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http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=7PAM6nP5O6sfeature=related
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=XogWiB-NimU
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It seems the 20 twenty format allows
pleasure defying all affiliations, 9 national included!)
Shahina,
what if the match is poised for an exciting tie?
there should at least be the following cash prises in addition to man of the
match.
Maximum sixes
Great catch
Excellent run out
I enjoyed and
Rally and
Public meeting
(at Menaka junction, 3 pm)
Protesting against private postmortem and atrocities by Police
Inuguration: K K Koch
Speaches
P.Govindan Kutti
Dr.K.K.Rajaram
K.Gireeshkumar
K M salimKumar
KTO Rahmathulla
Felix J pulloodan
Adv.P.Chandrasekharan
Jacob T Lasar
T K Vasu
Today, V S Achuthanandan made the most nasty statement
imaginable about Chengara struggle. He alleged that they are leading a
'leisurely life ( suga jeevitham) there , supported by certain forces.
This ( virtual ) leader of the downtrodden didn't even thought it necessary
to visit the struggle
*Uproarious scenes at hearing on Athirappilly hydel project *
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Staff Reporter
*CPI(M) MLAs in the Assembly Committee stay away from hearing *
— Photo: By Special Arrangement
*UP IN ARMS: CPI(M) workers trying to disrupt a hearing on the proposed
Athirappilly hydro-electric project held
reffering harisson's role
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Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs.
Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.
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KHAIRLANJI
A Strange and Bitter Crop
By Anand Teltumbde
HoloCaste 1
Demy Octavo, 210 pages, Rs 190
ISBN: 978-81-89059-15-6
Anand Teltumbde's analysis of the public, ritualistic massacre of a dalit
family in 21st century India exposes the gangrenous heart of our society. It
contextualizes
Dear Luisa,
I have contacted Nizar and he gave the exact reference and quotes. Its not
Young India, but
Harijan, 13, 1940 January, a conversation with Mahadev Desai.
a society organised and run on the basis of complete nonviolence would be
the purest anarchy.
In reply to the question whether
Chengara : Time Out
Friends,
The situation in chengara is deteriorating day by day.
Seleena,one of the leaders was admited to hospital today,
badly ill. She was blocked by goons and forced to sit
on road for hours before being admited.many people are undergoing diseases.
for integrated the wholeness of thinking. But no need to
appear as a dissenting inquiry or knowledge.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Jenny,
You ignore certain critical traditions and go on talking about
Sathyagraha
and Panchayathi Raj, which is a talk
the poor left in kerala, would u again proudly report it and call it
analysis.
We are fed up of such analyses babaaa go to hell with it. and therefore
ask the same question back with the same polemical vigour: WHO ARE YOU TO
ANALYSE?
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL
We are fed up of such analyses babaaa go to hell with it. and therefore
ask the same question back with the same polemical vigour: WHO ARE YOU TO
ANALYSE?
:)
Though not meant for a reply let me give one;an acdemic one at that, as i
don't have any other larger than life credentials.
To
Dear Luisa,
Let me elaborate Nizar's argument on this point.( taking responsibility as a
reporter, i have gone through the recorded tapes of the discussion and the
following is an edited version of the transcript)
Nizar pointed out the need to read Gandhi's position on Panchayatiraj and
after
reading wht hd been written here by Venugopal , Luisa and Jenny that is very
clever READING indeed.
expect more such readings
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Jenny,
Let me clarify my moderate claims.
1.The report was of a seminar in which
HI,
I am pasting Jenny's mail on Chengara struggle at the bottom of this thread.
To make the terrain clear, let me clarify why I want Gandhi (the historical
person) to be forgotten in this new thread.
If the attempt in the other thread by some friends was to convince all that
Gandhi
as an actor
( I really don't understand why people exhort to refrain from
engaging in critical debates and be satisfied with chanting certain
manthras.While somebody claim that everything is said and done on certain
topics,
and everybody should content with uncritical repetition of
certain 'critical'
points!!
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:01 PM, elizabeth philip
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Thanks for that elaborate summary, even though it is supposedly
only partial;
it was quite interesting,and enlightening. Thanks Dileep.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Yesterday, a group of people came together under BookPort's intative to
share thoughts on
relevance of readings of Gandhi in the present.
Dr.Nizar Ahmed:
The notion of reading had an edifying nature in its modern sense. Reading
was meant for self development and self enlightenment.
In order to
its high time we discard old stereotypes like
police/criminal..
Most of the time it is the former behaving criminally...
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
In solidarity.
I guess, Jamia Teacher's organization is not an affiliated bahujanam,
hence the
BookPort organises a discussion on October 2nd , 2 pm,
at Aashirbhavan (Kacherippadi, ernakulam).
Reading Gandhi
Inaugural address: Nizar Ahmed
papers
1. On autobiography : T.V.Madhu
2. On Gandhi's communication: damodar Prasad
3. On gandhi and Art : S. Gopalakrishnan
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. An interrogation of Pullikkodan by Civic Chandran
would have been an interesting read!!!]
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
papers
N P Chekkutti
Anila George
Rekha raj
Sanni M Kapikkad
KPSethunath
Ajayan (Peoples watch)
K Gireeshkumar et al
Uneasy calm prevails at Chengara
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor
CHENGARA (PATHANAMTHITTA DIST): An uneasy calm prevails in the
Kurumbatty division of Kumbazha Estate at Chengara where hundreds of
people owing allegiance to the Sadhu Jana Vimochana Samyukta Vedi have
been waging a struggle for land
Trade unions strengthen blockade at Chengara
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor
CHENGARA (Pathanamthitta dist.): The year-long agitation for land at
Chengara under the aegis of the Sadhu Jana Vimochana Samyukta Vedi
(SJVSV) is set to enter a new phase with plantation workers deciding
to strengthen their
Chengara heaves a sigh of relief
Pioneer News Service | Pathanamthitta
The march by the workers belonging to different trade unions in
Pathanamthitta district and led by the pro-CPI(M) CITU to the estates
of Chengara where thousands of Dalits and Adivasis were staging a
13-month-long agitation
Democracy 'made inroads' into the fascist
counter
attacks by racist forces in Chengara.
not simply because the police stopped their march.
BUT FOR THE STIMULATING PUBLIC PRESENCE
OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE
THE STATE.
In Pathanamtitta about 200 people sat on
Rekha Raj, Seeta , Sonia George and Devika
went and met Prakash Karat today.
Rekha said he assured that state will make sure that there won't be
any violence tomorrow.
He also said that A K Balan has reported to him that a package will be
announced soon.
Sanni says, BMS has reportedly
One crucial aspect is lost while juxtaposing
elite land/labour.
The land struggles from 90s in Kerala was not in the least
a 'spontaneous' upsurge. There were theoretical and imaginative
work by a section of dalit intellectuals ( Geethanandan, Sanni, M D
Thomas et al) behind the
behind those
I am emphasising this, for
contemporary land struggles are not mere
struggles for resourse, but
identity movements fighting for citizenship.
Describing them as struggle for land and labour
is reductive reading .
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One crucial
urgent way
please keep giving suggestions
and all solidarity groups please join in
chengara solidarity, delhi
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:12 AM, salimtk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what to do?
members of Greenyouth,
anything we can do?
respond here please.
On 8/31/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL
to clarify..
K Sunilkumar.
On 01/09/2008, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1.Today's discussion between district collector and trade union leaders
failed .
They have annnounced that the march will take place on Sept3rd.
2.dalit organisations are planning stronger resistence andd
Chief Minister
0471-2333489
home Minister
0471--2327016
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Sonia George and Seeta (sthreevedi) went and met womens commission today.
They were given assurance that Ms.rukmini will visi the struggle site tomorrow.
They met Sugathakumari as well. She called ministers balan and Binoy Viswam.
balan gave assurance that no untoward incidents will happen at
an assurance earlier also, remember ???
And then what happened?
So cant trust this too !
jenny
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sonia George and Seeta (sthreevedi) went and met womens commission today.
They were given assurance that Ms.rukmini will visi
Friends,
About 1000 people ( only 400 as per Deshabhimani version!) took part.
Significantly ,Dalits, women and students were the major participants.
Despite heavy rain all through , evrybody committed themselves for four hours.
The rally was stopped by Police after one kilometer.
Dileep R
1. the present struggle begun by occupation of the land In Kurumbatti by
500 families. As they realised that plantaion work was on, they retreated.
2.At present site , only 70 workers were employed.When harrison
attempted replanting,
the forest department issued an order banning them from it.It
A section of people under the leadership of CITU,
INTUC, BMS etc. are continuing racists attacks on
a social section peacefully struggling for justice.
They have announced that they will march to Chengara and
'emancipate' the land ( for Harrison!!)
They have pasted posters all over
MYL alleges rights violation at Chengara
Staff Reporter
PATHANAMTHITTA: Muslim Youth League (MYL) leaders K.M. Shaji, M.
Shamsuddin and P.M. Sadique Ali on Saturday urged the State government
to take immediate steps to prevent the alleged denial of food and
medicines to the landless people
.
damodar prasad
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:33 AM, neelan neelakandan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not a dalit , but not by my personal choice.
Neelan
--- On Tue, 26/8/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna
mathi..
Hope you are not hurt by my words.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM, neelan neelakandan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lenin anganeyokke paranjittundo???
neelan
--- On Thu, 28/8/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Sanni
Those reaching for the march may contact
at solidarity committee office by 12 . Its
near Pathanthitta KSRTC bus station, Priya Lodge, Room Number 209.
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Trade unions' resolve to retrieve encroached estate
Staff Reporter
Plantation workers to stage march to Chengara on September 3
COUNTER-AGITATION: A group of plantation workers protesting against
the encroachment of Kumbazha Estate of Harrisons Malayalam Limited at
Chengara, rendering
Land for the landless soon: Balan
Special Correspondent
'Difficulties in implementing Centre's tribal land Act'
7,689 hectares of land to be distributed
Title deed to be given to 32,431 persons
is interesting to some extend. After that , i usually retreat ,
especially as i have little, or no knowledge of philosophy. Thats all.. i
am niether going to run away nor throw others away. Thanks anyway dileep,
for the concern.
Neelan
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The very exclusion of plantations from land reforms reflects left's
position on development and in dustrialisation.
they considered it as part of industrialisation .
A clos look at Thomas Isac's writing on the issue will
show that they are sticking to the same paradigm
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at
Tension mounts in Chengara
Pioneer News Service | Pathanamthitta
More than 7,000 Dalits and Adivasis agitating in the rubber estates
among the Chengara hills in Pathanamthitta district are anxiously
spending the days as the deadline set by trade unions for them to
vacate the estate is
We should make sure
maximum participation in the rally aginst the
threat from Unions to
block it.
There is good response from different sections till now.
Do come tomorrow.
To repeat the details.
Reach Pathanamtitta Office of solidarity committee office by 12 o clock.
( Priya Lodge, room
Please make your financial contributions to August 30 protest
to the following account number
30462891156
M.D.Thomas,
SBI
Kottayam
p.S; Sathamanyuvinum idam!!
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I have been watching A.K.Balan's press meet announcing
a package for landless sceduled caste and scheduled tribe
sections in Kerala as well as a news story on Chengara ( MMNews).
by way of a prelimenary attempt at analysing the situation, let me
point out the following aspects.
1.To date no
any metaphors.
damodar prasad
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:33 AM, neelan neelakandan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am not a dalit , but not by my personal choice.
Neelan
--- On Tue, 26/8/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Sanni
Some friends told me that Sanil
forwarded my response to his take in Fourth Estate Critique and
couple of people there are irritated by it. They are particularly irritated
by my reference to Sanni Kapikkad.
I took Sanil's writing as a public document and responded to
the text (irrespective of my
'find' but what is 'natural' about all
left friend circles!!
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some friends told me that Sanil
forwarded my response to his take in Fourth Estate Critique and
couple of people there are irritated by it. They are particularly
'Radical land reforms vital now'
Staff Reporter
NLRC member blames State
Workers block NLRC member from entering Chengara
He hears their woes, returns
Plea to check rights abuse at Chengara
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: Several social organisations have urged the State government to
check human rights violations on the Kumbazha estate at Chengara,
where hundreds of people have been waging an agitation demanding land
for landless families.
The
Prasad,
I am least interested in reading
such stuff unless it engages the text.
Nor am I worried about such sadistic
torture methods ( Are you not familiar with the police strategy
of isolating someone,encircling and torturing ?).It
exposes thier lack of self confidence.
On forwarding
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I am not a dalit , but not by my personal choice.
Neelan
--- On Tue, 26/8/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups
To: Greenyouth greenyouth@googlegroups.com
Cc
October 20 will be observed as Anti Police Day protesting
their complicity in conducting private postmortems at amrutha hospital.
A convention at ernakulam on September 21st will form the organising
committee for it.
though the government has passed an order allowing private post mortems in
Discussions with ministers yesterday marks a significant victory of
struggling people.
1. The government is forced to enter into a discussion
2.The government recognised that the struggle is waged by landless paople.
3. the government deplored the blockade by goons and essured that they will
take
*Krishna Iyer writes to VS *
**
Special Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram: The former Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer has
appealed to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to intervene in the Chengara
agitation to find a creative solution by adopting a fair and just approach.
In a letter to
10. But the beautiful part ( dangerous as well) is that one is not only
expsoing one self to one's own time but to the future as well. 75 years
after ( or count less, 25 years) some one researching on some subject, say
Subaltern upsurge and social change will find the documentation of the
Today's mathrubhoomi reports;
Chengara:
Rally in Delhi
Chengara Solidarity will organise a protest rally
suporting Chengara land struggle today.Sumit Sarkar,Swami agnivesh,Pankaj
Bhisht,Asok choudhary,Roma,Sugas Borker,Bhupindra Rawat,tanika sarkar et al
will participate
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 8:23 AM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
No interlocutors as in stalemate bilateral discussion were formally
appointed by any party, to my knowledge.
It is the concern of the concerned that I appreciate.
Dear Prasad,
Let us not become complacent and forget
subject line itself is the text!!!
:)
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Anil Tharayath Varghese
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dileep where is the post
On Aug 20, 5:53 pm, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: sree rekha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Subject: Protest in Solidarity with Land Struggle at Chengara, 23rd August,
Saturday, 2.30 at Kerala House
Support Chengara Land Struggle
Support the Landless People's Right to Land,
become
a powerful
ruling
block in
kerala society.it is
buldozing any
furher land
redistribution.cpim's
base is this
rurban
middle class.
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Raj
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: Dileep
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One peculiar phenomenon seen in Kerala, particularly in connection with
recent land struggles is the 'counter' struggles waged by CPIM. At Chengara
and to some extend in Aralam, Chinnakkanal, Alakkode etc., this amounted to
(counter )--attack.
This strategy reminds us of the post Mandal strategy
sector has become
a powerful
ruling
block in
kerala society.it is
buldozing any
furher land
redistribution.cpim's
base is this
rurban
middle class.
--- On Wed, 8/13/08, Dileep
Raj
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From
Why don't CPIM supporters reply to the following preliminary questions:
1.What or who is the target of plantation workers' strike?State? Harrison?
2.What exactly are their demands?
3.Is denying freedom to landless people and attcking activists of a
nonviolent struggle the
legacy of proletarian
CITU workers block medical help for Chengara Dalits
*Pioneer News Service | Pathanamthitta*
District medical authorities in Pathanamthitta said that they were unable to
provide medical help to thousands of landless Dalits and Adivasis reeling
under diseases like chicken pox, viral fevers and
CPM can solve its confusions: Isaac
*Pioneer News Service | Thiruvananthapuram*
CPI(M) central committee member and State Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac,
criticised by traditionalists in the party as the architect of the
neo-liberalist revisionism in the party, has offered his explanation to
In the pressmeet of the solidarity committee yesterday at Kottayam,
Pallikkal Samuel( Indian Dalit Federation),Ramabhadran (Kerala Dalit
Federation)
Ambujakshan(Kerala Dalit Panthers),K.M.SaleemKumar (Dalit Ikya Samithi),
Sanni Kapikkad,and MDThomas participated.
An office will start
Excerpts from an interview with Foucault in *Le Monde* who declined to
reveal his name. * *
**
**
* The Masked Philosopher (1)*
*...* I shall propose a game.:that of the year without a name.For a year
books would be puiblished without their authors'
few more quotes...
*The Masked Philosopher (2)*
Curiosity is a vice that has been stignatised in urn by Christianity, by
philosophy, and even by a certain conception of science. Curiosity is seen
as futility.however I like the word; it suggests something quite
?
-
$ Shame on you Dileep Raj, you could only collect 36,000/ rupees.
According to Current full ruppee capital convertabilty standards
*Marches planned to Chengara * Radhakrishnan Kuttoor * Plantation workers,
land struggle solidarity forum harden positions * Photo: Leju Kamal
* ANXIOUS wait: A group of elderly women at the encroached portion of
Kumbazha Estate at Chengara, near Konni. — *
CHENGARA (Pathanamthitta Dt.): The
Aravind
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Plantation workers?
Who is paying for lease expired Estate's workers?
What is the workers interest in a lease expired estate
it clearly denotes the convergence of Harrison's interests and CPIM
interest
Anivar
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Dileep
middle class.
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wrote:
From: Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: who is a worker in
Kerala?
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], greenyouth@googlegroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 11:25 PM
I am pasting an 'abridged version' of one of Damodar Prasad's earlier
mails at the bottom.
Immigration rights is one notion which will expose traditional left's
conformist ideas.
If we look back into the rich tradition of left thinking itself,it
could be found that thinkers like Hanna Arendt
:)
Churukkathil nammal onnum cheyyano mindano paadilla!!
Sanjayan paranjathu pole... Avarkkinganeyokke kattam. nammal
Atheppatti parayaruthu.
Itharam karyangalkkayalle Fourth Estate Critique enna oru
pindirippan internet group nilanilkkunnathu?
Atho avar Deshabhimani vayikkatha ULFA
nalam lokakkar kshamikkanam.
pinthirippan internet ennathu otta block aanu.
ende keyboardil aksharam theernnu poyathinal aa block deshabhimaniyil
ninnu kadam vangi.
Onnum vicharikkaruthe..
On 8/18/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:)
Churukkathil nammal onnum cheyyano mindano paadilla
CPM in theoretical dilemma: Dalits
*Pioneer News Service | Kochi*
As the official, neo-liberalist leadership of the CPI(M) in Kerala is
groping in the dark to formulate some new class theory to define the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as a sub-class in the Marxist scheme
of dialectical
I thought we will get the support of
FEC as the Deshabhimani (mis)take is
stignatising the very medium
in blanket manner.
OK,
If Anivar added some of them without consent,
why don't unsubscribe at the earliest?
Deshabhimani alleges that I have 'earned
Rs.37,000 through GreenYouth!
They might be
, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder why Venugopal repeatedly claim that his interpretations are
facts.
Nobody except him would have seen any connection between Ahmed's response
[ in which he took pain to quote the references to which he was responding]
and Venugopal's
intervention
Chengara Night Vigil was covered in Sakshi
and
Kairali...
Regards
Afthab Ellath
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:43 PM, salimtk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
security concerns are more saleable now. it's economics.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Yeterday
Yeterday there was a 'report' in Madhyamam daily on Mariam Rasheeda.
It accuses Kerala police of not being aware of Mariam Rasheeda and her
daughter visting Kerala recently in order to act in a short film exposing
the human rights violation experienced by her.
The tone of the report testifies the
at 11:02 AM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
and may I add to it that History has no object.
damodar
On 7/10/08, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Writers like Banjamine, heidegger and Nietzsche still inspires me
like Murali. *Thinking cannot be replaced with history
Let me be blunt and brief.
1. After a detour through the thread, I still don't understand why
Satchidanandan
felt that there were prejudices against him. Though the responses from
Aftab, Ahmed Rafeek
etal were instantaneous, I didn't feel that it was triggered by prejudice.
So i hope
Hi,
Are we guided by the seduction of 'printed'
and 'most recent' writing ? That could be an indicator of authors' ( lack
or access)
location, relation with publishing industry etc.
Thus A Murali fan trying to foreground marginalised texts aginst the
Zardarians!!
These are excerpts from
Writers like Banjamine, heidegger and Nietzsche still inspires me like
Murali. *Thinking cannot be replaced with history of thinking.\*
*Shall I order for a repeat? single or twice*
:) (its a large version of simile!)
May be out of fashion, but I go with Althusser:
Philosophy
Movement)
KDmartin
TKVasu
T Babu Payyannur
Dileep raj
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I am afraid our debate most of the time relapses into a simplistic notion of
modernity and tradition as if they are available as such, out there. Just to
indicate the complex interrelations between tradition, modernity and
technology, let me quote another small part from Muralidharan's paper
Let's go for a thought experiment.
Suppose there is a 'padam' in malayalam school textbook
where the real possibility of marking nil against the column of gender
is visualised.
Imagine the uproar aginst it. Imagine where our secular Leftists will stand.
No, that shouldn't be a hypothetical
On July 10th, a rally against private postmortem in Ernakulam is planned by
the committee. Balachandran Chullikkad will burn the copy of the government
order. MKSanu will speak in the public meeting therafter.
Subsequently the government order allowing private postmortem in Amrutha
Hospital will
Kannada commonsense is not to be
idealised either
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:06 AM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
:-)
Bobby,
I read your blog and was reading it again.
*Now with this anecdote, I feel much releived.
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;-)
*prasad*
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On 7/4/08, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL
Let me quote a critical observation on this text by DRNagaraj:
...Ilaiah's analysis of lower caste gods and goddesses suffers from
reductionism. Actually, goddesses have a charming way of appearing both at
conservative temples and the *shudra *hut-temples.Many a time the deity who
is worshipped
M.Muralidharan (1-6-1958--- 1-12-1995), a great thinker Kertalam has
produced, wrote with a sophistication and brilliance rare among conventional
academics.The following passage is taken from his unpublished paper Hindu
Community Formation in Kerala: Processes and structures under Modernity
It is here that we come to the cultural ethos that accompanied left
politics in Kerala , as the public sphere in the region cannot be discussed
meaningfully without reference to it. For the past 50 years , the communist
movement has been functioning very much as a community with religious
Hi
With apologies to the author I am summarising/ making public some arguments
from an unpublished / incomplete seminar paper ( Was there a public sphere
in Keralam?Were Malayalam media ever a public sphere?) by Nizar Ahmed.I
don't think this such papers should forever remain in my private'
Group Yudham?
Zardar and Habermas are totems?
Fun apart, I would argue that the existence of groups like Greenyouth
by itself nullifies Habermas' notion of ideal speach situation.
There is an implicit elitism in looking for spaces where
'comfort' and 'safety is assured. Most probably it will be
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