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COIMBATORE
3.3.2010
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The immense response from the website visitors within India and abroad is really great and encouraging. The online registrations is also unexpectedly on very higher side, but we advise them to send the photograph and the horoscopic details by courier also so as to keep them in Mandram for the verification of the mandram visitors.The reluctancy to upload the photograph is visible not only from the girls but also from the boys and this is nothing but the age old genetic factors.That is why we were also hesitating to launch complete online only because of such factors. Anyway we upload whatever details we receive and we do advise them to be conventional also by coming to Mandram in person with their parents to get them registered and to see the hundreds of registrations to their choice.
The visitors need not be concerned and confined to matrimonial contents alone. They may surf the other topics such as Mandram News to know where we do we stand and what should we do for our children who happened to be orphans, politically, socially and economically. When our population is about 45 lakhs all over the State, and except a few places we are not at all majority so as to be elected as MLAs or MPs in the community banner. The scene is entirely different in Adidravidas and therefore they dominate the politics and even the social and economic spheres.
The community which was below 10% total population was considered as insignificant and if the above data is accepted as true and correct, then we must be realistic to know our height and weight. After all any party is weighed by its vote bank.The population growth rate was also about 18% against about 35% in respect of Adidravidars and 39%
in respect of Arunthathiars. The community is shrinking in its own soil The migration to the urban areas and hiding
themselves and intercaste marriages have also gone up. The conversion to Christianity is also impiortant for
the incorrect data to some extent.
But if anybody have the figures in their hands we can refute the government statistics. But our village
elders have everything except population details. They collect oorvari as taxes but whether they were not documented.
We at Coimbatore have arranged to go to 21 places where our Devendrakula velalars were residing and 75% have taken
census and fed in computers.The total population is less than 1 lakh and spread at various places and it has no role
at all to decide the outcome of results.
What can we do? The political domination is not possible as the vote bank is not strong across
the State and there is no rich persons worth to save and elevate our people economically. Then the sheer and
bitter truth is that we too are minority community. If we do not have education, we will be left out even by Arunthatiars
in due course.The education scenario is still worse in our community.One person out of 1000 persons is an engineer
and only 2 persons are graduates for every 100 persons and the 65% is agricultural and urban coolies.
The picture is pathetic. What wrong has gone to this miserable community.
In Adidravidar community the cinema music and the media are in their hands and give crores of
rupees for the betterment of their community. Despite the element of untouchability they could improve
and win, why not for Devendras?This is the time to wake up and to help the children to get higher education.
There should not be any dropout from schools. Let us unite and work for the childrens education
We need cooperation and will power to sit together and give counselling to the parents not to smoke and
drink before the children and do not be mercineries ,
There are number of facts and figures to think over and to guide the illiterate population
to educate their children. They are badly need of guidance. They need support morally and financially.
The ignorance of the illiterate parents has to be sympathised and they need not to be blamed. Let
the burden come to our shoulders and let us share the responsibilities. Let the efforts and endeavours
be focussed towards education and education alone.
We invite suggestions, advice, criticisms in this regard because we do think
that no man is infallible.Please mail and send letters for a dawn to our children of our brothers and sisters
and send the census details of their respective villages for financial help for college education and tution fees.
We will meet again.
KASIMYNDHAN
DEVENDRA ILAKKYA MANDRAM
COIMBATORE
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