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[DULALI NAG]

My thanks to Inder for raising a very important question. It takes courage
to speak critically of big narratives.

Dulali
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> S Jabbar has asked a good question " What Next "   There is no answer, but
> ...
>
> These days i am thinking about the role of "Detail" in our life, since
> we are mostly driven by something which is logically and boldly
> defined.  Detail is perhaps, more poetic, but i see a huge
> undercurrent of politics too in it. Detail is closer to texture, small
> movements of particles under the water. I sometimes see the image with
> a magnifier, even if the image is quite visible to the naked eye.
> Derrida says there if FIRE in Magnifier.
>
> i see lot of good thought around in the discussion. but if we bring '
> the detail ' into the conversation of grand narrative, i see, human
> beings asking similar questions in the world in different ways, They
> are about restoration of right, mostly, if not always change of
> territories, but there is an analogue, always...  even when they go
> out and cheat their spouses. there is something more to us on this
> planet earth, than meets the eye. We will never be content with one
> independence, but a series of it...
>
>  sometimes it is explicitly about  freedom from the territory, which
> people see as bartan ( pot ) cooking them all the time, and others see
> it something very essential, similar to the existence of God. But if
> we discover that our misery is emanating out from this hierarchy of
> form over the detail, then our optimism may be a little realistic.
> Presently, most of the philosophers/intellectuals see the world coming
> to an end, sooner or later, given the way we manage our
> systems/styles. Thanks to "IWC" ( integrated world capitalism, )
>
> Most of the poor people, yes, dont know even that they are suffering
> because the State is indifferent to them ( read eg ,our food grains
> rot ). but when the entire country is controlled by those who steal
> our Time, ( read,Media and other numerous unimportant distractions )
> we probably do some violence to our own consciousness, by not looking
> around the vital Details which sustain us.
>
> We also do some violence to the rights of those who dare to say:" we
> want change".if  we hesitate to say that these voices are closer to
> details, not about Statuesque.
>
> There was a time, when leadership was moving the people like sheep,
> and never bothered about the details of masses. There is no time with
> us to sing songs for those great leaders, but we may dream some new
> thought: which does not need a rudderless  leadership to siphon
> Rs.600000 crores  for CWG in Delhi. ( games of politicians ), we need
> to invest in Details, very sincerely, not to imitate the so called
> developed world's design and structure... ( economy of which is mostly
> sustained by monopoly of trade practices )
>
> We perhaps,  need, some madness even.
>
> with love
> is
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:17 PM, SJabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Could be, Jeebesh, and that IS an interesting idea, but I'm afraid the
> > present is fuelled by rage and rage alone.  Not sure it can sustain
> itself
> > beyond a point. Rage tends to burn itself out and then you land up at the
> > door of the inevitable question, "what next?"  This what next is the big
> > political question and implies the inevitable engaging with your enemy in
> a
> > more sustainable way, perhaps as in a dialogue.  But dialogue on what
> when
> > there is no consensus in the crowd about the meaning of azadi.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 31/08/10 5:37 PM, "Jeebesh" <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> > On 31-Aug-10, at 5:23 PM, we wi wrote:
> >
> >> Waiting for Godot
> >> Manzoor
> >> Anjum
> >>
> >> The problem with our leadership is that instead of leading, they
> >>
> >> just follow
> >> the crowds.
> >
> > Can we not think this as a problem?
> >
> > But as an
> >> emerging reality full of potential for a possible new
> > counter-politics that
> >> has already disturbed the consensus and is
> > striving for a new language. The
> >> deep enmeshing of the "political"
> > with state-power and capital is now a
> >> consensus and a common-sense.
> > The present " acting without leaders" maybe a
> >> way out in a much deeper
> >>
> > way.
> >
> > warmly
> > jeebesh
> >
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