State News And Discussion - 3

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[quote name='ramana' date='12 January 2011 - 05:52 PM' timestamp='1294872295' post='110230']

A very strong article on Telangana issue



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Ah....like I always suspected it is highly emotional. It is parochial outburst too.

Overnight my dream is shattered. If Hyderabad is not my state capital or if its not in my state, why would I want to be living here? Why would I want to pay my taxes here? Why would I want to part of the City’s development. Why would I be helping any business here? Why would I want to be a part of the city in the first place.

I am glad not all people think that way. I am not from Hyderabad or AP, yet I have invested in AP, yes lakhs of it. My brother has invested in the same city in lakhs. We lived there and it brought great joy and memories. We like it. We have invested in Bangalore too, and Chennai too. But that is just our family.



If one looks at Madras, there is a big Jain and Marwadi community presence. They are so far away from their original place; they have inhabited Chennai for decades and have invested heavily. They have built Colleges and other institutions in the city for the benefit of Jains and all others. I studied in one such Jain college.



There are lot more examples of people and communities investing in parts of the country that they do not have ancestral connection.