TRIBAL BHILS' YEARNING FOR EDUCATION

As a whole the Bhils are royal race of the past who controlled or ruled once upon a time a vast region of the Central, Northern and western part of the country. Historically all the castes and creed of peoples such as Aryans, Rajputs, Moguls, Marathas, British people and the rest, who encountered the Bhils, feared them for one or the other reasons. One such reason was a political one that the Bhils who are in such a great force numerically, may not rise against them as a political threat especially to demand for a separate Bhil state (Bhilanchal) within the Indian federation. For this hidden reason, the peoples of vested interests deprived the Bhils of their basic educational human rights, for the last many decades, which was their fundamental right as well as their most basic need of the time.. They are still deprived of quality education till today and more systematically and secretly than ever, fearing that they may rise and revive their political, cultural and social heritage and demand unitedly their other basic human rights especially a home for the Bhils ( Bhilanchal). And, when they are not educated it is easy to manipulate and misguide them. And that is what being done by the politicians, administration and NGOs repeatedly.

The present poem was composed by Mahipal Bhuriya the Bhil(tribal) poet in 1998, to bring educational, economic and other types of awareness among the Bhils, so that they can wake up, rise and demand their human rights.

In this context a boy lover, appeals to his girls friend to go to school for education. Since their Bhil community is deprived of it, hence easily cheated by traders and other castes of people.

DARLING !

Darling,
Our region is uneducated
Come, let's go to school,
Darling, all traders are educated ones
All the castes are literate.

Darling listen to me
If you study,
Later you will be happy.

Darling
Later we shall make romance
Dance on the ryhme of drums
On the beats of small drums too
And dance well
To the hearts satisfaction.

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