From: "Annapurna M" <mannapurna-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Dowry Conference: Feminism/Leftism -- or whatever
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 02:49:55 PST


dearest manjusree,
a lot of issues, not the least feminism are being 'appropriated' by the 
bjp and a lot of us are not able to fight it...and i own it up, we even 
use this so called space to get the concessions we need from them.
while i dont agree with partha's way of communicating his distress...i 
can see that it takes great courage and conviction to do what he is 
doing within what is after all a very closed elite academic clique...

i would like to suggest to partha that there are a lot of groups who are 
using the space he is creating...who might not themselves be in a 
position to support openly his position...not because they dont have the 
conviction..but because whether bjp or congress...if somebody is giving 
visibility to the issue we need to work with them...

that in a perfect world we should not need to stand on people like 
partha and rinita's shoulders to do it is true...

i wish i had them fighting for me on 'my' issues...
meanwhile please put me on that collectivity letter.for whatever my 
signature is worth
m.annapurna
field worker
dastkar andhra
hydrabad. india
 

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