Dear Friends,
The Works On List Policy is going on. The list will be reopened within November 10th with a new face. In between, Keeping the spirit of discussions here I am posting a Followup Thread on Chithralekha. This is the 6th post of jenny & christy (Both are the members of Greenyouth & Mallu-Mafia) as a part of their sarai supported study on caste and gender in the urban space of Keralam I feel it will be good to discuss it in Mallu-mafia for time sake : A group for discussing black white & grey of Kerala society <http://groups.google.com/group/mallu-mafia> Cross Posting to Both Groups Anivar -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Reader-list] 6th posting: caste and gender in the urban space of Keralam Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:10:34 +0530 From: jenny chithra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear friends, In this posting we want to talk about some events and discussions that happened after we started our study: After our third posting to SARAI, some interesting debates took place in some forums in Keralam. 1. A very detailed report on the present status of Chitra Lekha was published in a regional magazine called 'Malayalam' by Sreejith Paithale who had accompanied us through out our field work trips. 2. An e-group called 'greenyouth' put up our third posting to which a young scholar responded with bitterness, complaining about the apathy of malayalee intellectuals. Though our posting had not elicited any response, this provocative response triggered off a heated debate that went on for days. As it often happens in the debate-obsessed space of Kerala, this too was a complete male war of words, with a feeble female voice. However, this debate, brought up some interesting points about ex-patriate malayalees like us, studying issues in Kerala; the need/problems of local action committees in dealing with such issues; and the whole issue about alliance politics, which helps to resist such caste/gender oppression at the local level. More importantly, the debate became so fiery that it soon went out of the forum with even media people becoming interested in it. This we feel did much to bring more attention to the Chithra Lekha case, which had been lying dormant for some time. 3. In Kannur, soon a new local action committee was formed at the initiative of people like K M Venugopal, who had already had problems with old one, with the intention of rehabilitating Chitra Lekha. Chithra Lekha, along with various activists and intellectuals came forward to be part of this forum. Together they have come up with a written public appeal, which details the struggle that Chithra Lekha has gone through and asks for financial support to buy her a new auto rickshaw, along with promising her the local support to run it. This committee called Chithra Lekha rehabilitation committee, has K.M.Venugopalan as Convenor, Dr.D.Surendranath, as Chair person, and P.K.Ayyappan as Treasurer. If anyone in this readers list is interested in supporting the struggle that Chithra Lekha has started, they can send financial help with an a) Ac.Payee Cheque or crossed DD payable at Kannur, b) Money Order, to the following address: Dr.D.Surendranath, Chairman, Chithra Lekha Rehabilitation Committee, Pallikunnu P.O, Kannur. 4. We also heard that some print and online magazines in Kerala are planning to bring out issues that focused on the Chithra Lekha case. Christy Jenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ A group to look forward in the lines of interdisciplinary thinking, actions & analysis. This group is specifically for analysing black white & grey of kerala society ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Mallu Mafia" group. To post to this group, send 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/mallu-mafia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
