Action on Sachar committee recommendations soon: Sonia- Hindustan Times

Action on Sachar committee recommendations soon: Sonia- Hindustan Times

If India wants be become a superpower, it needs to empower its citizens. I have been observing Indian politics for a long time. Indian politicians are best at setting up committees and for placing the action taken reports (ATR) before the Parliament. God knows what happens after that. New schemes come and no one seem to get benefits from these schemes. Sometime I wonder what kind of job security do the Indian bureaucrats have because I don't see any progress on the street. The poor darji (tailor master) in my locality is still there. The world has changed but a place (that I know) named Wazir Pura in U.P. is still the same.

Now Dr. Manmohan Singh shows a lot of care for Muslim people in India. I wonder when did Dr. Manmohan Singh visit a Muslim neighborhood last time? Does Dr. Manmohan Singh know a poor Muslim family for last 30 years like I do? Why not send this report to a Parliamentary Committee and hold public hearings on the subject? Why not invite experts who can tell us how to solve the social problems being faced by Muslims in India? Why not ask poor Muslim families and testify under oath before a Parliamentary Panel so we can ascertain why they have been left behind?

I have asked for a full copy of Sachar Committee report so that I can take a first hand look at the findings of the committee. I am getting bits and pieces in the media reports. I don't like what I have heard so far.

As a layman, I can summarize the Sachar Committee Report as a medical report talking about a patient suffering from anemia without any discussion about the causes of the disease (anemia) and prescribing that the patient be given 10 units of blood. The patient may be bleeding internally or may have other serious health conditions but I don't think Indian politicians care because after all it is a question of their "vote bank".

India cannot afford to leave any segment of its population behind if it really wants to influence the world in next 50 years. The consequences of leaving Muslims behind are going to be painful for the coming generations of all Indians.

As a society we need to take pains to find out if Indian Muslims are suffering because of (1) their family size, (2) lack of equal rights for the women, (3) reasons for children not going to school, (4) curriculum of the schools where children are being educated, (5) multiple marriages or divorces, and (6) lack of legal framework to hold the earning parent liable for the care of children in case of separation or divorce.

I will be writing extensively on this issue after I get the full text of Sachar Committee Report.

I will be dedicating my work on this issue to my High School teacher Mr. Naim Uddin Sir who helped me with my studies and showed me the way to success. Like we say in America, it takes a village to raise a child. Naim Uddin Sir was a very important part of that "village" for me.

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