File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2002/postcolonial.0204, message 301


From: S.Guhathakurta-AT-indal.co.in
Subject: Re: questions
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:01:17 +0530



Salil,

Thanks for your acerbic reply. In fact I was wondering for a very long time
about your whereabouts. I am glad that I could provoke a response out of
you.

This list is not the beginning or the end of anything other than our
intellectual delusions but let me tell you my world (don't know if it is
yours too) is lying shattered at this end of the diaspora while some at the
other end are talking of Palestine (rightly) and some have been silent .
While fascism has struck violent roots in India , the democratic vanguard
is not even capable of thundering the Parliament and about the battle on
the streets, we are too bloody shit scared.

Soumya




Salil Tripathi <salil61-AT-hotmail.com>-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu on
26/04/2002 12:23:10

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Subject:  Re: questions

Soumya,

First, the crisis in Gujarat is not something that affects Indians alone.
Others, too, could -- and should -- discuss. Also, it presumes too much to
say that "none" of the Indians on the list has written anything on this
matter, unless your point is that none of them has written anything on
*this* list. This list, after all, is not the beginning and end of the
world; and in any case I recall a discussion earlier in Feb, in which Liam
asked some questions, and several of us participated in a brief discussion.

[For the record, I've had two pieces published on the matter, in
publications in HK and Britain, in the last few weeks, on this matter.]

Salil


>From: S.Guhathakurta-AT-indal.co.in
>Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: questions
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:04:26 +0530
>
>
>You are correct. To give an example a government backed pogrom of Muslims
>is taking place for the past 2 months in the state (federal) of Gujarat in
>India. None, have written on the violence although there are plenty of
>Indians on this list , Indians who keep a tab on whatever is happening at
>the other end of the diaspora.
>
>Soumya
>
>
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>bob brown <vacirca-AT-charm.net>-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu on 26/04/2002
>11:44:22
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>Please respond to postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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>To:   postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>cc:
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>Subject:  Re: questions
>
>POStcolonialism should be more  accurately called neocolonialism, i.e. a
>new
>form of colonialism.........the same old poisoned wine in a new bottle.
bob
>brown
>--
>"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
>( la solidarita significa correre gli stessi rischi)
>
>----------
> >From: saeed urrehman <think-AT-riseup.net>
> >To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> >Subject: Re: questions
> >Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2002, 1:13 AM
> >
>
> > the colonizer creates a set of binaries such as white/black,
> > civilized/primitive, scientific/superstitious and privileges the first
> > parts of the binaries. the postcolonizer does the same with a new set
of
> > binaries such as hybrid/non-hybrid, sophisticated/binaristic,
> > complex/reductive.
> >
> > colonialism and postcolonialism are both systems of inclusion and
>exclusion
> > and both produce new marginalities.
> >
> > so relax, we are not going anywhere new.
> >
> > saeed
> >
> >
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