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Progress
It is desired that a grass root movement with total involvement of the people
themselves should take place. With this object in mind, Taluka-level committees
have been formed to translate the movement of awareness in education and
empowering the community in the field of economy and social (including
ensuring peaceful environment by maintaining rapport with other communities),
Such a Taluka committee is headed by an enthusiast social worker of the taluka .
It is seen that all the villages of a taluka are represented in the Taluka Committee
including youth & women members. This exercise experimented with Taluka as a
unit would be widened at District-level and subsequently at the State-level as to
achieve holistic approach of this movement. The necessary data collected by such
efforts shall be an invaluable input to be utilized for more qualitative work.
The object of this exercise is to reach out the benefits of Lok-hit Movement at grass
root. By such movement infrastructure is created to facilitate More people to get
involved in carrying out activities in the fields of social, educational and
economic-upliftment.
Indispensability of ‘Gujarat Today’
1 Visualize scenario with ‘Gujarat Today’ in 2002 & that without ‘Gujarat Today’
in 1969 & 1985 Riots.
2 The Newspaper managed by private concern has vested interest but managed
by public charitable trust has no vested interest. It aims at justice and social
upliftment.
3 Through this newspaper proper information goes to proper place.
4 The world media, social activists, foreigners, journalists, whosoever wanted
information used to contact ‘Gujarat Today’ for its accessibility and being
non-biased Muslim managed newspaper.
5 Information and feed-back about true situation prevailing in Gujarat was
provided to the inquiry commissions, trusts, magazines, newspapers in
India as well as abroad.
6 It was because of Gujarat Today the ‘State’ and entire ‘Country’ was made
aware of truth.
Needs of the day
1. Gap of widening between Muslims and others in terms of social, educational
and economical conditions. As a result of partition since independence
the community is left without leadership. Hence the level of awareness in the
community steadily kept declining. In comparison to this other communities
kept on progressing. In the South India where this awareness was created
the Community could keep pace with their brethrens in other community.
No such exercise took place in Gujarat in last more than 50 years. The
'Lok-hit Movement' and 'Gujarat Today' with whatever limitations, has taken
up this task the result appears to be much encouraging.
2. Situation worst in rural area and inequalities increasing faster in urban
areas. Due to larger geographical area, shortage of funds and manpower
the gap in rural area is alarming. The 'Lok-hit Movement' has a platform
and well equipped infrastructure to address this problem. It motivates
people who have capacity to work by making use of mind. If such is the
approach, it will lead to optimum return of the efforts put in a programme.
If such concerted efforts are made, given a superior genetic background of
the community, it is all likely that the community may surpass others.
3. Community infested with sectarian differences. Certain works are carried
out in different fields by various organizations. But unfortunately they
being sectarian,the benefits are not only restricted to a few among the
community but outcome in terms of fund used also having no concrete
effect in bridging the gap. It is sad to conclude that in a sectarian approach
of undertaking a community work not only the funds are being frittered away
but bitterness is generated among the left over section of the community,
which divides the Milla.
4. It is not a time to sit on fence and allow community to deteriorate further
but those bestowed with brain and wealth to come forward and help the
community to come out of lethargy and inertia.
Remedies :
1. Accelerate the spread of education – Quality education so as to keep
pace with others.
2. A need to have a platform providing opportunities to serve the entire
community without differentiating on sects and maslak. ‘Lok-hit Movement’
& ‘Gujarat Today’ jointly are capable to meet this need. But they by
themselves are not capable to deliver adequate results without involvement
of the well wishers of the community. Any individual or organization desires
to devote manpower or spend money for the community’s cause of
upliftment ‘Lok-hit Movement’ & ‘Gujarat Today’ provides a platform with
necessary infrastructure and logistic. Lack of infrastructure for social activities
in the far-flung areas is one of the major causes for backwardness. Individual
or an organization having a zeal to work can avail the facilities provided and
‘Lok-hit Movement’ & ‘Gujarat Today’ would ever be ready to assist them and
extend cooperation.
3. 'Lok-hit Movement' has not associated itself to any particular individual,
organization, sect or political party. It does not represent any sectarian
or parochial interest. It is truly 'Lok-hit Movement', which indirectly unites
Muslims apart from maintaining cordial relations with other communities.
In short it aims at converging divergent activities for constructive and
coherent work. Gujarat Today & Lok-hit Movement having infrastructure
and experience of more than 2 decades can achieve this object. The
economic condition of the community in the State itself is short of capacity.
External assistance can sustain such movement.
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