@vanshi krishna, What is your problem if people like me who came from guntur built their gunturpalli’s in the outskirts of your villages? It is you telanganites inferiority complex that is creating all this problem. Why don’t you think people who are in gunturpalli are untouchables?

BTW, don’t you have malapalli’s and madhigapalli’s in your villages? Did you ever cared about those malapalli’s and madhigapalli’s to integrate into Dora/Reddy associations in your villages?

It is not just in telangana those gunturpalli’s were formed. There 100s in karnataka around the Tungabadhra dam, Alamatti Dam in Raichur/Bellary/Sindhanoor/Gangavathi regions. There are gunturpalli’s along the KC Canal of Kurnool and Cuddapah dts. Nobody integrated into those societies. They all still speak telugu just like in Guntur/Krishna dts. They all have the same culture and mindset. Our Loksatta leader JP’s father inlaw is also a resident of one Gunturpalli called as “Paparao camp”.

He moved from Narasayapalem of Guntur Dt some 5 decades back to Raichur area (Tungabadhra dam) and bought hundreds of acres selling his agricultural land in his native village. He excelled. Now he owns hundreds of acres of seedless dhanimma thotalu, spinning mills. he built that paparao camp and later people from many surrounding villages of his native place moved to that camp.

As one of the gunturpalli resident I can tell you that we never thought of all these descriminations. The only thing in our mind is what are our goals and what we have to do to achieve those.

Agree with some points in your article but it seems similar to My Name is Khan Movie – Politically Correct but shallow in content. I believe that issues in Telangana are essentially a result of "Class Based exploitation" and economic models being adopted. They don't have religion, region or language as primary identities. There is an exploiter and an exploited.

What one fails to see in intellectual debates on Telangana – from both sides that is "is as to how the historically backward classes are able to move up in economic terms in Coastal Andhra and not in Telangana? Why is suicide the only option for frustrated and agitated students in Telangana? who caused this phenomenon? The politicians like KCR who promise a job to every family despite knowing it is impossible?

Why is this "exploitation" not being seen as a product of Globalisation? Why have things changed for worse in telangana post the national economic reforms? Why is there no space for middle ground? Since when do we endorse fascist trends seen in ample from both sides? Why do Kodandrams get away with irresponsible statements? If these are not addressed – I fear Telangana will be a feasting ground for a new set of vultures – native but vultures nonetheless.

BTW, don't you have malapalli's and madhigapalli's in your villages? Did you ever cared about those malapalli's and madhigapalli's to integrate into Dora/Reddy associations in your villages?

It is not just in telangana those gunturpalli's were formed. There 100s in karnataka around the Tungabadhra dam, Alamatti Dam in Raichur/Bellary/Sindhanoor/Gangavathi regions. There are gunturpalli's along the KC Canal of Kurnool and Cuddapah dts. Nobody integrated into those societies. They all still speak telugu just like in Guntur/Krishna dts. They all have the same culture and mindset. Our Loksatta leader JP's father inlaw is also a resident of one Gunturpalli called as "Paparao camp".

He moved from Narasayapalem of Guntur Dt some 5 decades back to Raichur area (Tungabadhra dam) and bought hundreds of acres selling his agricultural land in his native village. He excelled. Now he owns hundreds of acres of seedless dhanimma thotalu, spinning mills. he built that paparao camp and later people from many surrounding villages of his native place moved to that camp.

As one of the gunturpalli resident I can tell you that we never thought of all these descriminations. The only thing in our mind is what are our goals and what we have to do to achieve those.

Think positive.

Maoist leader caught in Behala
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100303/jsp/frontpa…

OUR BUREAU

Calcutta, March 2: The alleged chief of the Maoist guerrilla wing in Bengal was caught from a busy bus stop at Behala tonight, plainclothesmen apparently walking up to him, uttering his name and confirming his identity from his startled expression.

Venkateshwar Reddy, known as Telugu Deepak because of his Andhra Pradesh origins, was arrested as he stepped out of a bus at Sarsuna in Behala to meet a “source”.

The police claimed that Deepak, an alleged explosives expert entrusted with training Lalgarh’s tribal youths in guerrilla warfare, “was present” among those who attacked the Shilda camp where 24 policemen were killed.

The 42-year-old Deepak is said to be a state committee member of the CPI (Maoist) and close to rebel leader Kishan who also hails from Andhra.

The presence of two senior Andhra leaders in Bengal confirms how Maoists have taken shelter in perceived “soft states” such as Bengal after the late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy had launched a crackdown in the southern state.

The police said a “Maoist source” had provided specific information about the arrival of Deepak from the forests around Lalgarh. He had taken a train from Jhargram to Howrah and then boarded a bus to Sarsuna.

“We had information on his appearance, his clothes and the colour of the bag he was carrying. We were waiting for him to get off the bus,” an officer said.

CID officers said around 15 plainclothesmen waited at the Sarsuna bus stop from 6pm. Since the bus stop is crowded till late at night, the group did not draw attention. The officers had also been shown footage, which the CID had managed to capture from arrested Maoists, that showed Deepak moving around in the forests of Lalgarh.

When Deepak got off the bus, one of the officers went up to him and uttered his name. “It was Deepak’s reflex action that provided the final confirmation,” an officer said. “As soon as he heard the name ‘Deepak’, he whirled around and stared at the officer in disbelief.”

The other policemen then encircled Deepak, took him to a Sumo parked nearby and whisked him away to the CID’s Bhabani Bhawan headquarters.

Kalyan Sengupta, the president of the Sarsuna Byabsayee Samiti, was at the bus stop chatting with friends when the arrest took place. “We saw a person in jeans and shirt suddenly being encircled by about 15 people,” Sengupta said. “This man was smartly dressed. He did not protest as the policemen caught him by his hand and led him away.”

Sengupta said one of the policemen told him that the person was a Maoist. “I did not know Maoists looked so sober and decent,” he added.

The police still do not know whom Deepak had come to meet in the city.

An officer said Deepak had left Andhra four years ago when it became “too hot” there because of the crackdown. “In a way, he did what his mentor Kishen did.”

In Andhra, too, Deepak was a CPI (Maoist) state committee member. After leaving Andhra, Deepak reached Jharkhand and met Kishan who was already operating there. Thereafter, Deepak was brought to Bengal and, gradually, he took charge of Maoist operations here.

The police said Deepak grew up in Guntur and was studying in a polytechnic when he joined the Maoist movement at the age of 17.

I understand and empathize with your statements completely and totally. I am an immigrant myself in US. After 9/11 happened I was telling all the males in family and friends to shave their facial hair so as not to fall into their 'Racial Profiling'.

We as Telangana people have the onus or burden on us to protect the migrants, and they have the obligation to assimilate into Telangana and integrate. They too need to stop calling us names, and terming as naxalites, lazy people etc.

They have no idea how the 'privilege' has exploiting of others stamped all over it.

No matter how much we say that the migrants will be protected, we can not 100% say this will happen. Just like the moderate muslims living amongst us who had to face ill treatment, and questioning of their loyalty, the Telangana people will question the Andhras. That's a given. I can tell you that as an Indian migrant living in US, I am called and Indian American, I have lived here for over two decades. I will never be one of 'true americans' because I look different and talk different. That will be the same case with the Andhra people who have made Hyderabad their home. They will never be completely accepted as one of Telangana people because of their accent. Having said that in their defense, I will say that most of the migrants (both in US, and in TG) need to assimilate into the locals, their culture, their language, and their sports. 'NO MAN IS AN ISLAND' – having a little India in L.A, or having a biriyani bowl doesn't mean that we are integrated into the society. A few days after 9/11 happened, lot of Indians were attacked based on their skin tone. This is the insecurity that we all face. 99% of the muslims are moderate and ordinary people who want an ordinary life. But they are racially profiled because of the 1%.

Yes, the reverse discrimination is present and it's highly prevalent in the migrants in Hyderabad. Some of them act 'Holier than thou', they claim that they did all the development in Hyderabad, they are more hard working, they are better educated, they have more refined language, and better culture. This is all a load of bull. The 1% rule applied here too. The politicians who benefited are 1%, the people who talk badly are 1% but the whole community gets blame. We have our share of people who called out 'Andhra Bhago' – how many of us came out and said we shouldn't be saying these things? They are arrogant, and snobbish, we too have loose tongues.

The key thing we all need to fight for is a separate Telangana based on politics, economics, jobs, and water rights.

Jai Telangana!