The question of chitralekha raise serious issues related to the caste and non dalit patriarchy.Unforutnately,Kerala sufferes from the lack of dynamic-anti-caste counter hegemony.Most of the writings and lamentations on the chitralekha should be seen in the context of post-Hague declaration.The mainstream social science oeuvre on dalit women's question also abound with hackneyed expresssions related to the gender dimensions within the dalits.The intellectual subordination of thw non-dalit women on the question of dalit women should be checked by the dalit intelligentia.Chitralekha and her oppression redefine the foundational celebrations related to the Kerala model development.The oprression of the dalit women like Rajni.S.Anand,Neethu and Chitralekha debunk about the current cum superficial deconstruction about the Kerala women.It is rare to find out the above mentioned women's voices in the brahmanic cum epistemic spaces of the discourses related to the so called dominant Malayalee women.
"C.K. Vishwanath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Note: forwarded message attached.