I was reminded of the one working in* Fiction Department *of 1984, ======
*Orthodoxy means not thinking — not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness* ... Winston knew the man by sight, though he knew no more about him than that he held some important post in the *Fiction Department*. He was a man of about thirty, *with a muscular throat and a large, mobile mouth*. His head was thrown back a little, and because of the angle at which he was sitting, his spectacles caught the light and presented to Winston two blank discs instead of eyes. *What was slightly horrible, was that from the stream of sound that poured out of his mouth it was almost impossible to distinguish a single word.*. ... *Whatever it was, you could be certain that every word of it was pure orthodoxy, pure Ingsoc. *As he watched the eyeless face with the jaw moving rapidly up and down, Winston had a curious feeling that *this was not a real human being but some kind of dummy. It was not the man's brain that was speaking, it was his larynx. The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words, but it was not speech in the true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness, like the quacking of a duck. * George Orwell, 1984 === Regards Afthab Ellath On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:18 PM, venukm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seems there's nothing new in this kind of anonymous or virtually > anonymous master pieces of faceless professors who neither dare to nor > want to come out of the smokescreens, which in turn, should serve some > purpose. > Perhaps, none of these poor fellows might be interested in the issue > as such, unless it were the case where the Party has recently decided > to effectively take on the challenges online, there itself! > Hence, there comes some dire need to re-affirm one's loyalty before > being qualified to get his/her due from the big brother(s); be it > whatever, big or small- the point,however, is that there is a point > not only in not antagonizing the big brother(s), but also in getting > oneself cleared of doubts of keeping sympathy to peoples' struggle > which might find expressions anywhere albeit against the will of the > Party. > > On Sep 5, 11:51 am, "devika Jayakumari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shantam, paapam! However this Jiju P Alex is, he is committing blasphemy. > He > > is daming the advice of Great Leaders. Please! > > > > (1) the author's implicit demand, that social activists should be > > necessarily landless and preferably near-starvation was, alas, long > rejected > > by the CPM. I quote their late God, EMS:As far as comrades from the > > landowning and capitalist classes are concerned, it may be better that > they > > work to create a group within their class who will work for the country's > > economic planning and to improve the people's standards of living, and to > > devote their wealth and labour in ways that enhance national pride, > rather > > than sell their assets and hand over the sum received to the party." > > (quoted from 'Acchadakkattode Pravarttikkuka' (Act with Discipline), in > P. > > Govinda Pillai (ed.), *EMS Sampoorna Kritikal* [Collected Works of EMS] > > vol.5, 1944-45, Thiruvananthapuram: Chinta Publishers, pp. 234-54). > Likewise > > all the activists of the Chengara land struggle who are much poorer > > landlords compared to what EMS was, will devote themselves to enhancing > the > > economic development activities of the poor. Bretheren! Be wary of false > > prophets like Jiju P Alex who seek to mislead you away from the Word of > God! > > > > (2) The author's professorial status may have exempted him from gaining > > education about precise definitions of terms like 'NGOs', upon which the > RAW > > certainly keeps a close watch. He seems to have no clue on where and how > > funding flows, especially from sources like the ford foundation. And > please > > note: "WB activists"are bad but WB money is not. We need it to keep our > > panchayats going. This professor lives in an insulated world where > > everything is artificially kept alive by the CPM power plant. Hence he > > thinks that people outside this charmed world will swallow the > difference. I > > don't know of mulitlateral agencies interested in land struggles but they > > are certainly interested in intervening in governance -- which the CPM > and > > the IAS officers in this state are interested. The CPM-led State thinks > that > > it can use WB money without compromising the interests of the people. > > > > People inChengara, please take note: if you receive any multilateral > > funding, you are to use it strictly like our government; in the interest > of > > the 'people', that is. We must follow our enlightened state in all > respects. > > > > (3) Some groups, according to our professor, wish to spread canards about > > the LDF throughout the world. His intentions are of course beyond doubt: > he > > is only speaking the truth. And what is truth? He hints at the end -- > > 'nandigram' was a lie; therefore we may infer what that truth is - the > > denial of nandigram. I am part of a generation of SFI students in Delhi > who > > were told by our respected leaders that Tienanmen was a lie spread by the > > bourgeois media. Thank you very much, professor, but we don't need your > > asertions of truth! > > > > Devika > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" 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/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
