Why The Merger Has Not Completed Even After Six Decades?
It is said that time has a significance within it which can heel any wound irrespective of the wound’s impact on human life. One can notice it widely that, be it enmity, bitterness or any negative feeling or even sometimes the affection itself start to diminish and eventually disappears by the time passes, in fact this is one of the best remedies / medicine given by The Almighty to the mankind.
Having said this, this natural therapy has no impact on some specific areas and cases and one of such cases / issues is the merger of Telugu speaking districts of Madras state in to Hyderabad State thus forming the state of Andhra Pradesh. Even six decades after the merger, why the division and distance between the regions has not been parted, one has to think seriously on this issue. The time has come to think seriously leaving aside everything, where the former Hyderabad state and today’s Telangana is wounded and why the wounds is not heeled? Why the two region people didn’t mingle up in six decades and not left any room for separation? Why the thin line of differences has become so wide that the gulf has reached to a stage where it is impossible to bridge the gulf between the regions and people and the only solution left is to separate? The important point is those who say; the discrimination on the allocation and availing the facility of water, funds, jobs and development etc. is almost common and is evident in many of the states in India, and in some cases it is mere sense of inferiority, had never gave a thought on why the same language speaking people and having almost the same cultural background are not united as one Telugu Jaati even after six decades why the separation movement has its presence and why the people of a particular region are still keeping the separation movement alive? What are reasons to why the people are ready to get killed or killing themselves for the separation?
These types of questions needs serious attention from the intellectuals of the state and country, which should be debated and answered thoroughly, and let the whole nation, know the answers. As an individual it doesn’t seems to me the division is only due to the discrimination in jobs, water resources, funds allocation or development and infrastructure or educational institutions etc. but there is something else which is bigger than this, preventing people to mingle and accept each other, although the law of the land permits the citizen to live and work anywhere in the country, but the law of the nature needs the societies and communities to be united like a family to prosper, but those migrated from the Telugu speaking districts to Hyderabad state miserably failed in doing so, that seems to be their superiority nature and inability of acceptance and respecting the culture of the local Hyderabadis and equal opportunity in the governance.
Those came from the Seemandhra districts brought their own culture and established as is in their places where they live and kept themselves away from mingling with the locals and moreover they have posed as their culture is superior than to the locals, and When this area is attacked or wounded or left uncared then naturally the people start searching for ‘self respect and self rule’, I think this is one of the basic reason the agitation is still alive and people are keeping it alive even by giving their own lives. Even in good times (when there was no agitation for separation) nobody from Telangana region wished or liked to go to Andhra regions for livelihood, whereas lakhs migrated from Seemandhra initially to Hyderabad and later to other dist. of Telangana and the locals migrated to many places in India and other parts of the world but not dared or not felt comfortable to migrate to Seemandhra, this signifies how deeply the people are hurt with the behaviour of these Andhras (the SA is a bit new name initially it was only Andhrawale or Andhrollu for these people) since the merger. This is on the people to people level, then what about the official of governmental level? It is not a different story either instead it is even worse than this. No Telangana culture or history at all in any school / college text books, no celebration of any Telangana festivals (except the Bonalu in Hyderabad city), majority of Telanganite was not aware till recently when the former Hyderabad state was liberated, and neither the state govt. ever tried to pinpoint or celebrate that liberation day or at least greeted the people on this day. The common man of Telangana still feels his forefathers were under the rule of Nizam and then under Seemandhra, when we will have our own self rule?
School syllabus is full of either British India history or full of Telugu leaders and writers etc. from former Madras State. There was and is no place for any of the Telangana historian or intellectual or anything related to Telangana festivals or any personality. The Seemandhras have decide who the first Telugu poet is, and who the first writer is and who the reformist is therefore, even before understanding who he or she is, a child start to know about the Seemandhra personalities as Aadi Kavi is Nannaiah, the first reformist is Veeresha Lingam Pantulu hence, we know about Gurajada Apparao, we know about Tirupati Venkata Kavulu, we know about Chemakura Venkta Kavi we know about Reddy Rajulu, we know about Brahma Naidu, but we do not know about Rudrama Devi (except a brief, which says they have established Kakatiya dynasty which ended in this year), Not much written about Potana, Suravaram also ignored because he is from Telangana not because of his association with some political parties, because of the school syllabus, every Telanganite knew about the Holy Places from Seemandhra e.g. Tirupati, Sri Sailam and Sri Kalahasti and Bhadrachalam and many more from the childhood, but till somebody banged on the discriminative policy of the state govt. nobody knew about Sammakka Sarlamma Jatara and it was just because Sammakka is a deity worshipped in Telangana not in Seemandhra. The same issue is with the Raja Rajeshwara Temple of Vemulavada, Narsimha Swamy of Yadagirigutta and the same is with Komaravelli Mallanna. Differentiating in the Deities and Gods by region is only possible for the Seemandhra governments and only a solid proof for their arrogance.
There are lots of issues to be written but I am afraid due to the size I will limit by adding a few more things only.
The question to the reader is; why the wounds of Telangana natives not heeled even after 6 decades? Why the common man even today is ready for separation and already demanding the separation very strongly? Isn’t it the right time for the intellectuals to think seriously about this situation? How long this will continue?
The list of questions is endless but there is no answer from the serious people but yes some non serious elements will jump to comment with some vulgar and third grade Tollywood movies language and dialogues.
However, the Fazal Ali Commission’s report itself suggested these issues somewhere 60 years ago which I will detail in the next article.
By Syed AbdulMuqtadir
Javed Khan
Jun 20, 2010 @ 17:05:59
Good writeup syed bhai.
You have addressed the root cause of the problem rightly. SA dominating nature, arrogance, superiority complex,distortion of history, looking down of locals, teasing telangana locals in private and public aswell (recent CBN outbursts) have sowed seeds of hatred instead of uniting people under one Telugu Jaati. SA have inherited all these characteristics from their former Madrasi conterparts are now using upon Telangana.
SA has thousands of Millionaires now, they can pool easily 10000 crores to stop Telangana formation, they work all dirty tricks to create obstacles.
Foolish experiment of Pandit Nehru is a Utter failure, it has only caused lot of sufferings,pain and agony to Telangana. Restoration of Telangana to its initial Premerger status is the only solution.
Narender Singh
Jun 20, 2010 @ 17:58:13
GOOD ANALYSIS-I advice syed bhai to send this marvellous write up to SRIKRIHNA COMMITTEE, so that this may come handy to them at the time of preparation of final REPORT
gopal
Jun 21, 2010 @ 15:13:35
just as what the Britishers did-not merging with the locals ,but interested in loot of india-these SA are following in their foot steps and will meet with same fate as Britishers shortly !!
surya
Jun 21, 2010 @ 16:43:59
Long on words and short on stuff.
If it existed – Aatma Gouravam and School Sylaabus issues should have existed pre merger and post merger also , thru these 6 decades till today.There have been CM's and Education Minister's from T during these 6 decades. Why did they never think of including in school syllabus Potana, Suravaram and Sammakka Sarlamma Jatara and Komaravelli Mallanna all these years. Did they try and were they stopped by anyone from SA or elsewhere?
All these days seperation of T was on grounds of under Development and diversion of River waters and Power and lack of Job Opportunities. When statistics and Govt records do not substantiate these allegations , T leaders are resorting to school syllabus as a reason for seperation.
Prof K was to make a presentation to SKC for which he took the help of a battery of eminent Engineers ,Lawyers, Planners etc. What happened ? They are still trying to cook up a credible story.
gopal
Jun 21, 2010 @ 16:54:49
There is shortage of cooks in telangana,thats why perhaps kodanda ram is still not able to cook.who can be better cook than expert cooks from seemandhras.government of AP headed by senior cook Roshiah already cooked something and served to skc,time has to tell whether they enjoyed it or became sick of those dishes.
surya
Jun 21, 2010 @ 17:02:56
@Gopal
If there are shoratge of cooks in T hwat and how do they eat ?
Raw stuff or liquid diet i guess.
gopal
Jun 21, 2010 @ 17:08:49
Surya(DF ) u r again leading the discussion to other side where even sober person will loose the cool.what is that raw and liquid ? by the way u r now in telangana only,and not separated yet,so we are eating the same as u are eating or u r eating the same raw and liquid stuff as uttered by u !
surya
Jun 21, 2010 @ 17:19:09
@Gopal
If food is not cooked it may have to be eaten raw.Whats wrong in that. And why do u jump to conclusions about liquid diet. Even milk and curd and soup is liquid diet.
When there is a shortage of cooks how else will ppl eat ? You pls enlighten.
samaikyandhra
Jun 21, 2010 @ 17:36:45
Jai Samaikyandhra, United Andhra Pradesh is a reality. No one can change it.
gopal
Jun 21, 2010 @ 17:39:19
Dear Fellow Surya,
the word cook appeared first from u r side.kodanda ram need not cook any figures,figures are abunduntly available,and skc can lay its hands on it at will.
when i said shortage of cooks,it was meant there are no experts who can make a lie appear as fact and vice versa.And this is with regard to the data on irrigation supplied by the AP govt recently.only abt a month back the govt said that no records with it avble on spending since inception,and at best it could provide for the last 20 years only, and how suddenly from where they got such data published by your eenadu's Ramoji Rao ? what else is it if not cooked up by expert cooks like Roshiah, and his crony ponnula laxmiah?
you dont worry what telangana ppl eat and how they eat.BTW what is left for them to eat in style ? they are eating what they have and also allowing few outsiders came here also eat.They havent migrated to other regions and states and amassed to eat every thing the premium variety as may be the case with others over here.
gopal
Jun 21, 2010 @ 18:12:12
Brother samaikyandhra,
did u just get up from u r afternoon nap ? Day dreams will never become reality,more over they may indicate some horrible personal disorder.
surya
Jun 21, 2010 @ 18:34:16
@Gopal
Do you accept what Eenadu's Ramoji rao has cooked up ? Pls confirm that and we will discuss it further.
BTW the above article is also a cook up with a heavy dose of masala and sentiment.
gopal
Jun 21, 2010 @ 18:50:55
DFS i didnt say Ramojirao cooked up.he only published ,what is cooked up by Roshiah & Co.And i fel its a waste of time to go into details ,as a child of third standard knows what the facts are.so brother let us rest in peace rather than cross our swords for nothing.
Telanganaforever
Jun 21, 2010 @ 20:42:23
@surya
"If there are shoratge of cooks in T hwat and how do they eat ?"
There is shoratge of good people in Seemandhra how do they live?
Jay
Aug 20, 2010 @ 16:29:42
@surya
We cook biryani and eat
If there is no T what do u think about life of SA
shiva reddy
Nov 08, 2010 @ 11:16:44
Sure every SA guy who haggles with a TG auto walah is displaying his arrogance and lack of respect for the history and culture of TG people. And every TG job applicant who got rejected was because the company he applied for is filled with SA people and the applicant is but an innocent and straight TG chap. That's probably how the integration never happened, every personal failure resulted in the husband telling the SA dominance tale to his wife; a failed father relating the same conspiracy theory to their children. Come to think of it, most people in Pakistan think they won the war against India just because that's they were taught. Maybe they did, maybe it just that we're lied to by our govt.. Irrespective, I'm as inclined to believe the SA repressive behavior as of the thrashing that India gave Pakistan – both of which I'm sure are not the complete truths.
Sure, there is caste feeling in most parts of india – but that should not be projected as SA arrogance and fight a non-existent demon which only raise it's head again as something else once T is formed. This country as a whole is becoming one which is pro-rich and the poor are left to survive on subsidies and election time promises by politicians – and again we'll get a rude jolt into reality once T is formed if the real problem is not tackled. The amount of crap that has been paraded in these forums as reasons for the formation of T is, in my opinion, completely unnecessary, not to mention that most of it is sure to be twisting facts and stats to our convenience or can so be argued. The formation of states (forget the history and reasons for things past) on lingual basis has been one of the mistakes done post independence that has impeded proper governance, national integration and lack of credible political alternative to congress at the national level.
Anyway, I hope the people win this time, but again I'm sure they will played with and will be left out of the development wagon yet again. That's just the state this country is in, as someone aptly said in this forum – an advance state of decay. I'm surprised that things have not come to a state where the poor completely ignore the law and start robbing the rich at will – coz. that's the only way parity can be restored in this country as far as I can see. All this separate state of Telangana and other lofty dreams are only a sensible projections of what is basically a dream to live and be treated as a human and being assured of a decent living. Which, by the way, is the duty of the state.