02-13-2008, 10:19 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Feb 10 2008, 11:47 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Feb 10 2008, 11:47 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Folks please read "Andhra Between the Empires". Its a tar file. The gist of the book is that AP was experimented by the British since 1748 the death of the first Nizam. All the colonial policies were tried out in AP and then implemented all over India. The key to the British success is the divisive tendencies of the AP people. Not language, not region ties them together. its only groupism.
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I believe this is not just the case with AP, it applies to any part of India. It has become a fashion to use governance and dhimmitude as excuse to divide the states. When the chimps are down for the Bharat all these smaller states will behave like East Timor. I hated the day when Jharkand was carved out. Laloo accepted Jharkand just to be on CM gaddi. Magadh founders will be crying in their graves. BJP is overconfident. It thinks it can manage the day when the problems occurs. It is not thinking when the wrought sets, the current leaders will not be there. It has to think for the worst. There may be a day when anyone of us is alive and BJP becomes like the current congress. The pary stalwarts should plan for that day as well. The fressness of its current status is giving them over confidence.
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Feb 10 2008, 11:47 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Feb 10 2008, 11:47 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I do not support separate Telengana as finally after centuries the Telugu people were united in Andhra Pradesh. The solution is equitable power sharing and economic development. Again goes to good governance.
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Eventhough I am helpless and watching the show like any other armchair analyst, I hate any state's divison in India. It might be an extreme emotion but I have a feeling that divison of UP is start of balkanization of India. The balkanization might take 50 years but it can be a start. UP is center of gravity for many reasons both political and cultural in modern India.
I hope little sanity comes back to political parties and stop this below the belt regional politics.
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I believe this is not just the case with AP, it applies to any part of India. It has become a fashion to use governance and dhimmitude as excuse to divide the states. When the chimps are down for the Bharat all these smaller states will behave like East Timor. I hated the day when Jharkand was carved out. Laloo accepted Jharkand just to be on CM gaddi. Magadh founders will be crying in their graves. BJP is overconfident. It thinks it can manage the day when the problems occurs. It is not thinking when the wrought sets, the current leaders will not be there. It has to think for the worst. There may be a day when anyone of us is alive and BJP becomes like the current congress. The pary stalwarts should plan for that day as well. The fressness of its current status is giving them over confidence.
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Feb 10 2008, 11:47 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Feb 10 2008, 11:47 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I do not support separate Telengana as finally after centuries the Telugu people were united in Andhra Pradesh. The solution is equitable power sharing and economic development. Again goes to good governance.
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Eventhough I am helpless and watching the show like any other armchair analyst, I hate any state's divison in India. It might be an extreme emotion but I have a feeling that divison of UP is start of balkanization of India. The balkanization might take 50 years but it can be a start. UP is center of gravity for many reasons both political and cultural in modern India.
I hope little sanity comes back to political parties and stop this below the belt regional politics.