The reasons for economic backwardness of a society is many fold and multi-faceted. Considering the present economic condition of Muslims and problems being faced by them the situation is alarming and calls for immediate attention. There is a need to chalk out short-term and long term plans in a systematic and organized way. It’s easy to educate people who are illiterate but it’s real difficult to change the psyche of the people who have developed indifference towards their own problems due to continuous oppression, illiteracy and discrimination.

I am not here to discuss on how and why Muslim minorities have been subjected to these oppression or discrimination for, it’s an altogether separate issue, which is being dealt by different people. My message and work is focused on how best we could improve the situation by preparing women folk to supplement the dwindling income of the families which creates a vicious circle of illiteracy, more poverty, and more illiteracy and so on….

We know that when the elite segment of a society becomes indifferent towards lower strata of the society then the general masses develop total indifference towards their own problems. They live like cattle or chattel and their position continues to deteriorate to such an extent that it becomes difficult to even make them realize what they are really missing in the society.

My practical areas of operations have always been education, economic upliftment particularly those of Muslim women and also social awareness, I neither talk of theories or books on the subject nor do I propose preposterous ideas on solving the problems. I feel that in order to address the issue we must first understand the psyche of common Muslims in India for which we must ascertain and analyze the reasons responsible for their sordid condition.