmi >>>> Josyula; Sandhya Venugopalan; KP Madhu; Mohanan K P >>>> *Subject:* Exploring the past >>>> >>>> >>>> Any exploration into the life of my father makes me more than humble. >>>> Our father, comrade K. Damodaran was recognised as an intellectual who >>>> instilled Marxism into the minds of Keralites from its early stages. I >>>> tried my level best to find out how many years our father spent in jail. >>>> Even now, I do not really know. The information I have received is between >>>> 12 to 16 years in total. If it is 16 years, he spent one fourth of his life >>>> in jail. If it is 12 years, then he must have spent around one fifth of his >>>> life in jail. The underground period is different. >>>> In fact, there is an interesting story around it. >>>> >>>> Once he received permission from Kannoor jail on parole, to go to his >>>> house for four days. On his way, he stopped at Ponnani. Ponnani beedi >>>> workers' union was initiated by K. Damodaran. There was a strike of the >>>> beedi workers union for better wages at that time. Naturally, he got >>>> involved with it instead of going home. He gave a speech quoting Quran at >>>> that time. Ponnani was filled with Muslim beedi workers. The merit of >>>> K.Damodaran was that he was well versed with Bible, Qur'an and Sanskrit >>>> texts of the upper caste Hindu spiritualities. I am convinced that this guy >>>> is the first liberation theologian in India. Liberation theology entered >>>> India only in 1968. But he spoke about it in India a couple of decades >>>> before. >>>> >>>> After the speech among the striking beedi workers, K. Damodaran was >>>> arrested. Then he told the inspector who arrested him: `You can't put me in >>>> jail. You have no authority.' The inspector asked him: `Why not?' And he >>>> said: `I am already in Kannoor Jail. I have come out on parole. It is >>>> physically impossible for me to be in two jails at the same time.'😊 >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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