Permanent Need For Intellectual Group

Muslim Murasu, March 2011

Manure, fence, both are needed for lush growth of a plant. Intellectual community is needed to develop society by constantly stressing on goodness and protect it by eliminating evils.
Commercial firms operating with crores of rupees of revenue constitute special group for research and future promises. Experts are there to continually monitor changing situations and impart guidance. Their job is not readily visible. But they stand as vanguard for the company.
Planning Commission is taking interest in national development. Intellectuals who have not earned enough influence or popularity with the people do threadbare analysis on needs in education, road, healthcare, drinking water and electricity. Crores of rupees are allotted on the basis of the commission report.
Movement of politicians and bureaucrats are visible to common eyes. But experts are not known to plebeians, and it is not needed either.
The responsibility of intellectuals is to refine the educational institutions, funding organizations and socio-cultural and political groups that operate the society. A firm wont be successful without the adviser. It will run into accident, will fall upside down, encounter loss, face disappointment and disgrace and lose peace. Economic clout, henchmen strength, regional casteist hereditary ego, these alone won’t protect members of the society. Intellectual guidance, advice, support are indispensable, urgent needs. This will give eternal support. Qualities of leadership are listed as to get the name often embellished in block letters in posters, to sit in the center chair on the dais, give lengthy valedictory speech, etch one’s name in laying stones, photograph, and often appearing on TV. Popularity should be achieved through some means. That is the most important thing. Popularity and self-pampering is supported by photographs taken alongside different VIPs from the day one was born in this earth to this day. Serving people, intellectuals wont get attached to such repulsive activities. Their forte is to accumulate knowledge and experience and to serve people. Approvals, appreciations and drumming-up are not going to help much. Narcissistic attitude will lead one to hell. Common people and managing people should urgently identify intellectuals. Intellectual’s quality is to give balanced unbiased approach to an issue. They will continue the mantle without any fanfare. My job is keep serving. This is life. Money, jewels, authority, buildings and transport facilities alone will not develop the society. Intellectual guidance yields tremendous returns with less expenditure. There is no Dheen without Mashoora. There is a prerequisite to select an adviser. Consistent growth and loss-avoidance are basic principles. It is easy to identify intellectual. A brief conversation will suffice. New dimension, fresh thought and critical ideas will emerge. Banal techniques won’t help.
Tamilnadu generally has a dearth of intellectuals. Muslim society is not an exception.