Few days ago I attended a meeting with an organization(NGO) to discuss about one

of my projects which focuses on low achievers among Indian students. Many issue
s regarding the community were discussed and it was really a fruitful discussion
. Literally the discussion ended there but that discussion contributed to the 'd
iscussion in my mind' One particular question sticks in my mind up to date--What
actually hinders the growth of Indian community? A cliche question yet many pre
fer to not answer. So I decided to answer
1.) We are not really good in prioritizing things(sounds vague perhaps). In Mala
ysia we have 523 Tamil schools and temple--more than 100,000(not including templ
es which are not registered). Why do we need to spend so much of money in buildi
ng more temples while our Tamil schools are lacking basic facilities. For a 'kum
baveshegam' in a temple, thousands of money spent but for the school next to the
temple, not even few hundreds donated. Even if donate, some Tamil schools' orga
nizations misuse it. How to achieve financial stability if the situation continu
es to be like this?
2.)Early childhood education among our children;for a group of them precisely fa
ils. We are 7 percent of the population and yet surprisingly 60 percent of the c
rime is committed by our people. The worst, 14 percent of the prisoners is also
our people. In education, 15 % of our students are top achievers and this group
usually settle down at overseas while 30 % of our students are IPTA and IPTS stu
dents. Apart from that 40 % students belong to the below average achievers and r
emaining students turn out to be 'hardcore' gangsters who commit heavy crimes. T
he low achievers group seem to suffer the most and these students are the one wh
o are not certain where they are heading to. What become their choice is the 'ha
rdcore' s choice where they choose their way to live the live; shooting up the c
rime rate. What do these statistics suggest to us? Some where a long the way has
failed our students. Some literature reviews suggest that early childhood educa
tion is the root. So we need to look back at that. At the same time, as how we h
ave plenty of plans for top achievers, we also need to focus on low achievers
3.)UNITY is another big big big problem. Why on earth Indians are not united? I
do not think I need to elaborate more on this. Think for yourself

Many of us then to blame the others for our current situation. Personally, I bel
ieve that the fault is within us. However,I believe that the problem should be t
ackled from the root. Time to do some 'cleansing' in our community and restructu
re the whole thing. We are now at a point where we need to do something for our
community. If not, there is no turning back . If mothers in the family stop watc
hing Tamil serials and fathers stop loitering at restaurants to talk about polit
ics and divert their mind to concentrate on their children, the situation will c
hange.Financial stability is the key for the betterment of our community. We are
the minority and supposedly we should be strong. Unfortunately there are some o
f use here for political purpose. Community work is not genuine. Events are orga
nized for community by some organization, associations for a cheap advertisement
. NO FOLLOW UP. So how? Every individual needs to wake up and bring the change i
n him or her. Depending on one particular association or organization will bring
us nowhere. Time to rectify ourselves and establish our own financial in depend
ency.