tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post8552558523816735710..comments2023-11-05T01:05:38.453-08:00Comments on chespeak: Western Media and the ‘Collateral Damage’ in MumbaiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922847649122074587noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-88128720553959554472008-12-07T16:18:00.000-08:002008-12-07T16:18:00.000-08:00Dear NP,Thanks for taking valuable time to reply o...Dear NP,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking valuable time to reply on my comments. Myself, a passive onlooker,to the happenings- never dares to act - was perturbed of recent happenings and was forced to respond.. Thanks once again..<BR/><BR/>I do agree to your views,but it is an definitely an uphill task. Any attempts made such are getting hijacked by the mainstream political hypocrisy- Mayavati- for eg.<BR/><BR/>But what are the road-map to those steps. Where have gone those thinking & debating students in colleges/universities. And more over, who is there to lead them..trust them..influence..<BR/><BR/>@ a times, I do get stunned by the "silence" by the so called mainstream (fiction) writers against any happenings in society. Apart from Zacharia - who dares to attack any hypocrisies- I try to watch his words closely. But I feel, many of our good writers are getting hijacked to right wing thoughts and do vouch them by their silences...Another eg: MGS ..whom I revered once very much..and where he is now..<BR/><BR/>Regards <BR/><BR/>Abhipeethan Abhilashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350565382255321811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-34298357603946814692008-12-07T02:23:00.000-08:002008-12-07T02:23:00.000-08:00Dear Abhi,I thank you for the comments. This blog ...Dear Abhi,<BR/><BR/>I thank you for the comments. This blog has been maintained for the past one year for making a meaningful debate possible, as we are going through most difficult circumstances. <BR/><BR/>I had replied to the criticism raised by Anand in his book Vettakkaranum Virunnukaranum, which describes me as a dangerous mix of Islamic fundamentalism and Marxism. It is a completely false and lopsided understanding on the part of the great writer, who fails to come to grips with our contemporary social and political life.<BR/><BR/>What I have advocated for and do believe in is not an alliance of the fundamentalist or obscurantist sections of any religion, but a new alliance of the subaltern clases of our society that includes the minorities, the dalits and all backward sections who should challenge the entrenched political system and try to bring in change to our society that is now dangerously static.<BR/><BR/>Warmly,<BR/><BR/>N P ChekkuttyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922847649122074587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-59553469665749858312008-12-06T20:56:00.000-08:002008-12-06T20:56:00.000-08:00NP,Pls re-read my comment as "extreme-rightist" in...NP,<BR/><BR/>Pls re-read my comment as "extreme-rightist" instead of leftist.. sorry.. though trust me I am not fan of neither ..<BR/><BR/>Regardspeethan Abhilashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350565382255321811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023809150725835717.post-55807104783631925752008-12-06T20:54:00.000-08:002008-12-06T20:54:00.000-08:00Dear NP,Was a close reader of Mathrubumi weekly wh...Dear NP,<BR/><BR/>Was a close reader of Mathrubumi weekly when I was in India,but unfortunately missing the same since last one year (hope it wont extend) as I am far away in Canada. Those reading gaps were filled with your blogs,which do keep my secular sense alive. Read a book of Anand "Vettakaranum Virunnukaranum".. and got confused a bit. I am afraid,whether extreme leftist,will take out of context selective text and used for their propoganda.. Do we have good reviews on the Anand book..Or can we have your views on the book..Trust me, I am occasional reader but love serious reading. After Mumbai incidents, I sometime get lost my sleep, where we are heading..and wat future my one year old baby has got once she gets to her age ..!!!peethan Abhilashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350565382255321811noreply@blogger.com