Reviewed by ASIF ANWAR ALIG
Indian Muslims: From Sachar to
Make in India,
by Mohammad Allam, Universal Book House, Aligarh – 202002 (India), 137pp, 2016,
Indian Rupees350, Soft.
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ooks on the aftermath
of Sachar Committee scenario analysis are published every day. Only selected ones
though raise multifarious dimensions of Muslim plights. The book Indian
Muslims: From Sachar to Make in India by Mohammad Allam can be seen in a prism
of a naïve attempt from an author’s point of view but it is seminal research
work on this crucial theme.
Jutting down multiple
contexts of surveys to assessments having been carried out by the Sachar
Committee for thorough evaluation of the condition of Muslims in India, this
book is a precise edition for even laymen to do a reality check. Through presenting
report’s inclusive data it is focused on the facts. Major highlights like higher
education among Indian Muslims in the aftermath of Sachar Committee scenario analysis
to country’s demography of inhabitants in all religious groups’ context in recent
census are worth introspection for Indian Muslims.
In a detailed assessment
of recent census report, this book eyes on Muslim population share amongst all
minority communities from percentage to contextual segmentation in nation’s education
and employment sectors. As a scholastic work, it superbly assesses overall condition
of Indian Muslims post the constitution of Sachar Committee in 2005 until
making specific comparisons in recent past while the current BJP government announced
Make in India plan.
The then Manmohan
Singh government had constituted a committee to prepare an exclusive fact based
report on the social, economic and educational condition of Muslims in India through
keen assessment of their conditions. This book justifies with facts and
comparative data post report submission in a time span of one decade and thus alarmingly
shows their grim situation that has hardly changed.
Besides in-depth
research on population share of all minority communities, author painstakingly points
out educational and employment share as major findings with special attention
to the grieving condition of Muslims. By presenting contextual reports, it provides
room for assessment of Muslim representation in the reputed educational
institutions from enrollment shares in institutes of higher learning Indian
Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to universities
from graduation to doctorate level courses. Readers thus find ample idea about
the condition of Muslims in this comparative study, though such information can
also be obtained from other sources.
Post-Sachar scenario
analysis brings into fore a reality check of tall claims made by the respective
governments to uplift Muslim community as compared to the actual condition. Second
most important emphasis in this book is highlighting current situation of
Muslims in higher education sector, human development and the possibility of getting
benefitted from Make in India plan by present BJP government which came into power
in 2014.
By doing cursory
assessment, author projects description of various sectors in which Make in
India plan is focused at. He assesses multiple angles from feasibilities for India
to options to move ahead while the plan incorporates successfully and thus highlights
its worthiness for Muslims to avail benefits. With logical comparison of different
communities with Muslims in all sectors the focus is more on the education
sector.
The highlights
include comparative study of Make in India plan and it’s possible after affects
in the context of world economies. The book concludes with an assessment of causal
relation between Muslims and Make in India initiative. The zest of comparative
studies is that where exactly Muslims stand in the current scenario; corporates
run by Muslims in India and their prospects in the context of current plan to community’s
share in several occupations, employments in multiple sectors to an overview of
their current share in state and central government sector jobs.
This comprehensive
study also highlights current living standard, education in general to technical
education level in particular in Muslims community in the context of
post-Sachar evaluation committee. Other factors that have been highlighted in
the book include financial credits & Muslims; infrastructure &
governance in Muslim centric districts; possible role of Muslims in Make in
India plan to Muslims as producers/industrialists and their dominance in the business
sector.
Furthermore,
comprehensive details about share of students from poorer sections of Muslim
community in reputed institutions highlighted in the context of existing data
available from the post-Sachar scenario is worth introspecting. In nutshell,
this book has ample comprehensive information on the basis of that report which
highlighted dilapidated condition of Muslim community.
The book is an
in-depth collection of research articles on Muslims in different contexts in India.
Although it has many typos it still catches the attention of readers for thorough
assessment of Muslim community in the current milieu which is being studied in
the last two decades.
This book review was first published in Radiance Viewsweekly on February 05, 2017.
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