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author | Rajeesh K Nambiar <rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com> | 2013-03-25 19:35:32 +0100 |
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diff --git a/studentpolitics.tex b/studentpolitics.tex index 3209c8e..139a396 100644 --- a/studentpolitics.tex +++ b/studentpolitics.tex @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \begin{english} In Facebook group of MESCE, there was an interesting discussion on an age old topic. Fatima Ali (B Arch, student at MES I guess) started it. She wanted our opinion on whether -you like to be in a college like MES, laden with strikes, gang wars and not much cultural +you like to be in a college like MES, ladden with strikes, gang wars and not much cultural activities, but authorities are questioned from time to time. Or in a college at Bangalore or somewhere, where no one questions authorities and in return they get to conduct some extravagant events and activities. As someone who values freedom over anything, my @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ know whether all the ladies in the group (both alumni and current students of ME and believed that it is up to them to express their views on politics. The result, I was accused of being "Male Chauvinist". I have been called many names during discussions in many forums. I have been part of internet and real world forums which discussed a variety of problems including the plight of -women. I do have a variety of friends from a various sections of society and it is the first time one of +women. I do have a variety of friends from various sections of society and it is the first time one of them is accusing me of being a male chauvinist. Anyway, whether am I a male chauvinist or not is not worth a discussion. Though to make my part clear, @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ it was natural for me to be curious to know whether there is any truth in the th think and try to understand situations (it seems that they just don't like to put it up in public forums). The cause of my father's thesis might be the society imposed restrictions on women to get into public -discussions (when you are not part of discussions, you don't have opinions. It is an age old method of -suppression). Then later, women themselves started restricting themselves from being a part of messy +discussions. When you are not part of discussions, you don't have opinions. It is an age old method of +suppression. Then later, women themselves started restricting themselves from being a part of messy discussions to avoid being tagged. I think Sreebala K. Menon once wrote about this in Mathrubhumi (society tagging females who take their own path in life or express their opinion on worldly issues). When you look around, females who (tried to) express their views and take a stand in issues were @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ attacked more fiercely than their male colleagues. Just think about Arundhathi R issue. There were 3 people in the dias and only her remarks were taken up by Times Now. If you read her interviews in Thehelka (there are many on different issues), you will understand how good an intellectual she is and how much research and analysis has been done by her before expressing her opinion on a -matter (still we accuse her of reacting spontaneously to hot issues). +matter. Still we accuse her of reacting spontaneously to hot issues. In case of MES, KBLH is a jail. Parents feel their children are safe in jail, where in fact, they might be getting frustrated. If people are going to say we are happy in KBLH, I would suggest them to look up |