The view point on Telengana

Ok, I know its a boiling issue. But as a common man, even I have my case on this issue.
I tried to think in 5 different angles. 1. In Andhra's Angle 2. In Telengana's Angle 3. Outsiders angle 4. Andhra business man/politician angle 5. Telengana Politician's angle

1. Andhra's Angle: As a resident from Andhra area, like any one else , I always wanted to migrate to a city where the oppurtunities are abundant yet I need to feel at home. So, logically Hyderabad was the logical choice, its infra, facilities, oppurtunities and most of all as capital of AP made me opt that as my 1st choice. Now imagine that there is no Telengana issue for a second. what would you do? You send your kids to Hyd, invest there, establish families, business contacts. Whenever you look for vacation, you tend to go back to your roots i.e your village in remote Andhra. enjoy there and come back. So as an Andhraite you tend to maintain harmony between those two places.Besides Hyd is not entirely Telengana Culture, its mix blend of various cultures make it a pretty colorful place. this has been going on for quite a few decades and you have automatically inherited this property into you. Hyd and andhra. Had if you have stayed back in Andhra say Visakha or Vijayawada or some other town or a place like Warangal, you would have been in the similar position. Now, bring on the Telengana Issue, as a common man from Andhra, it is indeed very difficult to digest that the fact that these two places are going to fall apart. You feel Sad. You wish it wouldnt be necessary. You dont understand what the fuss is all about. Even after Telengana has formed and you still reside there, though telugus still surround you. You will feel that the place is like an alien to you, since your roots belong in some other "state". The Cultural differences begin to appear. The places which are once AP , will now be Telengana, for eg: Andhra special will be Telengana special etc, these reasons might appear to be silly, but they sure have impact on us.

2. Telengana's Angle: The Common man from Telengana is always proud of his unique cultural references. His unique blend of telugu and urdu, the muslim influence, its food habbits, the festivities and most importantly one should remember that they were part of Hyderabad state during our Independence Struggle. After the great struggle of Sri Potti Sreeramulu , after Nehru announcement of states based on Languages. The Telengana part was merged into Andhra, this could be one of the reasons where they might still feel that they never belong here at first place and struggle to get along. After Hyderabad was announced as the capital of the new state, people from various corners especially Andhra and Rayalseema tried to set in their businesses. The reason I think is because of the british rule, under british rule, India was able to pick up english and their business trades and strategies, Since the Telengana was under Nizam rule even post Aug 15 , 1947 they werent exposed or as advanced as the rest of Andhra. so they were bit slow to come out of their places to Hyderabad. The end result? People from Andhra started investing in Hyderabad, industries, pharma, IT the rest is history.
The people of Telengana always felt alienated because of this biased incidents. The rest of Telengana was always neglected, businesses didnt flourish, people had to struggle to prosper, most of them had to flee their places to look for oppurtunities in Hyd or worse Mumbai and other parts. Since they joined later, they still remained in the queue waiting for their turns!!
This left the people from Telengana in frustration and the demand for separate state was always there!! The problem of Naxalism and radical thoughts also added fuel to this controversy, business men were never encouraged to invest in parts of telengana due to Naxal issue. Such social problems added more momentum to the already sensitive Issue.

3.Outsider's Angle: A sensitive issue as Telengana always makes the outsiders uncomfortable. The last 45 days have been very sensitive in AP. Bandhs, strikes, agitations, pen downs , boycotts in all over AP, making it the most unsafe place to be in India, next to the borders of Pakistan. If a separate state has been announced this would be a added advantage to the other state agitators fighting for their separate state. Andhra is one of the largest states in India both in area as well as population, if such a fate has occured to such state, imagine for smaller states demanding more smaller states?The investors wouldnt prefer to invest in such sensitive areas for obvious reasons, reports suggest that the last 45 days i.e Dec-Jan2010, AP has witnessed loss of investments, jobs, tax money and destruction of public and private properties and worse of all, lose of human lives. This obviously makes AP a laughing stock.Once proudly known as the Annapurna of India i.e. the rice bowl of India, now will be representing the shame of non unity and invidiualism.

4.Andhra's Business Man and Political Angle: Most of us knew / dont know that all the MPs from Andhra region are very good business man or vice versa. Honestly, I need to agree that politics is a way for them to flourish their businesses. Their investments mostly in and around Hyderabad would be at stake i.e. losing their value, sentiments etc. As a business guy, this is indeed extremely bad news, oppurtunities would be lost. To make another Hyderabad, it would take atleast 15 years . In this global village , no fool could do that!! so they have every right to agitate. As a full time politician, division of state would only result in less power at the central. Small states always lose their voice in the parliament, this is undeniable fact. While few parties see the divide and conquer methodology as their advantage, this is indeed a very bad move. The bigger the state, the stronger would be , the better the advantages. You might question me that despite AP boasting 32 Congress MPs in the current session, AP still enjoys a very little power at the centre. Well, you are true my friend. This was an unfortunate exception, since there is a coalition govt at the centre, we had to give away most of the positions to the other parties in the coalition, had if YSR was alive today, we could have enjoyed more benefits without having any power, but we should remember that we have enjoyed such benefits during NDA regime, when TDP was in power in AP, and Mr Babu has offered an outside support to the NDA. Each has its advantages.

5.Telengana's Politician Angle: The politicians from Telengana region are very good orators and full time politicians. AP's political history has seen 2 CMs and 1 PM from this region. There were good leaders from this area, leaders with charisma. But these leaders have always succumbed to their insecurities. All they wanted is power share. Though given enough power unfortunately they never did their duties completely. I just have a question, the last 60 years of AP history, were there no MPs,MLAs from Telengana? Did telengana was left alone?No, Every educated person do know that every year, MPs and MLAs have their share of funds to develop their constituencies , every MLA or MP do gets his share, where did all the money go? Had if they have invested for the public welfare, the state of Telengana wouldnt be in this miserable condition. Some places even doesnt have a basic transportation or health system. The ignorance and innocence of Telengana people helped these politicians to enjoy power, as I told you these politicians are very good orators and full time politicians. They deceived our dear old Telenganaites.
The students from Telengana are the most powerful community , AP has witnessed in recent history. But, even these students arent thinking beyond the box. Telengana becoming a new state, has obviously has its advantages and disadvantages, but the student community has to gauge it carefully. In this global village scenario, one needs to think what is in for them in the future.

My View: Destruction brings no fortune. Dialogue and committees never bring results. To have Telengana or no Telengana only brings in more cultural differences and hence more hatred atleast for time being. I have read a lot of columns and blogs, I have seen the comments from various people from Telenagana and Andhra region, few of them are already disgusting to read.
Telengana people thinks that they are left alone, no my friend you are not alone. Visit places in Andhra and rayalseema. There are places just like yours, no development, corruption, famine etc, the only difference between Telengana places and Andhra places is just the name of that location. The fate is same!! The villages in Srikakulam, Agency region of Vizag are as worse as places in Anantha, kurnool , as in Prakasam, as in Adilabad , Nizamabad.
Its not that we should divide, its time for us to stand united, raise our voice not against each other, but against the Central, demand for the injustices being made to our state, not fight against each other but fight the corrupt. not cry on each other but to cry for the unfair resource allocations.
Stand up, be a proud Telugu, be a Indian, most of all be a Human!!