[LottiFurmann]

Madam JJL in first stint as CM gave lots of opportunities to TB and as per my understanding there were more than 20 MLA's...But in subsequent elections TB's were not chosen because of winnability, anti brahminism etc...

We have to struggle and make ourselves felt politically...I am not sure about other forward communities such as Nagarathar, Pillaimar...Are they also wallowing in pit and finding it difficult to come out

Having the 3rd child or more has not been chosen by our community because of financial issues....

Regarding the comment on IT, it has attracted our community because of wealth that it generates & the opportunities that it throws...

I know two TB girls whose parents are Doctors, but they are not interested in the profession...They prefer to study Engineering and plunge into IT

In the 70'S & early 80's when getting into professional Engg & Medicine courses were a nightmare for the community lots of them joined CA & most of these are very successful even today

Tomorrow if there is a major opportunity coming in Bio medical field then probably our community would not take much taime in making the switch

What is the real issue then

It is an internal threat which is acute even in Chennai where 30% girls are marrying outside the community (it is less with boys, may be in single digit)...The problem gets more acute in other metropolitan cities..Combine this with low birth rates in the community.....It is like a time bomb...We would reach the status of Parsis who would be wiped out this century as their population is dwindling

I think our community boys & girls are experiencing new born freedom with mobiles, internet and gaming cafes....They have lost touch with the cultural moorings-the chains, ropes and anchors that bind us and help us to trace our hoary traditions...We are not able to to coalesce our community and it gets drifted.

Is there a solution to this self inflicted destruction, only time would tell