06-01-2006, 10:23 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Jun 1 2006, 09:27 PM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Jun 1 2006, 09:27 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Can the Tambrams ask for a minority status ? The concept of minority in article 30 IIRC was pretty vague and I think it does leave lots of room for interpretation. I think if all the things that have been discussed in this forum are presented to the court there is a fair chance that tambrams can be declared a minority.
I was doing a google on "india constitution Article 15(5) 93rd amendment" and "india constitution minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30". Dont have time to go through what googleshwara shows right now but it is something worth investigating IMHO.
This link looks interesting tho I havent gone thru it completely.
http://www.legalservicesindia.com/articles/judi.htm
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Tambrams even if they ask for minority status will not get it in Tamil Nadu
Tambrams asked for inclusion as OBC due to desperate poverty , but were turned down in Tamil Nadu
Their best bet, is to ask for linguistic minority status outside tamil nadu
For example, the MEA or DTEA schools in Delhi are a tambram community venture
and offer excellent education for reasonable cost
Their educational record is so good that many north Indians send their kids there
If the DTEA model is taken further, the tambram community can open engineering and medical colleges outside tamil nadu as a linguistic minority
In addition, in their new homes, they must build caste alliances with local brahmins, local forward castes, sanskritising OBC castes etc so that they never again are isolated
I was doing a google on "india constitution Article 15(5) 93rd amendment" and "india constitution minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30". Dont have time to go through what googleshwara shows right now but it is something worth investigating IMHO.
This link looks interesting tho I havent gone thru it completely.
http://www.legalservicesindia.com/articles/judi.htm
[right][snapback]51980[/snapback][/right]
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Tambrams even if they ask for minority status will not get it in Tamil Nadu
Tambrams asked for inclusion as OBC due to desperate poverty , but were turned down in Tamil Nadu
Their best bet, is to ask for linguistic minority status outside tamil nadu
For example, the MEA or DTEA schools in Delhi are a tambram community venture
and offer excellent education for reasonable cost
Their educational record is so good that many north Indians send their kids there
If the DTEA model is taken further, the tambram community can open engineering and medical colleges outside tamil nadu as a linguistic minority
In addition, in their new homes, they must build caste alliances with local brahmins, local forward castes, sanskritising OBC castes etc so that they never again are isolated