[GreenYouth] Does the recent killing of a Muslim youth in Kerala resemble in some respects Trayvon Martin's case ?

2013-07-16 Thread venukm
Does the recent killing of a Muslim youth in Kerala resemble in some respects Trayvon Martin's case ? On the 7th of this month, Sabith, an innocent eighteen years old ,working in a textile shop at Kasargod (Kerala) was stabbed to death in broad day light near his residence just few kilometers

[GreenYouth] Fwd: Benegal pulls out of jury on Vedanta-promoted film competition- PTI

2012-02-24 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: Venugopalan K M kmvenuan...@gmail.com Date: Feb 24, 9:15 pm Subject: Benegal pulls out of jury on Vedanta-promoted film competition- PTI To: humanrights movement Congratulations to Shyam Benegal for his most sensible response to an important  

[GreenYouth] Fwd: NAPM Demands SCRAPPING of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plants

2011-09-12 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: NAPM India napmin...@napm-india.org Date: Sep 11, 3:55 pm Subject: NAPM Demands SCRAPPING of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plants To: ACTIVISM NEWS NETWORK *NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS* *

[GreenYouth] Fwd: SHAME ON YOU, K POLICE..and ..SHAME ON YOU, K MEDIA..!

2011-08-09 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com Date: Aug 9, 5:48 pm Subject: SHAME ON YOU, K POLICE..and ..SHAME ON YOU, K MEDIA..! To: Media Critique and Debate One more incident of moral policing in Kerala supported by the legal police...Even siblings of opposite

[GreenYouth] Fwd: Excerpts From SC Judgment (July 5,2011: In Nandini Sunder and Others Vs State of Chathisghad)

2011-07-26 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com Date: Jul 27, 7:51 am Subject: Excerpts From SC Judgment (July 5,2011: In Nandini Sunder and Others Vs State of Chathisghad) To: Media Critique and Debate Look ,this is a political document coming down heavily

[GreenYouth] Re: Post from Venugopalan K M

2011-07-15 Thread venukm
Yet another spectacle purportedly mobilizing on identities! KDMS seems to aim just that, possibly with lots of goodwill by all connected to the human rights of dalit and women. Nevertheless, it takes shape within a framework in which more fundamental questions about the generic nature of

[GreenYouth] The Supreme Court on Monday put a stay on the Allahabad high court order partitioning the disputed land in Ayodhya.

2011-05-09 Thread venukm
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday put a stay on the Allahabad high court order partitioning the disputed land in Ayodhya. The SC said it was strange on Allahabad high court's part to order partitioning of the disputed land at Ayodhya as no party had prayed for it. The partition of disputed

[GreenYouth] Re: Letter sent to Annaji by Social Activist of Gujarat. - The Statement of Annaji creates wrong impression

2011-04-11 Thread venukm
Mallika Sarabha writes to Anna Hazare Dear Annaji We are deeply shocked by your endorsement of Narendra Modi's rural development. There has been little or no rural development in ths state. In fact gauchar lands and irrigated farmlands have been stealthily taken by the government and sold off

[GreenYouth] Farmer Suicide in UP and Callous Mayawati Govt CPI(ML) Teams Visit Gonda and Ambedkar Nagar

2011-04-07 Thread venukm
Farmer Suicide in UP and Callous Mayawati Govt CPI(ML) Teams Visit Gonda and Ambedkar Nagar A 30 year young man Ved Prakash Pandey burnt himself to death at the Gonda District Magistrate’s residence on 27 March. The CPI(ML) team that visited the village found that the youth’s father who’s a

[GreenYouth] India Waits For Its Mubarak Moment By Vidya Bhushan Rawat 17 February, 2011

2011-02-17 Thread venukm
Our political class continues to make mistake. Political leaders have gained through exploiting all shorts of issues but hopefully the silent revolution started by Ambedkar will ultimately wake us all against notoriety of the political class. The Adivasi revolt or the Dalit assertions are part of

[GreenYouth] Re: K.G. Kannabiran Breathes His Last

2011-01-02 Thread venukm
Very sad news indeed, particularly in this hour in which we needed more stalwarts of his kind who would vigorously articulate our love to see human rights and liberties respected and enforced in letter and spirit by the agencies of state,rather than trampled. On Dec 30 2010, 9:57 pm, Sukla Sen

[GreenYouth] Re: Wikileaks- References Galore to the Threat to Global Peace by Hndutwa groups Acting from Within the Indian Administration.

2010-12-11 Thread venukm
..They read like the most extraordinary revelations. Citing the WikiLeaks cables, major Pakistani newspapers this morning carried stories that purported to detail eye-popping American assessments of India's military and civilian leaders... Enough evidence of Indian involvement in Waziristan,

[GreenYouth] Re: SAHODARYA SANGAMAM

2010-09-01 Thread venukm
I would rather oppose not just islampphobia, but all hues of characteristically anti-left radicalism shrouded in a discourse of identities and which are currently trying to gain hegemony in Kerala. On Sep 1, 9:18 am, sunil kumar ksunilgout...@gmail.com wrote: *SAHODARYA SANGAMAM*

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: [ANN:3392] Statement issued by anhad - Young woman takes on Kerala's 'Taliban'

2010-08-29 Thread venukm
It needs to be seen how far there is truth in saying that PFI is behind the said threats against Rayana R Khasi . The allegation is very serious especially when many well intentioned vioces are being raised about arbitrarily calling te muslim organization PFI terrorist. Also, please read here

[GreenYouth] Re: FILLING THE BLANKS - NEW FILM on gender and caste in Kerala.

2010-08-25 Thread venukm
Thanks for the post and welcome this much awaited film Love, Venu On Aug 25, 8:04 am, elizabeth philip laluelizab...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Please checkout the link of the trailer of the film-Filling the Blanks.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTTwvx1i54s The poster attached

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2010-08-07 Thread venukm
I believe that criticism of Stalin on this count is perfectly justified. Many CPs world wide perhaps with the only exception of Trotskyists refuse to acknowledge the mistakes of Stalin. Let alone absolutely rejecting what is called Stalinism, they even don't appear to like promoting genuine

[GreenYouth] Re: A blog and few debates...

2010-07-29 Thread venukm
'Yuktivaadi' variant of Atheism in Kerala is too preoccupied with god, as much as a prohibitionist is with liquor. Once my friend had almost decided to give up drinking.. Alas, that evening he happened to hear the awesome speech of the activist and he couldn't regain his mood without taking

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Seeking your kind endorsement

2010-07-23 Thread venukm
I endorse the petition. On Jul 23, 1:40 pm, Karthik Navayan nava...@gmail.com wrote: In solidarity Karthik Navayan On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:05 AM, aryakrishnan ramakrishnan aryakr...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all I will forward the endorsements  to Shibayan Raha and Burma Centre in

[GreenYouth] Re: The Great Incendiary Hunt Takes Off in Kerala By J Devika. (kafila)

2010-07-21 Thread venukm
I'm afraid this is a typical mode of denial, by closing one's eyes before hard facts. Let's Just ask this gentleman to revisit his earlier responses in this group - if not for anything else, but for trying to make some sense of what he makes out of himself , of these comments- they just not

[GreenYouth] Re: Why I am not a moderate Muslim

2010-07-08 Thread venukm
Connections 9/11 - Islamophobic Strategic Alliances- Militarization Global..?? Let's look into this story in an effort to put things in perspective.. http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20100706135339150 Tuesday, July 6 2010 - Open Letters Left-Leaning Despisers of the 9/11 Truth

[GreenYouth] Re: [humanrights-movement:2696] Dalit Woman Paraded Naked in Wadala- NEED TO PROTEST NOW

2010-06-27 Thread venukm
It is true that the police registered a case and that is quite good. Let us hope that at a later stage the offenders will not ask for the sympathies of the politicians and a section of the civil society by saying like it all happened due to their bad behaviours. The things that had happened to

[GreenYouth] Re: [humanrights-movement:2696] Dalit Woman Paraded Naked in Wadala- NEED TO PROTEST NOW

2010-06-27 Thread venukm
(local) and the attackers Hirdu (outsiders). The Hindu report looks to be decidedly better. Sukla On 27 June 2010 16:17, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: It is true that the police registered a case and that is quite good. Let us hope that at a later stage the offenders will not ask

[GreenYouth] Re: [humanrights-movement:2696] Dalit Woman Paraded Naked in Wadala- NEED TO PROTEST NOW

2010-06-27 Thread venukm
better. Sukla On 27 June 2010 16:17, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: It is true that the police registered a case and that is quite good. Let us hope that at a later stage the offenders will not ask for the sympathies of the politicians and a section of the civil society by saying like

[GreenYouth] Re: [humanrights-movement:2696] Dalit Woman Paraded Naked in Wadala- NEED TO PROTEST NOW

2010-06-27 Thread venukm
murder of Dalits.. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:27 PM, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Sukla, you seem to suggest that the Hindu report is perhaps free from bias? It is here that my worse fears come true: Just look at this: The family said Ms. Yadav, who led the attack, was a Shiv Sena

[GreenYouth] Re: കാല്‍പനിക വി പ്ലവംകൊണ്ട് ഭൂമി രക്ഷ പ്പെടില്ല/സാറാ ജോസഫ്.... വിവരവിപ്ലവകാലത്ത് സൌ ന്ദര്യകലാപം നടക്കുന് നില്ല....

2010-06-22 Thread venukm
...Remember, the idea that the U.S. invades countries to pilfer natural resources was once written off as an inflammatory insult and/ or an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory, irrespective of corroborating facts (like, say, pre-9/11 Pentagon plans to divvy up Iraqi petroleum, State Department

[GreenYouth] Re: കാല്‍പനിക വി പ്ലവംകൊണ്ട് ഭൂമി രക്ഷ പ്പെടില്ല/സാറാ ജോസഫ്.... വിവരവിപ്ലവകാലത്ത് സൌ ന്ദര്യകലാപം നടക്കുന് നില്ല....

2010-06-22 Thread venukm
://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103796309673260 On Jun 22, 7:39 pm, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: ...Remember, the idea that the U.S. invades countries to pilfer natural resources was once written off as an inflammatory insult and/ or an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory, irrespective

[GreenYouth] Degeneration of Democracy (by Thomas Sowell)

2010-06-22 Thread venukm
http://www.creators.com/opinion/thomas-sowell/degeneration-of-democracy.html When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics. Such people

[GreenYouth] Re: India: The (Internal) War and Its Ethics on Media Coverage

2010-06-18 Thread venukm
Absolutely true; why is there such arrogant display of hate and horror, which just not affect lives of people but also gets replicated in media even without comment? One is reminded of the Afghan images of half decayed bodies of Dr Najibulla his brother who had been slaughtered and hung in

[GreenYouth] Re: ഹിന്ദുസ്വരാ ജ് യാത്രയേക്കുറിച്ചു ം മെയ്ര പെയ്ബി നാടകത്ത െ കുറിച്ചും സിവിക്‍ ചന ്ദ്രന്‍

2010-06-18 Thread venukm
യാത്രയുടെ പതാക ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങി കൊണ്ട്‌ സാറാ ജോസഫ്‌ പറഞ്ഞു: അമ്മമാരുടെ കൈകളില്‍ ബോംബല്ല, വിത്താണ്‌ വേണ്ടത്‌. സ്‌ത്രീകളുടെ കടമ സംഹാരമല്ല, സൃഷ്‌ടിയാണ്‌. സ്‌ത്രീകള്‍ കൈകളില്‍ തോക്കേന്തേണ്ടി വരുന്നത്‌ തികഞ്ഞ അശ്ലീലമാണ്‌. തോക്കുയര്‍ത്തി പിടിക്കുന്ന കിഷന്‍ജി നയിക്കുന്ന മാവോയിസ്റ്റുകളുമായി

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd:

2010-06-17 Thread venukm
Thanks for the message. Among the names I find one as Professor Laxminarayana, from Karnataka. I wish to request the organizers for confirmation whether the person is Professor or Doctor. This doubt arose for one similar name familiar to me; Dr Laxminarayana (based in Mysore ) who is a senior

[GreenYouth] Re: More on Bhopal Gas Disaster

2010-06-14 Thread venukm
This trajectory of 26 years- long litigation was not anything but anticipated. 'Nationalist' leaders of all hues were playing dramas, while they conspired all along to protect the interests of the corporate giant and to cheat just not the affected people but the entire country. Let us ask for

[GreenYouth] Re: More on Bhopal Gas Disaster

2010-06-14 Thread venukm
to play a large role. There is an abiding need to turn our gaze to these aspects going beyond the strict limits of immediate concerns. Sukla On 14 June 2010 21:45, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: This trajectory of 26 years- long litigation was not anything but anticipated

[GreenYouth] Re: സംഘ് പരിവാറി ന്റെ ദലിത് അജണ്ട. - kerala watch

2010-06-12 Thread venukm
organizations under whaever grab! On Jun 11, 7:15 pm, Asha vp vpash...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/11/10, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: One wishes that dalits, like any other sections of the society who would love peace with dignity Hi Venugopal Can you give some examples of 'any other

[GreenYouth] Meet Radhakant Yadav : A Lohiaite Octogenarian and Who Had Been Twice MLA of Madhepur , Bihar

2010-06-12 Thread venukm
Radhkant Yadav’s petition for probe into Karkare’s killing was rejected by Supreme Court on May 12 but he was kept at liberty to approach High Court. Yadav is president of Sapt Kranti Wahini – the organization that works to spread the thoughts of Dr Lohia. Yadav was MLA from 1977-95 on Janata

[GreenYouth] Re: Jewish Ideology And Psychosis – A Danger To World Peace By Gilad Atzmon

2010-06-10 Thread venukm
Dear Aftab, I fully agree with your view. In fact, after reading the article full I even had a second thought exactly along the line you suggested. I wish to carry your comment direct to countercurrents. But let me wait to know if you like to do this yourselves,with or without addition or editing.

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: AlterNet: A Warning From Noam Chomsky on the Threat Posed By Elites

2010-06-10 Thread venukm
Here is one of the most popular comments to the article by Chomsky:- http://www.alternet.org/story/147144/a_warning_from_noam_chomsky_on_the_threat_posed_by_elites/ RobBurns4Congress [Moderator] 1 day ago DavidByron and 24 more liked this “The real choice, Chomsky makes clear, is not

[GreenYouth] Re: Communal Divide in Kerala: A View from the Ground

2010-06-06 Thread venukm
At its best, this seems to be a view by someone who is giving company to his drunkard friend with just one peg or no pegs! Kerala, no doubt, is a place where consumption of alcohol per ca pita is among the highest. But suggesting like alcohol is the only available path to secular spaces is

[GreenYouth] Re: the best 419 sam i have seen in a long time Fwd: Google Verification

2010-06-06 Thread venukm
THIS SEEMS TO BE A PUCCA FRAUD AND NEEDS TO BE STATED IN THE TEXT ITSELF (Not merely in the Subject line) Though many of us are already enlightened enough, I am afraid there are quite a few netizens who may be lacking the rudiments of common wisdom. Thanks, On Jun 6, 10:42 pm, Bobby Kunhu

[GreenYouth] Re: Must Read- And Now, Fears of ‘Int ellectual Jihad’!

2010-06-01 Thread venukm
See more comments there: http://kafila.org/2010/05/29/and-now-fears-of-intellectual-jihad/ On May 30, 4:39 pm, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Anything goes  with the kind of  'cultural'(read apolitical) intellectualism here which doesn't move beyond the borders of the Parrish! I hear

[GreenYouth] Re: Must Read- And Now, Fears of ‘Int ellectual Jihad’!

2010-05-30 Thread venukm
Anything goes with the kind of 'cultural'(read apolitical) intellectualism here which doesn't move beyond the borders of the Parrish! I hear that Sukumar Azhikkode has chastised CR Neelakantan for 'asking it' by his inappropriate speech( read just saying things which will not be liked by people

[GreenYouth] Re: (Posted by: Lawrence Liang | September 26, 2008) On Being Muslim: Shahrukh Alam

2010-05-27 Thread venukm
Dear Shahrukh Alam, You said well of the ordinary fruit vendor; but how different are those who generally keep safe themselves from the consequences of honest discussion of politics at all! The risks get doubled when one belongs to the minority community though,such an engagement with politics

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Interview on NDTV: Response from a member of civil society (fwd)

2010-05-20 Thread venukm
[A response from Vidya Bhushan Rawat, posted in another forum] Congratulation Arun Agarwal for your letter to P.Chidambaram. His policies have failed. The problem is that the civil society is sandwiched between the Maoists and the trigger happy government. Both of them hate the civil society.

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Interview on NDTV: Response from a member of civil society (fwd)

2010-05-20 Thread venukm
[Another Response from Rinita Mazumdar, forwarded from other forum] Some Comments: I am thinking of several issues that the left has kept under theorized in its discourse and which could be added to some of the the deeper issues of the construction of Indian National identity. First, a thorough

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Interview on NDTV: Response from a member of civil society (fwd)

2010-05-20 Thread venukm
advising Arundhati Roy virtually to stop expressing her views about the ongoing tribal-Maoist- State confrontation in Dandevada? On May 21, 7:18 am, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: [Another Response from Rinita Mazumdar, forwarded from other forum] Some Comments: I am thinking of several

[GreenYouth] Re: In Defense of Civil Society, an open letter to P. Chidambaram

2010-05-20 Thread venukm
You seem to make a point here. As Arundhati has pointed out in her recent interview to Al Jezira Tv, 'there is a whole bandwidth' of democratic protests and responses in India in the context of the current policies of repression unleashed against the people by the UPA - II Govt. And yet, the

[GreenYouth] Re: Praveen Swami Calling for Targeted Killing of Maoist Leaders!

2010-04-26 Thread venukm
Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association 26th April 2010 Praveen Swami’s not so fabulous fables If there is one infallible indicator of what the top Indian Intelligence agencies are thinking or cooking up, it is this: Praveen Swami’s articles. Each time the security establishment wishes to

[GreenYouth] Re: Praveen Swami Calling for Targeted Killing of Maoist Leaders!

2010-04-26 Thread venukm
Just because the paper carries ad nauseam this kind of stupid stuff put in by the likes of Parveen Swami, one recently feels that even without 'the Hindu', your updates are OK. On Apr 27, 10:16 am, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity  Association 26th April 2010

[GreenYouth] Re: Plz endorse Circulate-In Solidarity with Arundhoti Roy, Statement by Concern Citizens

2010-04-13 Thread venukm
I endorse this statement. (K M Venugopalan) On Apr 13, 4:38 pm, Mahtab Alam mdmahtaba...@gmail.com wrote: *In Solidarity with Arundhoti Roy, Statement by Concern Citizens*** * * We the under signed, condemn the conspiracy under way to maligning and stigmatizing human rights activist such as

[GreenYouth] Re: Praveen Swami Calling for Targeted Killing of Maoist Leaders!

2010-04-13 Thread venukm
Could he be seen as a serious journalist at all? On Apr 13, 5:54 pm, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote: [Quote The former Punjab Director-General of Police, K.P.S. Gill's signal contribution was demonstrating that alternatives to population-centric counter-insurgency could succeed. Instead

[GreenYouth] Where Has Gone the 58 plus Comments and the Post about the Women's Reservation Bill?

2010-04-09 Thread venukm
Dear Administrator, I was trying to view the latest comments there in the post about Womens' Reservation Bill -Original author: Ram Puniyani et al; Forwarded and commented by Sukla Sen, Kavita Krishnan, Ranju Radha, Aftab Ellath , Damodar Prasad, Abdul Rasheed , myself and few others whose names I

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-08 Thread venukm
I will say yes to your first poser. Consistent demonization of Dalit/OBC/Muslim leaders- Yes, that depends.. For example, how the Yadavs and the male Muslim leadership turn blind to the plight of women whom they claim to represent. Many of these elite male leaders (let alone ordinary male

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-08 Thread venukm
:01 PM, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: I will  say yes to your first poser. Consistent demonization of Dalit/OBC/Muslim leaders- Yes, that depends.. For example, how the Yadavs and the male Muslim leadership turn blind to the plight of women whom they claim to represent. Many

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-07 Thread venukm
Having posted earlier excerpts from Kavita Krishnan's Tehelka article with the link, I was bit disappointed to see no discussion at all here. Now, under a different thread though, same topic re-appears but with a request from the authors to endorse a demand to reformulate the bill. After

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-07 Thread venukm
The substantive core of the whole debate seems to revolve around a discourse of caste, gender and social inclusiveness. (incidentally, It may be much less about class when it comes to the WRB). Being someone who is neither a Dalit, nor a Woman or a Muslim, I imagine that I'm slightly advantaged

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: CHITHRALEKHA TALKS TO MANORAMA CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFIsRZbhBI

2010-04-04 Thread venukm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFIsRZbhBIfeature=channel On Apr 5, 9:06 am, Venugopalan K M kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: geedha geedha geedha.fyo...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green

[GreenYouth] Re: (Fwd) The Price Of Love By Bobby Kunhu

2010-03-30 Thread venukm
so called so called and so called...we don't share this, but we have no worries with these so called(s) either! further, we doubt that crimes motivated by these so called(s) are even worth calling crimes! Perhaps they could be seen like essential manly acts carried out in order to bring back the

[GreenYouth] Re: (Fwd) The Price Of Love By Bobby Kunhu

2010-03-30 Thread venukm
of vegetarianism and respect for all animal life . This used to happen when the BJP government and the UPA and the Congress were in power as well as the UF governments. Niloufer Bhagwat On Mar 30, 3:52 pm, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: so called so

[GreenYouth] Re: 'Now, nobody can call my son a terrorist'

2010-03-30 Thread venukm
Even more important is a comment there (in the NDTV link, provided in your post). The comment posted on 29-03-2010 by one Naveed reads :- After the opening of Israel Counsel such conspiracies are becomming common. To abate this BJP is playing to their tune and even our officers are getting

[GreenYouth] Re: Sree Narayana Guru, the left, and Chitralekha: Some comments on the historic back ground of the backward caste arrogance on Dalits in Kerala

2010-03-16 Thread venukm
Looks rightly said. The Sreenarayana movement had to see lot of contradictions from within. On the one side,Guru wanted no distinction practiced on the basis of caste and religion; yet, he had to be disappointed the way the Ezhava leadnership (albeit under the new banner of SNDP) maintained

[GreenYouth] Re: The real politics behind the Women ’s bill

2010-03-10 Thread venukm
Sushama Swaraj and Brinda Karat hugging each other, with sporting bindis on their foreheads, speaks a lot for the nature of the emerging 'Nareesakti' in India. By virtue of this new kind of womens' power, not just the subalterns and the toiling masses will become less visible, but also their

[GreenYouth] Re: ദലിത് യുവതിയ ുടെ ഗര്‍ഭം പൊലീസ് അടിച ്ചുകലക്കി...madhyamam weekly EXCLUSIVE

2010-03-10 Thread venukm
യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ പ്രശ്നത്തെ ദയവായി നിസാരവല്‍കരിക്കരുത് എന്ന് അഭ്യര്‍ത്ഥിക്കുന്നു. റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ടര്‍ ഉപയോഗിച്ച ഭാഷയെ ചീത്ത പറയാന്‍ ഉപയോഗിച്ചതിന്റെ പകുതി ശക്തി എങ്കിലും ഉപയോഗിച് ഭരണകൂട ഭീകരതെക്കെതിരെ സംസാരിക്കാന്‍ അദ്ദേഹം തയ്യാറായിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ 2010/3/9 venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com To be frank ,I

[GreenYouth] Re: Vahana pracharana jadha

2010-03-09 Thread venukm
on.   reshma   From: venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com To: Green Youth Movement greenyouth@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, 8 March, 2010 8:32:55 AM Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Vahana pracharana jadha This is simply great! I thought at least this time

[GreenYouth] Re: Vahana pracharana jadha,Day 1, brief report

2010-03-09 Thread venukm
From: venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com To: Green Youth Movement greenyouth@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, 9 March, 2010 4:16:05 PM Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Vahana pracharana jadha Dear Reshma, Good to hear that Girish Kumar, ShajuVV and quite a few people from Payyanur and Kannur

[GreenYouth] Re: ദലിത് യുവതിയ ുടെ ഗര്‍ഭം പൊലീസ് അടിച ്ചുകലക്കി...madhyamam weekly EXCLUSIVE

2010-03-08 Thread venukm
To be frank ,I feel that violence even goes up to the press coverage of the incident. This is not just a question of police violence. I would say that the caption itself is more than a description of what the police did. I'm afraid the usage 'garbham adichukalakki' is totally objectionable for

[GreenYouth] Re: Vahana pracharana jadha

2010-03-07 Thread venukm
This is simply great! I thought at least this time it can go like that..I mean, perhaps with zero number of local persons including myself physically participating!. To my understanding, at least a few of those well known human rights fighters at Payyanur were too willing to be carried away

[GreenYouth] Re: My writings

2010-03-01 Thread venukm
Many thanks, Asma Siddiquie. On Mar 1, 1:56 pm, Asma Siddiquie asmasiddiq...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I hope some of you remember me. This is my blog if you wish to read my writings asmasiddiquie.blogspot.com Thanks Asma Siddiqui -- You received this message because you are

[GreenYouth] Re: Fw: Bulletin - 22 February 2010

2010-02-23 Thread venukm
Disturbing, disquieting indeed! On Feb 24, 8:47 am, sreenivas v.p sreenivas_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: --- On Wed, 24/2/10, sreenivas vp sree_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: From: sreenivas vp sree_...@yahoo.co.in Subject: Fw: Bulletin - 22 February 2010 To: sreenivas_...@yahoo.co.in Date: Wednesday, 24

[GreenYouth] Re: Fw: Meeting at nalanda, calicut, February 21st: A report

2010-02-22 Thread venukm
This is great; all success for the convention March 12 and solidarity, (Venu) On Feb 23, 11:24 am, bharadwaj reshma resh...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message From: Dileep Raj dileep.ra...@gmail.com Sent: Tue, 23 February, 2010 11:47:55 AM Subject: Meeting at nalanda, calicut,

[GreenYouth] Re: Chitralekha Campaign - AUTO COURT - STORY OF A DALIT WOMAN

2010-02-18 Thread venukm
There can't be a more apt name for the film; special congratulations to Shibi for stumbling up on the best title! On Feb 18, 4:36 pm, Anil Tharayath aniltharay...@gmail.com wrote: Auto Court - Story of a Dalit Woman a film by Shibi Peter at VIBGYOR date: 20th February 2010 time: 5pm

[GreenYouth] Re: Fw: Fwd: Convention Supporting Chitralekha

2010-02-12 Thread venukm
Dear all, Earlier had agreed to participate in the convention though, I apologize for not being in a position to attend. I like to express thanks for having given my name as one of the people presenting papers. For the time being, I am forced to hold back for two reasons: 1. The detailed report

[GreenYouth] Re: The Institute of Women's Studies would like to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Judith Butler:

2010-02-09 Thread venukm
conception of precarious life regarding  grievable/ungrievable life and death and how this violence is suppressed and regulated through media... Afthab Ellath On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:54 AM, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Aftab, will you please specify the name of the place/city

[GreenYouth] Re: The Institute of Women's Studies would like to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Judith Butler:

2010-02-08 Thread venukm
Aftab, will you please specify the name of the place/city/country? On Feb 9, 8:59 am, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: The Institute of Women's Studies would like to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Judith Butler: Precarity, the Assault on Gaza, or Whose Lives are Grievable? Wednesday

[GreenYouth] Fwd: വര്‍ക്കല കൊല പാതകം: ദലിത്‌ സംഘടനയ്‌ ക്ക്‌ പങ്കില്ലെന്ന്‌ അന്വേഷണ റിപോര്‍ട്ട്‌ t hejas 02 01 2010

2010-02-02 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: reny ayline renyayl...@gmail.com Date: Feb 2, 11:50 am Subject: വര്‍ക്കല കൊലപാതകം: ദലിത്‌ സംഘടനയ്‌ക്ക്‌ പങ്കില്ലെന്ന്‌ അന്വേഷണ റിപോര്‍ട്ട്‌ thejas 02 01 2010 To: grey youth movement *വര്‍ക്കല കൊലപാതകം: ദലിത്‌ സംഘടനയ്‌ക്ക്‌ പങ്കില്ലെന്ന്‌ അന്വേഷണ

[GreenYouth] Re: Online Petition Chithralekha, with Content Added : there was an earlier version with text content missing

2010-02-01 Thread venukm
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/lekha/ The online petition has now 725 plus supporters so far; there is time up to the forth of February to add your signature. Fort those whose names happened to be left out while Jenny was in preparing the final list of signatories in another statement and

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: സിസെക്കിനെ കൊണ്ടുവന്ന സാമന്തബുദ ്ധിജീവികള്‍ അറിയാന്‍

2010-01-29 Thread venukm
I remember Zizek's interesting observation at Kochi, about people talking of 'alternative modernities'.: That the only historical model of alternative modernity (under capitalism ) as far as he could see, did appear in the twenties and thirties of last Century in Europe; and that is called

[GreenYouth] Re: Chithralekha Files- Feature In Magalam [Sunday Suppliment:June 29th,2008 ] with Photos by I.Gopinathan

2010-01-29 Thread venukm
I gave the telephone number of Cithralekha in many web based groups to help concerned people hearing things direct from the hapless couple. Both Chithralekha and her husband have had enough dramatic moments in their life to send SOS messages to the media people and others who they look to in such

[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: [FEC] സിസെക്കി നെ കൊണ്ടുവന്ന സാമന്തബ ുദ്ധിജീവികള്‍ അറിയാന ്‍

2010-01-29 Thread venukm
Having read this article, what I fail to understand is why Zizek is less in focus than the( 'bad'?) 'people' who brought Zizek to Kochi. Perhaps this would suggest many a hidden subtext unique to the nature and culture of political debates taking place in Kerala. The fourth estate in general

[GreenYouth] Re: PLS ENDORSE: Statement condemning TN Police for quashing free speech, arrest of rights' activist Piyush Sethia

2010-01-28 Thread venukm
Endorsing the petition K M Venugopalan, (Writer) Kerala On Jan 26, 6:35 pm, Rohit Shetti rohit...@gmail.com wrote:    Hello all, TN Activist Piyush Sethia was arrested today in Salem and charged with sedition against the state before the commencement of a peaceful cycle rally across Tamil

[GreenYouth] Re: JUSTICE FOR CHITHRA LEKHA Online Petition

2010-01-26 Thread venukm
Yes, it looks there seems to be a corrected one now online; I think this still works, as Chithralekha's case is much known to the Chief Minister,even as he was the Leader of Opposition in 2005-06! On Jan 26, 9:46 am, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: The contents of the petition looks to

[GreenYouth] Re: Urgently Endorse : Petition for Chithralekha

2010-01-24 Thread venukm
I endorse. On Jan 25, 10:44 am, jenny rowena jenny.chit...@gmail.com wrote: We a group of concerned academicians and activists belonging to the Kerala Feminist Network have come to know that Chithralekha, a Dalit woman who is making a living as an auto driver,  has been harassed by the CITU

[GreenYouth] Re: Urgent Need: Solidarity for Chithra Lekha

2010-01-23 Thread venukm
Because this can be a moment of taking some urgent steps to support the victims ; I believe that their plight of total neglect by the Kannur - Payyanur human rights activists could rather be remedied by concrete action, fully inspired by a constitutional mechanism, rather than by the social

[GreenYouth] Re: Chithralekha File - Story by I Gopinath Published in MangalamMangalam

2010-01-23 Thread venukm
Sorry, I find the link no more working; please ignore my post On Jan 23, 7:46 pm, Venugopalan K M kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: http://mangalam.com/index.php?page=detailnid=53609 -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a

[GreenYouth] Re: Urgent Need: Solidarity for Chithra Lekha

2010-01-22 Thread venukm
Some dalit activists based at kannur may be persuaded to make direct contact with them,overlooking all the stock arguments in favour of blaming the victims:- Sample stock arguments:- 1.That Chithralekha and Sreeshkantth were not obeying the code of conduct by the Auto Union; like not wearing the

[GreenYouth] Re: Was Gandhi more violent than Hitler ?

2010-01-15 Thread venukm
and killings than hitler --- On *Thu, 14/1/10, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com* wrote: From: venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Was Gandhi more violent than Hitler ? To: Green Youth Movement greenyouth@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, 14 January, 2010, 11:10 PM In spite

[GreenYouth] Re: Was Gandhi more violent than Hitler ?

2010-01-14 Thread venukm
In spite of whatever Zizek has said, he hasn't given the rationale of his ranking Gandhi higher in violence. It looks that a comparison between Hitler and Gandhi is ok, both having justified the states' ways of coercing the poorest people to serve the elite without grumbling.. but giving away the

[GreenYouth] Re: On sex work

2010-01-03 Thread venukm
The article by Shohini Ghosh is enlightening.Thanks for posting it here. Women are invariably denied agency and they are automatically registered as 'victims' in the moral discourse conducted by the reigning caste-gender establishment. Each talk of 'Voluntarism' on the part of women in stories

[GreenYouth] Re: 'Constitution of India Against Moralistic Terror'

2009-12-22 Thread venukm
It is no wonder, neither the Mangalore pub attack nor the cultural policing campaign by Sri Ram Sene was unequivocally condemned by the Kerala Leftists and the 'affiliated feminists'! On Dec 22, 9:42 pm, Kavita Krishnan kavitakris...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting, and unfortunate. I too have

[GreenYouth] Re: 'Constitution of India Against Moralistic Terror'

2009-12-22 Thread venukm
' clothes for women, for instance), and been incensed, i used to thank the Sangh in India for educating the women's movement and the Left here in India that cultural policing, banning jeans etc, is a fascist thing to do! 2009/12/22 venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com It is no wonder, neither

[GreenYouth] Re: Justice for Soofia Madani

2009-12-17 Thread venukm
I think the statement has already been endorsed (by me) through a link in face book. Anyways, like to reiterate support for all future democratic initiatives in this regard. Best, K.M.Venugopalan On Dec 17, 12:18 pm, Mahtab Alam mdmahtaba...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, * Find below the

[GreenYouth] Re: Justice for Soofia Madani

2009-12-17 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: Inder Salim indersa...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [humanrights-movement:2177] Fwd: Justice for Soofia Madani To: humanrights-movem...@googlegroups.com Dear all the bus burning case against Soofiya Madni should be

[GreenYouth] Re: 'ലൌ ജിഹാദ്': പകര്‍പ്പ വകാശം ഹിറ്റ്ലര്‍

2009-11-14 Thread venukm
Aptly said!.. Thanks for this post. I liked the plain reminder that the copyright of love jihad belongs to the Nazis. Especially so, because it has become less fashionable for the 'green/ grey/ other' youths to be told of Natzis and Hitler. It looks even more trendy to accept anything untouched

[GreenYouth] Re: The Nonsense called “ Art of Livi ng “

2009-11-14 Thread venukm
Liked this, Sreeni. Thanks. On 10 Nov, 08:13, sreenivas v.p sreenivas_...@yahoo.co.in wrote:   In bangalore , many companies are asking its employees to attend the art of living classes for personality development . In some organizations , it is mandatory .  Many of us believe that it is a

[GreenYouth] Fwd: report of jeevan tv .....DHRM ...and attocities against dalits /interview of brp bhaskar

2009-10-19 Thread venukm
-- Forwarded message -- From: geedha geedha geedha.fyo...@gmail.com Date: Oct 18, 10:48 pm Subject: report of jeevan tv .DHRM ...and attocities against dalits /interview of brp bhaskar To: grey youth movement --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7yWIgB2x7Y

[GreenYouth] swine flu vaccine kills!

2009-09-15 Thread venukm
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[GreenYouth] Re: Vellai azhake.. : On pink Chaddi etc

2009-08-14 Thread venukm
not differentiate btn pink and saffron when it comes to moral policing against purple can u see purple? On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Plz view the link: Does it look more than just anti-'pink'? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbD2aXs-XU On Aug 12, 7:18 am

[GreenYouth] Re: Vellai azhake.. : On pink Chaddi etc

2009-08-14 Thread venukm
) would be challenged/questioned whehther one like it or not... it is really like a think fog and the snake is not btn  legs but inside their heads... dangereous indeed.. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:23 PM, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ranju, If you  suggest that the difference

[GreenYouth] Re: Vellai azhake.. : On pink Chaddi etc

2009-08-13 Thread venukm
like to position my self like this for the time being). On Aug 11, 1:31 pm, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Thanks for this; I visited the blog and posted a comment somewhat like this though a few sentences are being added now: That pink chaddi campaign had

[GreenYouth] Re: media and HINI

2009-08-13 Thread venukm
On 12 Aug, 20:55, renu ramanath renuraman...@hotmail.com wrote:              from The Hoot Did the media catch the flu? The tempering words of a few individuals cannot possible negate this overall picture that comes through the visuals.  KALPANA SHARMA asks if the media lost

[GreenYouth] Re: media and HINI

2009-08-13 Thread venukm
WHO officials said tracking individual swine flu cases is too overwhelming for countries where the virus is spreading widely. WHO will no longer issue global totals of swine flu cases, although it will continue to track the global epidemic. Note: Why would they stop counting cases? The numbers

[GreenYouth] Re: seems intriguing-

2009-08-11 Thread venukm
Please don't submit your password to anyone, other than to register (where you provide a password that you will use later) or to login to a registered site. Passwords should ideally contain lower case and upper case characters, numerals and other characters (such as @, #, $, etc.) to make it

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