if u have no problem sharing before it gets publshed, I am interested in it.. in fact i used to follow ur writings and found it really valuable. would like to read ur recent work.
regards On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:33 AM, devika Jayakumari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > Dear Ranju > > No, textualising Gandhi critically is not reading Gandhi as 'ideology' at > all. The former is a more complicated exercise which involves deconstructing > Gandhi to reveal the instability at the heart of this edifice with its > semblence of stability. But I'm more interested in historicising Gandhi's > political techniques -- which I believe will reveal a number of borrowing > and redeployment to savarna ends. I think this should be an ongoing > exercise, and the Ambedkarite moment is a crucial historical beginning which > we should carry on, and if it was never discussed in the seminar, it is not > only unpardonable but outright bizarre. > > That's why I do think the people in chengara are engaged in precisely > 'anti-Gandhian satyagraha'. In some of my recent work, I've tried to show > how the 'welfarist resolution of the caste question' in Kerala was almost > the exact replica of the Gandhian resolution, not just in political > positions but even in techniques. This is something the CPM can't stomach, > though it is part of their history. > > I can share this writing with anyone who'dbe interested to read it; it is > yet to be published. Would love to get your feedback on it. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
