My views on Telangana

I started knowing about Telangana issue during my college days when i was preparing for Civils. It was a people's revolt against atrocities of Nizam state (Bonded labor, Religious Conversions, feudal landlord’s atrocities, heavy taxes and Nizam’s resistance to join India after Independence) and then, people’s movement for livelihood, for the rights of natural resources/employment opportunities to the local people who must be the real beneficiaries. Many true leaders were born out of this movement and many did lost their lives for the sake of this movement. Most tragic part of this movement is the loss of student life’s who dare to dream good for themselves as well as for the people of the Telangana region.

1969 was a historical moment in the history of struggle for Telangana. There were agreements after a long series of discussion and destruction. Many have lost their lives and few benefitted politically. 

The region remained calm for few decades with little progress made during this period. The main issues and agreements were kept aside. During Chandrababu time, Hyderabad developed faster than any other city in India and this brought the city into the limelight. During the same decade, education was given more importance by parents and many started to look to Hyderabad for their children education. As there was years of drought during Babu regime, many people from Andhra and Rayalaseema migrated to Hyderabad either for their livelihood or for business purpose. Many people saw their future and their children future brighter in Hyderabad than at their native places. Few people started investing on lands and acquiring properties in Hyderabad. There were separate colonies or nagars specially developed in this regard. And also, much of the small businesses were overtaken. Language, food habits, culture and traditions of Telangana were sidelined during this period. Anyone who stayed in Hyderabad for more than 15 years was eligible for local jobs and seats in educational institutions. On by one, all these things led to difference between the local and non-local people. Certain agreements like 610 GO, jobs to locals were not at all implemented and in the meantime, water sharing of rivers, construction of irrigation projects, allotting Government projects benefitted non-locals than locals. Demands for their rightful share were raised on many forums by the Telangana people which were not addressed by the Government. 

During this period, political agenda of individuals were emotionally mixed with the people struggle and the whole movement took its turn into different form. People’s fight was converted into political fight and all other issues were kept aside – giving rise to the demand for “separate state” again. 

Many committees were formed and all the Government reports from past decade show better development in Telangana than in Rayalaseema.

There are some serious issues which must be solved which are there for more than half century but will the formation of new Telangana state solves those problems. I doubt because again Telangana people has to deal with Andhra people to solve them. When being united, these issues cannot be solved for more than half century; there is less possibility to solve it separately. 

THE FIGHT HAS TO CONTINUE FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF TELANGANA REGION THAN FOR SEPARATE STATE. IF ALL OF US CAN FIGHT IN THE SAME WAY AS OU STUDENTS ARE FIGHTING FOR TELANGANA, MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED IN DAYS……THINK ABOUT IT.

Experience has shown that smaller state has more problems than bigger states. Divisions of State in the present political situation cannot happen on linguistic or caste or religion basis. There are demands from some quarters that why we can’t have two different with same mother tongue. History is the proof for the mistake we did in the past. Some even quoted that if North India has multiple states speaking same language, why can’t South India? If this continues, then we will have multiple Telugu states, multiple Tamil, Kannada, Marathi and Malayalam states. Are you for that...

As Hyderabad is the State Capital, it is obvious that development in Hyderabad is more compared to other parts of the state. I don't personally support division of Andhra Pradesh but there are some historical blunders made by the successive Governments on the Telangana People. Something like River waters, building big dams in Telangana but not helpful to Telangana people but to Andhra people and Government employment policies which benefits people in other areas more than Telangana people. It's time we rectify these historical blunders so that peace prevail and all the people of the state live unitedly.

Even with having separate Telangana state, the major problems like River water sharing and job related problems will not be solved. Issue with Government jobs can be solved but what about private jobs, business and so on.....We will have same educational institutions, same hotels, same business houses, same media houses.....

Then, let the people of Telangana fight for water and job related issues in the same way as they are fighting for separate state. Formation of separate state will not solve these problems and more over they will become more problematic.

Leave Telangana or Andhra. The right on resources lies with the people of that region and it is agreed fact by all the international agencies while sharing natural resources. Different countries share natural resources in the similar fashion and may international laws are also based on this formula only. The biggest blunders with regard to dams constructed in Telangana region are that they all are PLANNED to benefit the Andhra region rather than the Telangana region. When u have such big Nagarjunasagar dam and the water from it are not allowed to be used by the people where it is....what more i can say.

The area chosen for building of Nagarjunasagar dam is debatable. Many people have questioned the choice and their intentions of doing so. With regard to lift irrigation, i think Mr.JP has given some very good points in one interview. I think u can get it on YouTube. Spending money on lift irrigation is a waste and only temporary results can be obtained from it. More than farmers it is the business people who benefit from that. Just another political play ..

Political agendas taking over people agenda – if an individual or a group is fighting for their own benefits, it not a big problem. But when they influence other people and common public into their political games, it is a big issue and serious problem, we need to look into. See what is happening in OU. Students fighting against police. OU will remain OU either in United Andhra Pradesh or in separate Telangana state. If the OU students have fought about their student problems, job issues or any other issues relating to them in the same fashion as they are doing with Telangana issue, i think they would have benefitted a lot. If we take up all the issues in similar fashion, i think half of the Telangana problems can be solved easily and in very less time...

Is the demand for separate state really justified after 60 years of Independence? It may be right before Independence under the Nizam rule but not now. People of Telangana are electing their representatives to the AP assembly and their representatives are ruling the people. Leave aside the CM position, there are Ministers, MP and prominent leaders from Telangana and this is the way the Democracy works...

I know many of you may not agree with my views but it’s my view and I have every right to have my own views on certain issues…..

Personalities - Gandhi

During childhood, I never like Gandhi. But, it was in Allahabad, in the house of Nehru, I brought the book "My Experiences with Truth", only because it was the cheapest book avaliable there and all others books were highly priced. It has been almost 15 years now, I wanted to tell the government of India and the Congress party to reduce the price of the books displayed in the Nehru house. They must be cheap so that the common people and the students can buy and get inspired by these great people.I started reading the book on the train from Allahabad to Anantapur. I was really mesmerised with the simple writing and putting forward the things in very straight manner without any language jargons.Today, though i disagree with gandhi on few things, i am really influenced by him a lot.
What I learned from him:1. Simple living is the best way of living. No need of jewels, cosmetics and so on.2. Habits make a person and everyone has to adopt good habits and try to leave bad habits. 3. Character is what makes a person, society, religion and history.4. Many problems in this world can be solved by discussion.5. An enemy is also a human being like you.6. Truth and only pure truth can what u have to aspire for. Only Truth can save you in the long run.7. Control of senses is the most important thing which can make or mar a person.8. All human beings irrespective of caste, creed are same.9. Practice what u preach to others.10. Means must always justify the ends.11. Faith in oneself, Truth and God can achieve anything in this world.

Regards,

Tirumalanath

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Personalities - T N Seshan

One person can change the system and I was fortunate to see this during my college days when elections are won by muscle and money power. This man, who was part of the same system tried to clean it up and showed us that if u want to serve the people and the nation, u must be part of it. No one can bring peace and prosperity to the society by blaming it or destroying the system. Reforms and moderanity can be only brought through removing the drawbacks in the system and if i want to say...by going back to its foundation fundamentals/basics. We Indians, have the heritage, culture and experience which no other country has. It is only when we look at the system with its past, present we can understand what is going on. Just copying ourselves from the others or putting blame on the past or the people will not solve the problem. No one till now, by my knowledge has or can do more social work than a government employee. That has been proved by this person: T N Seshan.Eighty percentage of the India problem lies in its political and religious structure and the rest of 20 % percent lies with its geographical situation. Religous reforms are continously made from the past century and the modern look of the society is due to this only. 60 years of Independence - and it was also time to bring some changes in the electorial system of the country. As selection of the political system is the core for representing the various groups in the society and also solving their problem, it was essentially needed to clean up the electorial system which the political has been using for their own benefits.The greatest contribution of Seshan was realising that the Elections Commision must be same as Judicary system. He was successful in bringing those reforms in the Election Commision.It is happy to see that the successors of T N Seshan has not only kept the high standards and are bring more reforms in the electorate process.
What I learned from him:
For doing good, u don't have to be creative or think new things. The only thing u have to do is to follow the rules of the book and the land. One person who follows the rules of the book in word and spirit can bring lot of change in the society and that one person can be anyone.

Regards,
Tirumalanath
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Personalities - P V Narasimha Rao

If Gandhi is the father of nation, then we can say P V Narasimha Rao as "father of Indian Economy Reforms". And today whatever we have achieved, except the work done by the great institutes like ISRO and DRDO, the total credit for the growth of industrialization and economy must be creditied to Mr. Rao. He reduced the fiscal deficit, Privatization of public sector units (though i believe few things like transportation, medical, education, mining, fuel, current, dams etc must be in the hands of government), trade reforms, loans and many more.
He was the 12th Prime Minister of India and an active freedom fighter. He won election from Nandyal with a victory margin of a five lakh votes and his win is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. Only not a politician, he is a scholar by himself. He is well educated and has command over 17 languages.
Few things I learned from him are:
1. Patience always pays.

2. Our Silence can be used to solve many problems.

3. Taking no action is also an action.

4. Always think about the long term goals even losing some short term gains.

5. For being strong, u don't need to shout

Many great people have in them good and bad. Though Mr.Rao faced lot of problems during the last years of his life, I consider him as the " CHANAKYA of our Times".

India – Constitution

It is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on 26th January 1950.
The Constitution provides for a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with certain unitary features. The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the President. As per the Constitution of India, the council of the Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). The Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as its head to aid and advise the President, who shall exercise his functions in accordance to the advice. The real executive power is thus vested in the Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as its head.
The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of the People (Lok Sabha). Every State has a Legislative Assembly. Certain States have an upper House also called State Legislative Council. There is a Governor for each state who is appointed by the President. Governor is the Head of the State and the executive power of the State is vested in him. The Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister as its head advises the Governor in the discharge of the executive functions. The Council of the Ministers of a state is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
The Constitution distributes legislative powers between Parliament and State legislatures as per the lists of entries in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. The residuary powers vest in the Parliament. The centrally administered territories are called Union Territories.
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Tirumalanath
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India – Armed Forces

The Government of India is responsible for ensuring the defence of India and every part thereof and Indian Armed Forces vests in the President. The responsibility for national defence rests with the Cabinet. This is discharged through the Ministry of Defence, which provides the policy framework and wherewithal to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibilities in the context of the defence of the country. The Indian Armed Forces comprise of three divisions – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force.
Indian Army
Indian Army is the third largest in the world. The Indian Army's HQ is located in New Delhi and functions under the Chief of Army Staff, who is responsible for the command, control, and administration as a whole. The Army is divided into six operational commands (field armies) and one training command, each under the command of a Lieutenant General, who has an equal status to the Vice-Chief of Army Staff.
Indian Navy
The Headquarters of the Indian Navy is located in New Delhi, and is under the command of the Chief of the naval staff – an Admiral. The Indian navy is deployed under three area commands, each headed by a flag officer. The Western Naval Command is headquartered in Bombay on the Arabian Sea; the Southern Naval Command in Kochi (Cochin), in Kerala, also on the Arabian Sea; and the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on the Bay of Bengal.
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8th October 1932, and on 1st April 1954, Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, one of the founding members of the Air Force took over as the first Indian Chief of Air Staff. With the passage of time, the Indian Air Force undertook massive upgrading of its aircraft and equipments, and as part of the process, it introduced more than twenty new types of aircrafts.
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Tirumalanath
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India – National Days

Independence Day
The Independence Day of India, which is celebrated religiously throughout the Country on the 15th of August every year, holds tremendous ground in the list of national days, since it reminds every Indian about the dawn of a new beginning, the beginning of an era of deliverance from the clutches of British colonialism of more than 200 years. It was on the fateful morning of 15th August 1947 that India was declared independent from British colonialism, and the reins of control were handed over to the leaders of the Country. India’s gaining of independence was a tryst with destiny, as the struggle for freedom was a long and tiresome one, witnessing the sacrifices of many freedom fighters, who laid down their lives on the line.
Republic Day
India became a Republic when the Constitution of the Country came into force on 26th January 1950, thereby defining it as a Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary form of Government, through the Preamble. The Indian Constitution, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly after considerable discussions represented the framework of the Government of the Country. Henceforth, 26th January has been recognized and celebrated as India’s Republic Day with great ardor, and is decreed a national holiday. The event is a constant reminder of the selfless deeds of all martyrs of the Country, who laid down their lives in the freedom struggle and various succeeding wars against foreign aggression.
Gandhi Jayanti
The 2nd of October is dedicated to the Father of the Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi when the whole Nation celebrates Bapu's birthday. This day serves to remind all Indians of the sacrifices this apostle of peace gave, to bestow upon the country the gift of Independence. His ideas of Non-Violent Resistance to the British colonial rule has never failed to inspire later generations to live a life of brotherhood in a peace loving Country. He worked extensively for the social upliftment of the untouchables, who he called “Harijans”, and was the leader of the “Quit India Movement,” which served as a final signal of discontent to the British dominion in India.

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Tirumalanath

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