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Pathirikai – No 3 24 th Dec 2011 grand pas en avant. J‘ai lu les deux dernières éditions et j‘ai été touché que vous m‘ayez contacté pour l‘interview du mois. Je voudrais vous encourager à continuer sur cette bonne voie. Ce journal doit toujours rester apolitique et aborder d‘autres sujets importants pour la communauté. Je vous suggère d‘essayer de voir si c‘est possible de notifier nos compatriotes par sms quand le journal est poste sur internet tous les mois. Cela pourrait aider à ce que le journal soit lu par encore plus de personnes. Je voudrais encore une fois vous féliciter tous pour Pathirikai et je vous souhaite du succès pour le future. Challenges Facing the Tamil Community Language/Culture and Religion National Residential Seminar Tamil Community in Mauritius – Challenges and Opportunities On the 20 th and 21 st August 2011, a National Residential Seminar was organized to address the challenges and Opportunities facing the Tamil Community in Mauritius. The Seminar regrouped members of the seven major Tamil Associations viz. The Mauritius Tamil Cultural Centre Trust, The Mauritius Tamil Temples Federation, The Murugan Foundation, The Tamil Chamber of Commerce and Professionals, The Tamil League, The Tamil Speaking Union and the Union Tamoule de Maurice in the presence of Honourable Tessarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, Minister of Information & Communication Technology. The objective of the Seminar was as follows: To create enabling conditions for the development of coherent strategies by the main Tamil Organisations for the well-being and advancement of the Tamil Community within our rainbow nation. Discussion and resolutions were along the following areas: A. Language/Culture/Religion B. Youth Empowerment C. Business and Economy D. Women and the Family E. Tamils in Politics F. Education and Training We are thankful to Mr Krish Ponnusamy, CSK, member of the Organising Committee, for having provided to Pathirikai a copy of the report. To enable our readers to better understand the challenges facing the participants in the Seminar, we reproduced below main extracts of the speech of the President of the Organising Committee, Mr Gooroonaden Vydelingum, who is also the President of the Tamil League. Page 8 of 44
Pathirikai – No 3 24 th Dec 2011 --------- Quote ----------- The date of 20 August 2011 should be remembered as a landmark in the history of Tamil socio-cultural organisations in Mauritius. In fact it is the first time that seven of the main such organisations have joined together for the holding of a week-end seminar at national level. These organisations are the Mauritius Tamil Cultural Centre Trust, The Mauritius Tamil Temples Federation, The Murugan Foundation, The Tamil Chamber of Commerce and Professionals, The Tamil League, The Tamil Speaking Union and the Union Tamoule de Maurice. Time has come, brothers and sisters, to shed aside our ego and understand that we are here to complement each other instead of competing with each other. During this week-end, let us forget our belonging to an individual organisation and think as Tamilians and discuss about the welfare of the Community. The platform that the Organising Committee has set up is meant to come up with resolutions to be included in a short and medium term plan for the Community. Organising a seminar is a laudable achievement, but what is more important is the aftermath. The Organising Committee, at its first meeting, has expressed the wish that this platform should be a permanent one, with enlarged membership as appropriate, in order to implement the resolutions that will be voted to-morrow and to monitor progress during the implementation phase. So you may rest assured that the time you will spend during these two days will not be in vain. --------- End Quote ----------- We are pleased to share with our readers the resolutions voted at the Seminar to enable you to react and comment on the resolutions with a view to improve on them and to enable an effective implementation. This month we reproduce the resolutions regarding Language/Culture and Religion. The other resolutions will be reproduced in the forthcoming issues of Pathirikai; so stay connected. The group discussions on Language/Culture and Religion was led by Dr Jeevendiren Chemen. The resolutions voted are: i. To request Government to lower the requirements in terms of number of students at secondary levels and in ―Maali Palli‖ to provide opportunities to teach or learn the language. ii. To revisit the syllabus and approaches to the teaching or learning of Tamil at primary and secondary levels. Textbooks should be made more appealing taking into consideration the function and prospects of the language. iii. To request both the University of Mauritius and the University of Technology to offer joint study programmes with Tamil as one subject iv. To train priests to better serve the Community through the introduction of qualifications on social, psychological and communicative skills. v. To set guidelines for the construction of kovils vi. To request that the quality of Tamil movies and serials and local programmes be improved, through representations to the MBC. vii. To give full encouragement and support to the Tamil Speaking Union for the propagation of spoken Tamil. viii. To strongly encourage each institution to concentrate on its specific areas of responsibility and ensure synergy through regular concerted actions. ix. To stop the practice of the removal of the ―Taali‖ after the death of the husband, in order to uphold women‘s dignity. x. To encourage uniformity in all kovils, the Mauritius Tamil Temples Federation should come with a common structured prayer. xi. To sensitise patents to motivate their children to learn Tamil language at primary and secondary levels. Page 9 of 44
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