FW: The New Malaysian Indian

Me found another interesting post at Malaysia Today.
(2nd post me pau from Malaysia Today in last 1 hour.What to do .Raja Petra got all the good stuff.Me went to NST and The Star but seems like teenagers there have not finish grappling with existential question like who am I, what is my purpose in life, who should I actually serve etc etc)

Anyway,back to post.Post title "The New Malaysian Indian".
At first me thought it was another sucks-to-be-you indian story (sorry la, sometimes me also jaded ) but after me finish read , me thought it was actually good.

Writer sounds smart.
Knows how much cover charge cost in Bangsar(got feet to the ground ..always a good thing).
Plans to use the internet extensively.
Aims for organised effort.
Passion in words. Punches his weight.

Wow....me thought. Its like me don't know MIC anymore (which is of course not a bad thing)

Anyway, this is what him have to say.
(note : this is the edited version. Me had to [delete] one itsy bitsy excerpt to fit into the mood of this blog.For original post,click here)

Check it out and do what you can.

The New Malaysian Indian

Greetings my fellow brothers.

The reason i am sending you this email is to help to create awareness among the new youngsters and youths of Malaysian Indians on the importance of us being united together and, once and for all to stop the blatant negative image that is linked with us, the Indians in this country.

Since the country's independence of 50years, we have been lacking in terms of education, social, and economy. [delete] There are much more to be done before we can proudly stand tall and say "Yes, I am an Indian!"

There are many lawyers, doctors, engineers, IT, businessmen and what's not. All are professionals in their own fields, and they are youthful, vibrant, energetic Malaysian Indians. They too like any of us have the great willingness and fire within themselves to help contribute to the society so that their fellow brothers and sisters can be on par with the others, can get decent education and not be discriminated just because they lack of financial assistance. How many of our Indian brothers are to be looked down everyday in their life?

It is time that we, the graduates, working professionals and undergraduates to start doing what our community need the most. We must step out of our "tidak kisah, tidak apa" attitude, we must look back through what we have learned and experinced to help our community. They need us more than anything else. They are hoping that the 'educated ones' of the society will change their future.

They are there, sitting in some rural estates, or urban squatters, grateful for the one meal a day that they eat, while some of us are enjoying sips of RM15 Starbucks coffee. Have we ever thought that each resume of Indians represents his/her whole family? Have we ever thought that the RM30 that we pay as entrance fee (cover charge) for some high end night clubs in Bangsar can actually feed a family of 5 for 2 days at least?

I would like to call upon my fellow brothers, to heed the challenge and the responsibilities shouldered on us. Let us all come together and create a new platform as a network of young Indians.

Putera MIC is a NGO-like wing of MIC, focusing in on socio-political. We are targeting Males between 18-30 years old as members because this group will be the future of our community. Putera MIC will focus its resources in helping the society to get back on its feet, to bring together the cream of the society under one roof and to pool their talents together.

We are now creating history. What we do today will be the landscape of our future; what and how our young brothers and sisters will grow up. This is a re-branding of Malaysian Indian.

Putera has already started its membership drive and we do hope working professionals, undergraduates, graduates, businessmen like you, and like-minded Indians to come out and rise like a new wave. Let all see that our youngsters are all-rounder and capable of everything, yet not forgetting their social obligations.

We are already planning few activities that can be implemented for instances; recruitment drives for our fresh grads, academic / career advice, business networking and personal developments. We will be concentrating in the main 3 fields of Education, Business and Personal Development.

Registration can be done through the Internet, a first in MIC's history, as I have said; we are in the process of re-branding Indians image. We will use Internet as a major platform to engage our young target group. We will have our portal ready to be used, forum for discussion and to create networking.

http://www.puteramic.net/

http://www.puteramic.net/contact.html

Serving the Community

PuteraMIC.net
Mahendran Balakrishnan

udal mannukku, uyir tamilukku

bmahendran@gmail.com