Navodaya in Muhalla

(This is translation of an article that appeared in Muslim Murasu dated December, 2010)
Central government conceived Navodaya schools in 1986 per national policy on education. Objective was to impart quality education to students in states and prepare them with a national outlook. Central government committee took upon itself the responsibility of funding. Boys and girls can reside and learn. An autonomous body under Ministry of Human Resource Development will supervise it.
Tamilnadu rejected Navodaya. State government did not grant 25 acres of land. Hindi is a mandatory subject. Central government promises to spend 2 crore rupees per year in the interest of the students from rural areas. Students in Tamilnadu do not have a grasp of Tholkappiam, Purananuru, Thirukkural or any Sangham literature. Neither are they conversant or fluent in English. On account of hatred towards Hindi, they lost north Indian contact and the benefits therein.
Today north Indian businessmen and laborers have occupied Tamilnadu, particularly Chennai and other tier-1 and tier-2 cities. A look into the names of the owners of the multi-storeyed buildings over the past 20 years will make the point clear. State government that holds Tamil in high respect should candidly release a list of the names of the owners and shareholders of enterprises that yield an income of more than 100 crore rupees. Ardent Tamilians will then understand how the cry for Classic language has led to the rise of Marvadis.
Muslim Muhallas have been languishing in education. Navodaya schools, functioning on the three-language formula, that are generously funded by Central government should be opened in Muslim Muhallas. State government should shed its proud attitude, and should be forthcoming in giving approvals. This will enable minorities to aquire education of national competence; this will brighten their lives.
The policy of globalisation declared in 1992 by the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao destroyed the north Indian, south Indian divide. New enterprises with thousands of crores of rupees of investment have been created in Tamilnadu. Working class from backward states like Orissa and Bihar are reaping benefits from the industrial development in Tamilnadu. Grandsons and granddaughters of office bearers of Dravidian parties are learning Hindi. Tamilians, particularly rural people, are declined of the right to learn Hindi for the past 45 years. Central government supports and nurtures Hindi. Language fanaticism that prevailed in 1965 in Tamilnadu is no more there. Political alliance has doused the aggression over Hindi language. Tamil leaders have acquired huge money and media power and merchandise growth under the blessing, intimacy and aegis of Hindi leaders. Tamil leaders have no righteousness to obstruct, object, reject or decline Navodaya Hindi schools. Atleast for the benefit of Muslims, Navodaya should be permitted in Muhalla.