Telangana reverberates once again

After general elections to Lok Sabha , the echoes of Telanagana and a desire for a Separate state is reverberating once again with the fast unto death stance of KCR (K. Chandrashekar Rao ) of TRS party that is spearheading the campaign for a Separate state , for any insane Telanganite like me it gives me a sense that the movement for creating a Separate state is well under way with all its Obstacles of political rhetoric. the impressive protests from the intelligentsia and students of Telangana more than conveys , the desire of the people of the region for a Separate entity from Andhra Sanskrit language speaking population of coastal region and Rayalaseema.

history tell us that this movement has often been hijacked by individuals who were either short sighted people with in Telangana or people who bought rich political clout with an ability to manipulate administration for sake of power. the movement for a Separate state has its genesis from the fact that people of this region were vehemently oppressed first by Islamic rulers of Qutub shahi and Asaf Jahi (Nizams) dynasties in the form cultural oppression , imperialism and the peasant / agrarian revolution against Nizam's razzakars and Local Jagirdars . secondly , with in the Indian caste hierarchy the people (majority of Telanganites belong to backward castes ) were (and are still being continuously) subjected to caste based discrimination with in Telanagana.

the other perspective for Telanagana agitation can be attributed to economic and socio political inequalities between Andhra region and Telangana, with the former being a society based upon British model of adminstration and the latter being a society that was built on Islamic censorship led thought process with either minimum or zero access to education to ethnic people of Telangana with exception being the rich aristocratic classes. add to that, the mismanagement of irrigation projects between Andhra region and Telangana basically fueld the growing gulf.

in popular culture like Telugu cinema dominated by Andhramen , the typical Telangana citizen is a victim of cultural oppression where in he is often portrayed as a villain, gangster or demon who kills innocents,rapes women, uses Vulgar slang and loots public property ( while ironically , actors, actresses who speak a fluent Sanskrit Telugu / andhra actors are good people who only do good and make the telangana villains accountable for every problem ..). Similarly in bureaucratic circles majority of officers were appointed owing to caste based affiliations , predominantly brahminic officers , which is completely opposite to their demographic representation in Telanagana .

one of the important conspiracy theories that surrounds community discussions in Telangana is the role played by congress party with ups and downs in promises which it made for Separate telangana state . given this background the movement launched by TRS is a welcome one , as it is not a movement which was done unlike the utmost recklessness of TPS days of 1969-1970s led by controversial Chenna Reddy . which led to deaths of several students in Hyderabad and throughout Telangana. I welcome this new resurgence because it is a movement that is Just and focussed on achieving only with one objective and that is to form a Separate state , which is to preserve its unique history , language and culture, which is in contrast with regions of Andhra , Rayalaseema