[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple

2008-07-19 Thread damodar prasad
For devout Hindus, what more exciting news to know about a temple being built for *Seeta Mayya* as Ramayana reading month is celebarated by TBS to DC to Mathrubhumi... RSS problem perhaps is only with the colonial-raj combination of chaste english Rajasthan CM speaks. On 7/19/08, Bobby Kunhu

[GreenYouth] Fwd: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple

2008-07-19 Thread damodar prasad
-- Forwarded message -- From: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 20, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple To: Afthab Ellath [EMAIL PROTECTED] Going by the hindu traditions (in plural) there are all chances that a new day begins

[GreenYouth] Reply in FEC Reply to all in GY

2008-07-19 Thread damodar prasad
CALLING THE ATTN. OF MODERATORS In FEC, to reply to a posting you need only to click to 'reply' button. In GY, you've both options reply' and 'reply to all' Several times unknowingly, I click to reply, which I intended as 'reply to all Now it happened on Bobbys posting on Raje- temple, I saw

[GreenYouth] Re: arundhati roys briefing

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
salim, I am looking for your comment on the writing yours prasad On 7/20/08, salimtk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080728fname=Arundhati+Roy+(F)sid=2 On 7/20/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you read the short fiction

[GreenYouth] Fwd: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
-- Forwarded message -- From: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 20, 2008 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple To: Afthab Ellath [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 7/20/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Going by the hindu traditions (in plural

[GreenYouth] Re: telecast schedule

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
On 7/20/08, venkity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: madhusree dutta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 7:21 PM Subject: telecast schedule To: Abeer Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED], abhishikta bhattacharyya [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jaishri Abichandani

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
with respect to hindu-context. It may not lead productive plurality. But is trouble some for one nation theorist On 7/20/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since idol worship is central to several practices that constitute 'hindu' religion and local gods and godesses and cults based

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
myth evolved and the variant stories themselves are being subjected to a linear narrative and worse a perverse form of purification. On 20/07/2008, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since idol worship is central to several practices that constitute 'hindu' religion and local gods

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: vasundhra raje's temple

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
tried. damodar prasad On 7/20/08, salimtk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: plurality is interesting in a transmodern thought context. islam, ofcourse with one God, accomodate the plurality of multiple ways of being human. multiple Gods were not really found mandatory for plurality in beliefs, lif style

[GreenYouth] Fwd: [GreenYouth] Re: arundhati roys briefing

2008-07-20 Thread damodar prasad
-- Forwarded message -- From: salimtk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 21, 2008 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] Re: arundhati roys briefing To: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] we have been well acquainted with her igniting non-fiction writings. we have been aroused from our

[GreenYouth] Re: Deshabhimani's cyber stigma

2008-08-18 Thread damodar prasad
Sathamanyu is a pseduonym like 'neerikskan and indrans of M'bhmi and several other similar. There is a tradition in Print Media writing Op-ed pieces regularly in psedonym. So Thats not a problem. I think problem is not that of Deshabimani. Anyways. they will continue their atrocious campaign

[GreenYouth] Re: Deshabhimani's cyber stigma

2008-08-18 Thread damodar prasad
Anivar, Green Youth deserves some credit. Making dormant groups to get active by invoking GnYouth Dileep, Another issue: Since you dont have FEC memebership, let me make you aware of this: some one included some prominent persoons in Green youth without taking the consent of the concerned. I

[GreenYouth] Re: Deshabhimani's Damn lies again

2008-08-19 Thread damodar prasad
Powers of Imagination? or the Imagination of the POWERFUL? On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its interesting to note that the report is carried without any by-line. And one must give due credit to the powers of imagination. On 19/08/2008, Anivar Aravind

[GreenYouth] Re: SHAME ON YOU

2008-08-19 Thread damodar prasad
! - * *@ Sathmanyu's knowledge of internet is very poor. The Desabhimani has an online edition and many of the CPM publications are also online and as Damodar Prasad said the internet more than anyone has been used by the Left

[GreenYouth] Re: Musharraf was the last to read the writing on the wall

2008-08-19 Thread damodar prasad
The Dictators and going to be Dictators may note that what they hold is transient. The day after it may go. Those espoused would be the first to condemn them. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:40 AM, ahmed rafeek j [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: * *Musharraf was the last to read the writing on the wall

[GreenYouth] Re: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: green youth - Un Authorised subscribing to the group.

2008-08-19 Thread damodar prasad
It is only very recently I have been active in e-groups. Four months or so ago, I had posted a small note on T20 in Green Youth. Some days later I found the same forwarded to FEC. Who fwded the same ? Perhaps the acrhives will tell you. Many texts were forwarded from FEC to Green Youth and vice

[GreenYouth] Re: who is a worker in Kerala?

2008-08-19 Thread damodar prasad
, nothing else pavangal nattukare pattichum gundayism kanichum jeevichotte ennanengil pavam marxinu pizhachathu nammalenthinu edutharadanam!! though people have the right to do sobut not at the cost of PEOPLE!! On 8/13/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL

[GreenYouth] Re: Deshabhimani's Damn lies again

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
salim. Not necessarliy everyone behind is planning to legitimize the attack. Such imposing of homegenity on any politcal formation is cynical in perspective. No cynicism will do good. And it is not necessary that just a person makes a indivudal remark he or she should be given the responsibility

[GreenYouth] Re: who is a worker in Kerala?

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
but not at the cost of PEOPLE!! On 8/13/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before coming to the Chengara and the 'worker projected onto the scene, let me make a brief

[GreenYouth] Re: A response to KP Aravindan on Fourth estate

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
Moderator, Kindly forward this to FEC. Of course after taking permission On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Dr Aravindan Thanks for your response to my post on kafila. As you say, 'abuse is cheap, solutions are difficult'. That's precisely the problem. I'm

[GreenYouth] jOKE OF tHE dAY

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
Pannickassery who authored SANCHARIKAL KANDA KERALAM. There is immense scope for ammendment. psot-global culture-travel with a ideological framework! damodar prasad --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[GreenYouth] Re: A response to KP Aravindan on Fourth estate

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
20, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Anivar Aravind [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:25 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Moderator, Kindly forward this to FEC. Of course after taking permission What Prevents you from doing it? Greenyouth is a public list. You can post the link

[GreenYouth] Re: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Leftist Babel in Kerala

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Anivar Aravind [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Leftist Babel in Kerala Posted by: *jdevika* | 20 August 2008 Let me first quote from Devika: *the left's achievements after this did not touch upon redistribution of productive resources to the agricultural working

[GreenYouth] Fwd: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] A response to KP Aravindan on Fourth estate

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
Since this forwarded from Green youth. GY members should also see the fun of it of not respondign to text bit to people and abusing GNY members Know all and arrogant. well, never call it abuse.. but thalodaL People with nothing substantial to say responds like this. Shifting completely and

[GreenYouth] Re: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] A response to KP Aravindan on Fourth estate

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
remark from now on in FEC about Gny will be countered there unless you interact where the post is published. You or anyone can take this last scentecne in whatsoever manner. * On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:39 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Since this forwarded from Green youth. GY members

[GreenYouth] Fwd: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] A response to KP Aravindan on Fourth estate

2008-08-20 Thread damodar prasad
-- Forwarded message -- From: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:57 PM Subject: Re: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: Fwd: [GreenYouth] A response to KP Aravindan on Fourth estate To: Greenyouth greenyouth@googlegroups.com Dr. Aravidan, The visible shift

[GreenYouth] New Media discussion

2008-08-21 Thread damodar prasad
1. The New Media, I doubt, is still understood in Print terminology and with a Textist mind. The Analog and Linear Mind fails to recogonize the dynamics of digital ontology. 2. It is meanignless to impose a Print template over the interactive and de-territorial space of new media. 3. The first

[GreenYouth] Re: New Media discussion

2008-08-23 Thread damodar prasad
on moral responsibility to what one writes/discuss. this will, at least initially, invite authoritarian blames from traditional corners such as 'know-all attitude', 'no-substance', 'negative'. Ahmed rafeek On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:03 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: 1. The New Media

[GreenYouth] Re: weird science - ziauddin sardar

2008-08-24 Thread damodar prasad
I also think the same way as Aryakrishnan says. A link to Ziauddin Zardar's article I was also looking for. However, I have different points to highlight. Linking to source is good. But I don't think it has to be followed on all occassions religioulsy just bcoz over some previous fights. People

[GreenYouth] accumulation through encroachment- from the interview with Prabath Patnaik

2008-08-24 Thread damodar prasad
*http://www.pragoti.org/node/1826* * * *Courtesy: Pragoti* * * *CP: You've said that development strategies should be formulated through political engagement. However, with the growing role international NGOs are playing in service provision and shaping the development discourse in many

[GreenYouth] Re: Chengara Negotiations

2008-08-25 Thread damodar prasad
Have our understanding of struggles become morbid? 1. Before universalizing Chengara, let us be particular about the agitation. The Government and the distant but sympathetic observers have consistently made the category mistake that it is the Tribals who are agitating at Chenagra. Tribals,

[GreenYouth] Re: New Media discussion

2008-08-25 Thread damodar prasad
On 8/21/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. The New Media, I doubt, is still understood in Print terminology and with a Textist mind. The Analog and Linear Mind fails to recogonize the dynamics of digital ontology. 2. It is meanignless to impose a Print template

[GreenYouth] Net protocol as a terrain of political struggle

2008-08-26 Thread damodar prasad
*Continuing the New Media Discussion in a new thread with this article, This is another view on the critique of existing condition of web 2.0. and challenges and options on the protocols of communication over the net. I am summarizing the article by Harry Lapin. To read the complete:

[GreenYouth] The refined art of vandalism - ET third edit

2008-08-26 Thread damodar prasad
*Vandalism is quite a refined art in our land*. Witness the speed with which *a few members of the loony fringe* attacked an exhibition of the nation's leading artist. Apparently, a dozen men assembled, stormed into the enclosure, smashed glass frames and tore off pictures all in a matter of

[GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups

2008-08-26 Thread damodar prasad
Hahhha.. Defeated discourses need some solacing. Solacing by the way of * Praak-ing. * multiple mode-praaking. Its all death by another name. And death or devastation, when people mourn parodying elegies in their country graveyard to resuscitate themselves, the *bingo w*ants only pie - as in

[GreenYouth] fwding of V.Sanil's text to GnY

2008-08-26 Thread damodar prasad
referring to the references about Dilip Raj in FEC. Pls. take care. damodar prasad --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth

[GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups

2008-08-27 Thread damodar prasad
. Its something like disarming one! I dont want to go autobiographical in a public domain. Neelan --- On *Wed, 27/8/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: From: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups To: greenyouth

[GreenYouth] Re: ORISSA

2008-08-28 Thread damodar prasad
...It did not erupt all of a sudden. The spontaneity theory of communal riots is defunct. Each time we only wake up as an event occurs and condemning it as untoward. The national body politic is infected with the hindu communal virus. Seeds of majoritarian violence is already planted through

[GreenYouth] Meenakshi's You are here

2008-08-28 Thread damodar prasad
not aided by any yuva jana bahu jana varga organization). well.. Meenakshi's work is dedicated to her parents, for love, GENES and moral support!!! damodar prasad --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green

[GreenYouth] Re: Plantation goons decide to confront the demonstration planned by the solidarity council members on Saturday (Pioneer)

2008-08-28 Thread damodar prasad
So agitation continues beyond win-win situation, namely death. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tension mounts in Chengara Pioneer News Service | Pathanamthitta More than 7,000 Dalits and Adivasis agitating in the rubber estates among the Chengara

[GreenYouth] Budhadeb, Hartal the undercommons

2008-08-29 Thread damodar prasad
It was not for the first time Budhadeb was openly coming against Hartal and Bandh. And it is not only Budhadeb within the CPM who is speaking against the Hartal for the first time. Abdulla Kutty had spoken against the hartal from of protest earlier. Subsequently, both were silenced. Abdulla

[GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups

2008-08-29 Thread damodar prasad
in Kalakaumudi (or samalalika malayalam?) years ago) what i can say with due respect to all these celebrities is that inimitable genius is not an exception as far as caste/gender/class s concerned. On 8/29/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the caste-class configuration

[GreenYouth] You came to see this, didn’t you ass* ****? Have a nice day then!”

2008-08-30 Thread damodar prasad
*You came to see this, didn't you ass*? Have a nice day then!* * * **S.Sanjeev's write-up in Tehelka this week issue http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=hub060908personalhistories.asp *S Sanjeev * *Is a 35-year-old writer and editor who lives in Thiruvananthapuram.* SO THIS

[GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups

2008-08-30 Thread damodar prasad
, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups To: greenyouth@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, 27 August, 2008, 6:26 PM Well. that's why you are here uninhibited

[GreenYouth] NGOs as Hybrid State Actors

2008-08-30 Thread damodar prasad
Friends, late night version of an NGO thought.. copy edited version will be sent later.. NGOs as Hybrid State Actors 1. Instead of simple historicizing by way what is being termed here as genealogy, let us look specifically into the current context of mounting tension between forces

[GreenYouth] Re: Sanni Kapikkad and savarna peace in Google groups

2008-08-30 Thread damodar prasad
it. On 8/31/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Radhakrishnan for not unsubscribing from green youth. As a first entrant nobody seems to welcome you.. 12 am .. a day passed.. very happy to see you at Green youth. I thought a jumping out caste-assertive response will come to you

[GreenYouth] Re: NGOs as Hybrid State Actors

2008-08-31 Thread damodar prasad
. On 8/30/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, late night version of an NGO thought.. copy edited version will be sent later.. NGOs as Hybrid State Actors 1. Instead of simple historicizing by way what is being termed here as genealogy, let us look specifically

[GreenYouth] Re: ORISSA

2008-08-31 Thread damodar prasad
are along the communal lines.innumerable charity measures,micro credits,local net works and local gods etc are playing a dominant role in this civil society formation.all the little traditions of these communities have been disappeared. --- On *Thu, 8/28/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED

[GreenYouth] Re: ORISSA

2008-09-01 Thread damodar prasad
/communist transformation from it. but as vkn rightly predicted, that vaccume was systematically filled up by sanghparivar poltics. On 9/1/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barring the secular Left, are every body OK? Then see, what *Mar Powathil has to say*: He said that the direct

[GreenYouth] Re: My published article -- Asma Siddiqui

2008-09-01 Thread damodar prasad
Asma, Long time, no poems from you. read your article. I can share your agony. Bcoz mot of our unaided and self-financing colleges run the same way, though some of them have great visual merchandising. teachers are poorly paid but students are taxed heavily. and one self-financing colleges they

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: news letter 6

2008-09-02 Thread damodar prasad
me difficult to further respond as well. Well.. my objections on the some statements you raised here, we will take up later as today and tommorrow there are other considerations.. damodar prasad On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:28 PM, jenny rowena [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I was talking to K K Baburaj

[GreenYouth] Re: The Hindu Bombs

2008-09-08 Thread damodar prasad
stopped it. National Patriotism(NP1) or Non-Proliferation(NP0) , my mind tends to shift towards the later. NSG/US/imperialism- all are now tied to the string of NP1. Thank you shahina for sensitizing the reading communities on newsroom biases. Damodar Prasad On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM

[GreenYouth] Re: Nuclear Waiver - Blow To Non-Proliferation

2008-09-10 Thread damodar prasad
Aftab, I think you have not posted in FEC. May I do so. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Afthab Ellath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Nuclear Waiver - Blow To Non-Proliferation* *By Praful Bidwai* 08 September, 2008 *Inter Press Service http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43818* *NEW

[GreenYouth] white women now deserting Obama

2008-09-10 Thread damodar prasad
The Palin effect: white women now deserting Obama, says survey. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/10/women.uselections2008 White women voters are deserting the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama because of the sudden emergence on the Republican ticket of Sarah Palin,

[GreenYouth] Re: white women now deserting Obama

2008-09-10 Thread damodar prasad
dumbfounded by the selection of Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate. This moose-eating political featherweight could be a heartbeat away from the presidency - what a frightening thought I have a feeling that quite a lot of Sarah Palin effect is media created 2008/9/10 damodar

[GreenYouth] Re: white women now deserting Obama

2008-09-10 Thread damodar prasad
that quite a lot of Sarah Palin effect is media created 2008/9/10 damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Palin effect: white women now deserting Obama, says survey. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/10/women.uselections2008 White women voters are deserting the Democratic

[GreenYouth] Re: happy onam

2008-09-10 Thread damodar prasad
Govt. of Kerala also wish to replenish their exchequer from *ONANADA SWAMIS who were till now HARTAL DASANS. * On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:28 AM, V K Adarsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir, friends relatives Wish you a Happy Onam -- sincerely yours V K Adarsh

[GreenYouth] Cyber Sutra: India's online eroticism

2008-09-11 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/cyber-sutra-indias-online-eroticism-925593.html *Cyber Sutra: India's online eroticism Now known for strict conservatism, India was the birthplace of erotica, famed for its sensual literature and carvings. Andrew Buncombe looks at a modern expression

[GreenYouth] Leading article: The class struggle is over, it's all about social mobility

2008-09-11 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-class-struggle-is-over-its-all-about-social-mobility-925519.html *Leading article: The class struggle is over, it's all about social mobility * Let no one underestimate the political shrewdness of Harriet Harman. Although

[GreenYouth] Crunch time-But what do the opponents of capitalism make of the global financial crisis?

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/17/recession.labourWe've heard the bankers' stories. The economists have had their say. But what do the opponents of capitalism make of the global financial crisis? Is this the moment they have been waiting for? Stephen Moss and Jon Henley ask

[GreenYouth] The fruit of hypocrisy: Stiglitiz on melt down (or) crisis

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/16/economics.wallstreet. The fruit of hypocrisy Dishonesty in the finance sector dragged us here, and Washington looks ill-equipped to guide us out. Houses of cards, chickens coming home to roost - pick your cliche. The new low in the financial

[GreenYouth] The Lehman effect

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/The_Lehman_effect/articleshow/3491141.cms India's outsourcing story has become the unintended victim of the collapse of some of the most venerable Wall Street firms such as Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch since the subprime crisis began to unravel.

[GreenYouth] Re: Anti Police Convention : Sept 28, ernakulam

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
Dear dilip, Where is the venue of this convention? In this convention, some retired police officers could have also been invited like Jadavedan Nampoothiri or SreekumarIPS or even RK Raghavan to enable a different but inside sensible view. It is in the connection with the title of the programme.

[GreenYouth] Handwritten Urdu Newspaper Stands Out in Indian Media Mob

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
Handwritten Urdu Newspaper Stands Out in Indian Media Mobhttp://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/09/16/handwritten-urdu-newspaper-stands-out-in-indian-media-mob/ By *Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/*. CHENNAI, India — After his father died in April, Syed Arifullah took the reins of

[GreenYouth] Re: Anti Police Convention : Sept 28, ernakulam

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
two lines That is poetry, no Shayari!! great!!! On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Dileep Raj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Prasad, Mufti is an omnipresence!! GreenYouth no exception.. On 9/17/08, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear dilip, Where is the venue

[GreenYouth] How can the rich still be buying our silence with this 13th-century law?

2008-09-17 Thread damodar prasad
If even football fans can be sued by their club for online remarks, it's clear libel is too easily used to stifle legitimate dissent. So we saw him off. Last week, in a victory for both medicine and free speech, Matthias Rath dropped his libel suit against the Guardian. But it seems amazing that

[GreenYouth] US politics and the internet

2008-09-18 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/09/usa-vote-friends-election Were the election to be decided on clicks alone the Democrats would be walking away with both a landslide victory and lots of Facebook friends The internet and social software has already been a highly visible force

[GreenYouth] The great depression american novel

2008-09-18 Thread damodar prasad
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/The_great_depression/articleshow/3495638.cms When American writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide it did not just mark the death of a novelist. Rather, it perhaps was one of the first few indications of the death of the American novel. Wallace,

[GreenYouth] THEATRES OF CRUELTY

2008-09-24 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080925/jsp/opinion/story_9884239.jsp *THEATRES OF CRUELTY * As the Indian subcontinent reels under a series of terror attacks, perhaps what is more frightening than the images of mangled corpses and ripped automobiles are the cold, clinical minds that are behind

[GreenYouth] Giorgio Agamben - On Contemporaniety

2008-09-24 Thread damodar prasad
*Pls. listen to Agamben's video lecture on contemporaniety Follow this link http://trans-ferir.blogspot.com/2008/09/giorgio-agamben-on-contemporaneity.html 2.* Also read a deeply insightful study of Anand's novels titled, Representation and Testimony: Anand's novels and the problem of

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term

2008-09-25 Thread damodar prasad
I think the issue of Caste-lessness of judiciary was well noted. As Bobby has indicated the capital punishment is a grievous issue. There has been a considerable debate on this. Still, the prevailing discourse added with middle class sentiment tends to favour the capital punishment. Even the

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term

2008-09-25 Thread damodar prasad
I was referring to Dhanjoy chaterjee incident On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think the issue of Caste-lessness of judiciary was well noted. As Bobby has indicated the capital punishment is a grievous issue. There has been a considerable debate

[GreenYouth] The society of the query and the Googlization of our lives

2008-09-25 Thread damodar prasad
The society of the query and the Googlization of our lives A tribute to Joseph Weizenbaum There is only one way to turn signals into information, through interpretation, wrote the computer critic Joseph Weizenbaum. As Google's hegemony over online content increases, argues Geert Lovink, we

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term

2008-09-26 Thread damodar prasad
strategies is everyday being experimented and one is left with the option of non-communication. Sometimes that is what is desired. I share your perspective. Regards, damodar prasad On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:00 AM, ranju radha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bobby, I agree. I was only pointing out

[GreenYouth] 30 Years Of The Common Man

2008-09-29 Thread damodar prasad
*Ratheesh's article in Tehelka web special. * *Since RR is a memeber of GnY, any critical views on this he can listen to or respond * *http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ws041008common_man.asp * *30 Years Of The Common Man* *Posted on Sep 26, 2008* *Mohan Lal's career has marked

[GreenYouth] Re: Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group- Press Statement

2008-09-29 Thread damodar prasad
In solidarity. I guess, Jamia Teacher's organization is not an affiliated bahujanam, hence the autonomy. On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM, hany [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can't agree more with the previous posts! i hope other teachers' organizations will take cue from this! hany. On 27 Sep,

[GreenYouth] Re: Pankaj Mishra's romance with terrorism

2008-09-29 Thread damodar prasad
, 2008 at 2:15 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Dear Aftab, Did you see this outlook article by Pankaj Mishra *India: A Massacre Justified By Philanthropy? http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20081006fname=Cover+Storysid=3 since it is pankaj mishra , his credentials will ever

[GreenYouth] Re: 30 Years Of The Common Man

2008-09-30 Thread damodar prasad
PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Ratheesh's article in Tehelka web special. * *Since RR is a memeber of GnY, any critical views on this he can listen to or respond * *http://www.tehelka.com/story_main40.asp?filename=Ws041008common_man.asp * *30 Years Of The Common Man

[GreenYouth] Everything you want to know about the bank crisis

2008-09-30 Thread damodar prasad
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2008/05/financial-crisis-banks-england Iain Macwhirter http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/iain_macwhirter As the financial crisis enters what the governor of the Bank of England has called a new and dangerous phase Iain Macwhirter has been looking at the big

[GreenYouth] Niveditha Menon's article- Narrow Escape

2008-10-01 Thread damodar prasad
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=16154issueid=73 *Religious beliefs determine Political Identity in India. The only way to escape it is if people exit their birth communities* Remember the advertisement for a mobile phone in which a young sarpanch ends a

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-03 Thread damodar prasad
is not connected with the above. 2. The breaking news is Tata bye bye. Gandhi is a not a current affair. From tonnight ritualistic scriptural readings and media educating purposive threads will soon start. awaiting for nanoist thoughts elsewhere!! damodar prasad On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Luisa Steur

[GreenYouth] Re: Granite industry blues

2008-10-03 Thread damodar prasad
Really informative bobby. Have you put this in FEC. This will help rescue the green budgeting from cycling and perhaps also help think of eco tax etc. On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[GreenYouth] Re: SHIVER… DOWN THE SPINE.

2008-10-04 Thread damodar prasad
Shahina, I don't know what to say. I came to know about this traumatic episode a week ago, but I didn't personally mail you as I did not know what to say. But I asked myself : is this true? In fact we all discussed the hoot article here in this group. Some one told me the incident was reported in

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-04 Thread damodar prasad
important priciple in a world where liberal ddemocracy has become commonsense.Actually all debates are interest--national, market , individual as well as communitarian-- based. S.Gopalakrishnan,T.V.Madhu and Damodar Prasad presented papers(Hope Prasad will summarise the points he

[GreenYouth] Akeel Birgami on Gandhi, Osama, Dawkins etal

2008-10-04 Thread damodar prasad
*What Osama is demanding is on the lips of almost every ordinary Muslim' http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/08inter.htm *February 08, 2007 I have a whiplash tongue,' Professor *Akeel Bilgrami* was quoted by a Columbia University student as saying recently, 'and I won't hesitate to lash you all

[GreenYouth] see this link

2008-10-04 Thread damodar prasad
http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/20/indian-mujahideen-countercurrents-potential-nexus/ This link was provided by Yash in an FEC mail. The original mail I have forwarded to Green Youth. If you go to the archives of Green Youth, you will find mails which had quoted this neo-jingoist

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-05 Thread damodar prasad
lines of responses, and it is understandable. Same way, I may not be having one either, to call you other than the stock label at my disposal.. So long as our relationship remains in discursive terms, I believe it is all right. Regards, Venu. On 5 Oct, 11:14, damodar prasad [EMAIL

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-05 Thread damodar prasad
What is implied in both Jenny's reading or in a subtle way KMVenu's new mail is that there is normative procedure , which is pre-given applicable to all context and which fundamentally locates on a universalistic ethic as in universalistic US's rational human rights concept and hence

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-05 Thread damodar prasad
. On 5 Oct, 11:53, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Venu, Stock taking, tagging, labelling and finally couriering is not my kinda job. Just one point: I am not opposed to Universalism in a relativist sense by highlighting some traditional as well as localisms I would only

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-05 Thread damodar prasad
reference and owning for one-self) On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:50 PM, jenny rowena [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Damodar Prasad, i never asked you to be self critical for me - i told you to find those words for me.. i have raised some criticism yes, but some from this group need not then move

[GreenYouth] Fwd: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Extremist Groups or New Social Forces in Muslim Community?

2008-10-05 Thread damodar prasad
I am forwarding this from FEC. This is from a well-known / veteran journalist Chekutty's blog. I don't know wether he is a member of Gny. Anyway he is not a active discussant. Whether active/inactive or pasive, the text and content I think is important for discussion. -- Forwarded

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-06 Thread damodar prasad
Dileep, hahahah...It is only half-reported. I was more responding to Nizar. One of the point I made was this: In Gandhi, you don't have the idea of emanicipation. There is only reconciliation. Where as in Ambedkar, there is the idea of Liberation. In Marxism as well you find the idea of

[GreenYouth] Fwd: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: SHIVE R… DOWN THE SPINE

2008-10-06 Thread damodar prasad
-- Forwarded message -- From: damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:54 AM Subject: Re: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Re: SHIVER… DOWN THE SPINE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All visited the link Yash has provided? Next, most probably, will be green youth. (Shahina's Hoot

[GreenYouth] Re: Readings of Gandhi

2008-10-06 Thread damodar prasad
To be specific: *Emancipation versus Reconciliation.* . frankly, little bit tired.. or may be fatigue.. so I may not be able to elaborate. On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:43 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Dileep, hahahah...It is only half-reported. I was more responding to Nizar. One

[GreenYouth] Re: Calicut university union .....mark corruption issues in calicut university.

2008-10-07 Thread damodar prasad
Vellarikayala... Nalla mootha vellarikkayanu..Kerala Model Vellarikka.. Do you sincerely going to Court and follow it up is easy? I completely agree with Vinod about the conditions and even isloation to be faced by the cocnerned families. May be haynes is new to Green youth. Many real life

[GreenYouth] Re: Calicut university union .....mark corruption issues in calicut university.

2008-10-08 Thread damodar prasad
Haynese, Kariyuam manasillayi.. Compose boxinte limitationil ninnu njan parayate.,...,. enne nattukar arriyanu peril thane njan message post cheyyanu. Athrayum angikirriuku.(that much you understand .. Chilar undu Kalla peril olichirinu enethu vilichu pararyum.. having said that I am least

[GreenYouth] Kovalam Literary Festival

2008-10-08 Thread damodar prasad
1. Yesterday I was invited to attend the dinner hosted by penguin as part of the Kovalam Literary Festival. Dileep, representative of Penguin had also invited respected journalists, writers and academics. It was an interesting mid-late night (!!) not because of the contents' of the dinner but

[GreenYouth] Re: Kovalam Literary Festival

2008-10-09 Thread damodar prasad
damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. Yesterday I was invited to attend the dinner hosted by penguin as part of the Kovalam Literary Festival. Dileep, representative of Penguin had also invited respected journalists, writers and academics. It was an interesting mid-late night (!!) not because

[GreenYouth] Marc Faber comment on US economy

2008-10-13 Thread damodar prasad
*Marc Faber comment on US economy * Investment analyst and entrepreneur Dr. Marc Faber concluded his monthly bulletin (June 2008) with the Following: ''*The federal government is sending each of us a $600 rebate. If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money goes to China. If we spend it on

[GreenYouth] On the Indian view of things- an interview with Sudir kakar

2008-10-14 Thread damodar prasad
is selling some mysterious ideas on India abroad. I have highlighted some portion. On what basis he has ideated such things I don't know. May be I am wrong. Please read this anyway.* Damodar Prasad On the Indian view of things Adolf Holl in conversation with *Sudhir Kakar* http://www.eurozine.com

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