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A simple division of a state for easier administration. That's all. How the most honourable troubled the people of India. The article is for your perusal. At least a crore of Telugu speaking people are settled in the neighbouring Tamilnadu alone. At least 10 MP's from  TN are Telugu speaking and three  major political leaders's mother tongue is Telugu. Millions of Telugus are settled  all over the world. But the most honourable men created a fear psychosis among the people of Seemandhra. All the major hospitals in Chennai but for Ramachandra and MIOT  and the hospitality industry are owned by the Telugus. 50% real estate business is in their hands. From Pattukkottai Alagiri to Pudukkottai Maruthi (artist) too many leaders did serve the Tamil cause. Similarly lakhs of Telugus  are there in Bangalore.  From J Krishnamurthy to Dr.Radhakrishnan, from  SPB to  Sushila  are icons in T.N.  None has any problem. None thinks of these. Only talent matters.  

Then why should we create panic? There lies the most  honourable men's agenda.

‘Can we send them to America?’

P. SAINATH

For lakhs in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, with Hyderabad everything will go

“The Andhra rich send their children to America. We sent ours to Hyderabad. Where do we send them now?” That’s N. Rama Rao, a two-acre tenant farmer in Davajigudam village in Krishna district.

“The jobs, the schools, the colleges, the hospitals — everything is in Hyderabad. If we lose that, we lose everything. Do you think we can send our kids to America?”

Rama Rao’s dilemma confronts lakhs of other families across coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema with members working or settled in Hyderabad. The possibility that many might have to return when Telangana State is formed frightens them. It’s an insecurity fanned by hostile words from leaders of the Telangana movement.

“What do they return to?” asks Sambasiva Rao, a small tenant farmer at Kesarapalli. “Most here are small tenant farmers in great difficulty. Farming is anyway in a mess. Divide the State, and there will be major conflicts over water.” And “what about the poorer ones?” asks Bappatla Veeraiah, back in Davajigudam. “Those whose children work there as painters, electricians, watchmen, security guards, canteen workers?”

Their concerns and fears are much the same as those expressed by the poor on the other side of the great divide: work and water. ‘Hyderabad’ itself is a proxy for jobs, income and security. Many poor families in Rayalaseema and coastal districts too have sent at least one member to seek a future in that city in the last 15 years.

“All our wealth is there,” is the refrain across the coastal districts and Rayalaseema. “Even Hi-Tech city is there,” says Sarat Chandra, an M. Tech student in Gannavaram. “Mr. Chandrababu Naidu [when he was Chief Minister] focused on developing that city.”