Thursday 28 June 2018

Muthulakshmi Reddy and Feminism

In an earlier discussion on the social contribution and deep gender concerns of Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy.
- ... and why do you think feminisim moved from this flavour to the nonsense that passes today for feminism.
Komakkambedu Himakiran Anugula - "As for your second question, simple reason. Our education and Western influence on perceptions has led to a stage where every aspect of our thinking is dictated by Western viewpoints. Like I said in the LGBT issue, Gay Pride Parades are celebrated by this elite while being ignorant or indifferent to Koovagam.
Modern day feminism has been reduced to the individual and not social. What I wear, eat, do compared to what we collectively need."
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Aparna Krishnan Kriti Bhardwaj, it is this modern feminism that I question. Gender questions have been traditionally raised and answered down the times, and will continue to be. As they need to be. Strongly and urgently. But with #Roots.
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Kriti Bhardwaj Eh !? It's a reductionist understanding by chasing the wrong questions and wrong crowds. Like looking at rapist Baba's or sanghi Lynch mobs or Islamic terrorists and deciding that modern day religion is nonsense and "opium of the masses" or how did mo...See more
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Aparna Krishnan All that is fine. My seeking is for local and grounded narratives. For both the stoyu and for the responses and for the struggles. The vocabulary and terminology needs to be ours, and not out of western textbooks and narratives, as has become default. And we do have them - it takes unschooling and humility and learning from the ground.
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Kriti Bhardwaj The idea of voting is alien. More than 80% of our constitution is borrowed from the west and east and north and south. The idea of abolition of sati was not rooted or grounded, it was blasphemy. I can go on and on. Feminism is an English word because as a collective consciousness took form with the suffragettes And civil war, even though the idea of equality existed ever since the beginning of civilisation. it evolved and spanned across cultures and civilisations suiting the people and local systems, and has been inclusive of, and sensitive to dichotomies that rise time and again. It is a continuous process. The idea of liberty equality and freedom were French, we borrowed them and suited them to us. It is painful to see the unnecessary negativity and flak it gets because of certain idiots. We do have our own narratives and our own vocabulary but I don't think there has been any organised idea or thought process or movement that encourages questioning and assertion to one,s choice.
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Kriti Bhardwaj There are jargons like heteronormative and cis-gender because they don't pronounce themselves conspicuously in our obnoxiously normalised behaviours. Moreover, we have a habit of dismissing everything that doesn't have to do with our area of focus, spe...See more
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Aparna Krishnan All agreed. Yet, all outside ideas have to be absorbed after being rooted. Those who talk widely of other concepts i am sorry are usually sadly lacking in roots. Finding that has to be first, and all borrowed ideas. 

Ot at least parallely, very concsiously. That also I rarely see.
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Komakkambedu Himakiran Idea of voting is alien? Heard of Kudavolai? Over a thousand years ago, people of Uthiramerur voted their village council using palm leaves in a pot!
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Aparna Krishnan " The idea of liberty equality and freedom were French" - Sorry.
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Komakkambedu Himakiran The point is simple, all isms need to go. Muthulakshmi Reddy impacted women a million times more than any feminist ever did. That’s why I said individual vs society.
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