This conversation is a recording of the live show on TORi with Nalamotu Chakravarthy. Topics of the conversation included: the motivation for writing his book, Telangana issue, the August 2nd attack on him by Telangana separatists, and Srikrishna Committee.

Contents of this four part podcast:

Part 1 – Conversation by Mohan and Chakravarthy

Part 1 – Callers: Arun, Tirumal, Hanumantha Reddy

Part 3 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Part 4 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Date of broadcast: August 22, 2010

Audio Language: Mostly Telugu

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3. Conversation with Chakravarthy: ‘mana Telugu thalli’ Book and Telangana 1 of 4

Contents of this four part podcast:

Part 1 – Conversation by Mohan and Chakravarthy

Part 1 – Callers: Arun, Tirumal, Hanumantha Reddy

Part 3 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Part 4 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Date of broadcast: August 22, 2010

Audio Language: Mostly Telugu

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Contents of this four part podcast:

Part 1 – Conversation by Mohan and Chakravarthy

Part 1 – Callers: Arun, Tirumal, Hanumantha Reddy

Part 3 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Part 4 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Date of broadcast: August 22, 2010

Audio Language: Mostly Telugu

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2. Conversation with Chakravarthy: ‘mana Telugu thalli’ Book and Telangana 1 of 4
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This conversation is a recording of the live show on TORi with Nalamotu Chakravarthy. Topics of the conversation included: the motivation for writing his book, Telangana issue, the August 2nd attack on him by Telangana separatists, and Srikrishna Committee.

Contents of this four part podcast:

Part 1 – Conversation by Mohan and Chakravarthy

Part 1 – Callers: Arun, Tirumal, Hanumantha Reddy

Part 3 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Part 4 – Callers: Sumanth, Ramana, Saradhi

Date of broadcast: August 22, 2010

Audio Language: Mostly Telugu

Related posts:

1. Conversation with Chakravarthy: ‘mana Telugu thalli’ Book and Telangana 3 of 4
2. Conversation with Chakravarthy: ‘mana Telugu thalli’ Book and Telangana 2 of 4
3. Conversation with Chakravarthy: ‘mana Telugu thalli’ Book and Telangana 4 of 4

Osmania University was founded by the Nizam Nawab on principles of Muslim brotherhood. But the real backdrop was hatred towards Hindus. In the early 1900s, on religious occasions Hindu students were not even allowed to gather on campus. The only worship allowed by Hindu students was in their own hostel rooms. (Today, this culture is still in practice in most Islamic Republics). In essence, Hindus were second class citizens on OU campus in those days.

When Vandemataram movement was in full swing, the VC banned uttering the word ‘Vandemataram’ on campus. They even put some people in jail for violating this ban – one among them was our own former prime minister, Sri PV Narasimharao.

Despite this checkered past – in the late 60s OU alumni was one of the most elite in the nation. In fact, at one point three sitting CMs were OU alumni.

Fast forward to early 1970s – students who were from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema region were mobbed, beaten and threatened to death by the then Telangana separatists. A lot of students and employees from the two regions were expatriated to colleges and positions in the other regions. Talk about being second-class citizens in their own state.

Thugs and goondas have populated the ranks for student roster in the 70s. Anecdotal stories of  several students taking examinations with a knife display were in circulation. All this raucous led to several employers having a footnote in their job announcements in papers: “Candidates from the Osmania University need not apply.”

Now the history is repeating itself. Thuggery and hate is back in full-force at OU. And this is all done at the behest of JAC!!! [From TeluguOne]

హైదరాబాద్: ఉస్మానియా విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో జరుగుతున్న బి.ఇడి. స్పాట్ వాల్యూయేషన్‌ను ఉస్మానియా జె.ఎ.సి. అడ్డుకున్నది. కొందరు అధ్యాపకులను విద్యార్థులు తరిమికొట్టారు. అధ్యాపకుల చేతిలో ఉన్న పేపర్లను కూడా వారు లాక్కున్నారు. అంతటితో సీమాంధ్ర అధ్యాపకులు భయంతో అటు ఇటు పరుగులు తీశారు.
ఈ దాడి గురించి గవర్నర్ నరసింహన్ అసలు ఏమి జరిగిందని వైస్ ఛాన్సలర్ వాకబు చేసి తెలుసుకున్నారు. సీమాంధ్ర అధ్యాపకులు తక్షణం వెనుకకు వెళ్లాలని జె.ఎ.సి. కోరింది. ఆంధ్ర ప్రాంత అధ్యాపకులతో పేపర్లు దిద్దించరాదంటూ ఉస్మానియా జె.ఎ.సి. నినాదాలు కూడా చేసింది. సీమాంధ్ర అధ్యాపకులు తెలంగాణా విద్యార్థుల మనోభావాలను దెబ్బ తీశారని జె.ఎ.సి. నాయకులు ఆరోపించారు. సీమాంధ్ర అధ్యాపకులు ఈ నెల 30 వ తేదీలోగా వెనుదిరిగి వెళ్లాలని జె.ఎ.సి. కోరింది. వారిని వెనుకకు పంపించకపోతే ఉద్యమాన్ని తీవ్రం చేస్తామని ఉస్మానియా జె.ఎ.సి. హెచ్చరించింది.

స్థానిక అధ్యాపకులతోనే పేపర్లు దిద్దించాలని, లేకపోతే తెలంగాణా విద్యార్ధులకు అన్యాయం జరుగుతుందని జె.ఎ.సి. ఆరోపించింది. అధ్యాపకులపై జరిగిన దాడిని సమైక్యాంధ్ర టీచర్స్ సమాఖ్య ఖండించింది. అధ్యాపకులకు తెలంగాణా అని, సీమాంధ్ర అనీ వివక్ష ఉండదని వారు వివరించారు. పేపర్లు దిద్దే విషయంలో డీ కోడింగు జరుగుతుంది కాబట్టి ఏ పేపరు ఎవరిది అన్నది ఎవరికీ తెలియదని, అటువంటప్పుడు సీమాంధ్ర అధ్యాపకులు తెలంగాణా విద్యార్ధులకు అన్యాయం ఎలా చేస్తారని వారు ప్రశ్నించారు. ఇప్పటివరకూ అన్నదమ్ముల్లా విడిపోదామంటున్న తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమ నాయకులు ఇప్పుడు అధ్యాపకులపై జె.ఎ.సి. దాడి చేయడాన్ని ఎలా సమర్ధించుకుంటారని వారు ప్రశ్నించారు. ఒక అధ్యాపకుడై ఉండి జె.ఎ.సి. నాయకుడు ప్రొఫెసర్ కోదండరామ్ తోటి అధ్యాపకులపై దాడి జరుగుతుంటే ఏం చేస్తున్నారని, ఆయన తక్షణం తన పదవికి రాజీనామా చేయాలని వారు కోరారు.

Excuse me, if this is not an act of terrorism, what  is?

In essence, now the students, faculty and staff from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema are not only second-class citizens on OU campus, but are also target of hate!

I am wondering aloud if good ole days of “candidates from OU need not apply” will be back!

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ఎవరో ఇద్దరు సహా నటీమణులు మరియు ఇంకొక విదేశి వనిత ఒక అపార్ట్మెంట్ లో విటులతో వుంటే, మన పోలీసులు దాడి చేసి పట్టుకున్నారు. ఇది వార్త. ఇప్పటికి రెండు రోజులు, ఇంకా ఈ బ్రేకింగ్ న్యూస్ విరుగుతనే వుంది.

ఏమిరా పరమాత్మా, ఈ పరీస్తితి? అంత ఇంట్రెస్ట్ లేకుంటే చూడడం మానెయ్యండి అనొద్దు, ఆ వాదన నిలువదు.

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I have been working on getting my book translated for over 3 months and the work on it has completed recently. I was originally planning to release before July 27th the Telugu version of my book titled “Mana Telugu Talli- Asatyala Punadula Pai Nirmithamaina Telangana Verpatuvaadam”. Friends have advised that I shouldn’t do given the prevailing tensions associated with the elections, and I heeded. Then I was again advised not to release when the election results are coming out given the prevailing tensions. I finally decided to release the book on August 2nd as I have been away from my wife and kids for an extended period and I was not willing to postpone my departure date yet again.

As a precautionary measure, I’ve requested for police protection and informed the police about my plans. They cautioned me to do the release on another day. I told them that the invitations have already been sent out and I can’t change the date. The event was held at the Press Club in Somajiguda. There were two doors to the room where the event was held- one in the front and another in the back. A.B.K. Prasad, K. Rajshekharam, Dara Sambaiah, C. Narasimha Rao, and C. Srinivas were the guests. First Narasimha Rao garu spoke, then A.B.K. Prasad garu released the book and started speaking.

As the speech was going on, a couple of people in the back started shouting slogans and tried to rush towards the dias. Venkateswarao garu, Punnam garu and others who came in our support stopped them from reaching me. While all this was going on, one of the protestors managed to come through the front door, and threw a book at A.B.K. Prasad garu, but it didn’t hit him. Then the same person tried to assault me. Punnam garu and Venkatewsarao garu standing near the dias immediately pounced on him. The protester at this point managed to throw the book at me with force, which landed straight on my head. I was slightly hurt, and one of the lens from my spectacles fell off.

There were about 5-7 protesters. After about five minutes of pushing and shoving, people who came in my support have managed to push them out of the room.

By then some of the guests have left the room to watch the unfolding scene outside. What happened outside has been for the most part captured on the cameras and has been aired on TV.

I told the people in the room that I intend to finish the book release function and refuse to leave without exercising my fundamental right to express my opinion. Someone in the audience went out and asked the guests to come back in. The press also came back into the room. We’ve all again sat on the stage and I talked about my book for about 10 minutes, then I condemned the assault on freedom of speech and how everyone should notice what has happened. I urged people to fight for their fundamental rights. After this Srinivas garu gave an inspiring speech and told how he respectfully disagreed with my position. At this point we ended the function.

The press people refused to leave and insisted that I give an interview. In the meantime one of my friends came in and told me that I am not obligated to give an interview as this is a book release function, and not a press meet. He suggested that I should leave immediately as the crowd is building outside. Punnam garu suggested that I take three questions and leave. That seemed like a decent compromise, but the press people protested saying that three is too few. I said that I will take three questions and that’s it. First question came from a journalist and he went on rambling for 5 minutes about how Nizam region suffered without asking the question. I interrupted him a couple of times to ask the question, but he wasn’t in a mood to ask, but tell. Then I moved on to a second journalist, and his question was- “meeru telangana dopidiki guri kaledu ani enduku antunnaru?”. At this point I realized that these journalists are not interested in an interview, but to drag me into an argument. I got up and left the room.

When I got out, an army of media people pounced on me. They didn’t let me go and started accusing me of all sorts of things imaginable. There were a group of 20-30 police, but they didn’t dare to rescue me. A lone police officer waded through the crowd, approached me and said I should leave right away for the sake of my safety. I told him that that is exactly what I am trying to do, but I am unable to find my car in the crowd. He said first get in my jeep and leave, we will find your car.

The press pounced on the police officer accusing him of interfering with freedom of press and hurled all sorts of regional insults at him. He said he was not helping me, but protecting me. They then shouted at him asking why then has he asked me to get in his jeep. At this point, the police officer backed off. I was again left to myself to find my car as the journalists continued to harass me. I eventually found my car, but the press people refused to let my car go and blocked it. I got in my car and shut the door. They forcibly opened the car door and would not let me close it. The police officer who tried to help me earlier, again came to my rescue. He pushed the people blocking my car aside, shut the door and asked us to leave immediately and we did.

This is what has happened on that eventful day. Contrary to the media reports, we in fact have finished the entire book release function and only then left the press club.

A couple of quick clarifications on some of the allegations.

• There has been a lot of noise about where I come from. I refuse to be identified by region, as I believe these divisions and regions have been created by invaders. I have never claimed myself to be a Telanganite, I’ve only said that my native place is Nalgonda. So, here is everything I know about my roots. I was born in Hyderabad. My father and mother were both born in Nalgonda district. My father was born in my native village near Nalgonda, while my mother was born in a village near Kodad. My paternal grand father and paternal grand mother (nayanamma) were also born in Nalgonda district. My great grand mother (my paternal grand father’s mother) came from a village in Guntur nearly hundred years ago. On the other hand, my nayanamma’s family is from a village near Miryalguda. Her father and forefathers were village patels and that tradition is continuing to this day. My nayanamma’s family members still act as village officers in their village near Miryalguda.
• A TV channel has been carrying a vicious campaign that I am promoting Samaikyandhra to protect my Rs. 300 crores assets in and around Hyderabad. I can categorically state that my assets are not even worth a fraction of that. On top of it, common sense dictates that if I really care about my assets, I should stay quiet and not stand up to fight.

Last few days events have only increased my resolve to fight against separatism with all my might- and this will not be the last time you will hear from me. The fight will go on.

Save Andhra Pradesh!

Nalamotu Chakravarthy
http://www.myteluguroots.com
http://www.facebook.com/people/@/226703252445
http://twitter.com/nalamotu
http://www.amazon.com/My-Telugu-Roots-Telangana-Bhasmasura/dp/0984238603/

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Ladies and gentlemen,

TRS may have won the by-elections by spreading misinformation and lies, stoking the emotions and by orchestrating hate against people of Rayalaseema and coastal districts. Spineless leaders of major political parties played into the hands of TRS rhetoric and handed them a victory. All this proved only the obvious – people are sheep.

TeluGlobe’s contributor and a leading voice for united Andhra Pradesh, Mr Chakravarthy Nalamotu and his family are being harassed by separatist elements for quite some time. The latest news is that Chakravarthy was mobbed today by TRS goondas at a book release ceremony in Hyderabad. I just spoke with Mrs. Chakravarthy and he is doing fine.

I am awaiting more details about the story before I can say more. For now, all I want to say about this incident is this: You can’t spell ‘terrorist’ without T.R.S.

Please join me in expressing solidarity with Chakravarthy garu. Whether you are for United Andhra Pradesh or a Telangana activist, I do not believe you are pro-hate or anti-democratic person. Even if you are not willing to express solidarity for Chakravarthy, the least you can do is to condemn this incident.

Eenaadu article:

TV-9 Coverage:

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We’ve arrived in Hyderabad early in the morning on 15th June. Srinivas garu went to Hyderabad a couple of weeks earlier. He booked a room at a local club to use as a meeting point for everyone. We went to the room around noon and started brainstorming for the next day’s session. We’ve invited a few other folks who had presented to the Srikrishna Committee in the past to get their input. At the end of these discussions, we decided to add one more slide to our existing presentation to reflect the progressive trends around the globe towards unification. For example, East and West Germany, Turkey’s efforts to join European Union, despite deep cultural differences etc.

We were scheduled to meet the committee at 11 PM at the MCHR building on June 16th. We reached the gate and the police cross-checked our names against the list they had. At this point we were let in. We drove to the building and were told to go to the 2nd floor.
SKC’s multimedia manager met us in the waiting area and asked if we have a PowerPoint presentation. We gave the file in a USB-drive and they promised to load up the presentation and be ready.

We were ushered in after about a half-hour. We walked into the meeting room and were pleasantly surprised to see Justice Srikrishna. We were told that Srikrishna was abroad and would not be there for our session. When I enquired about his travel, he said he was in the U.S. visiting his family and just returned.

The large room had tables arranged in a U shape and a screen for the projector in the middle. The committee members sat in the middle. They’ve asked those who will do the presentation to sit on one side and the rest on the other side. Punnam garu, Srinivas garu, and I sat on one side and the rest of the team sat on the other side. We introduced ourselves by giving our name, State we hailed from, and the profession. After the introductions Punnam garu introduced the organization and our goals. Then we went into the presentation.

The presentation was basically structured into four parts: i) History of Telugus living together and background on the current movement ii) Data to show how each region performed since the State formation iii) How NRIs are impacted by the current movement iv) What we believe are some solutions to the ongoing problem

One other thing I figured out quickly with the SKC was that they pick up counter arguments from the separatists and use it against integrationists and they use integrationist arguments against separatists. Also, not surprisingly, SKC has never seen our submission before. The committee received thousands of submissions and these are supposed to be reviewed by the consulting companies that SKC hired. However, I doubt even if the consulting companies have the bandwidth to review what people have sent.

Here are some of the questions they asked us during the course of the presentation. These are not verbatim, but paraphrased to the best of our team member’s memories. Of all the members of the SKC, during our presentation Dr. Ravinder Kaur had the most sympathetic expression, while Justice Srikrishna lightened up the environment with his sense of humor. SKC has warned us upfront that they will take an opposite view to extract as much information as they can from us.

While presenting our views about how human relations will suffer if the State is partitioned,
Dr. Ravinder Kaur argued that: Haryana and Punjab have separated in the past and seem to be doing well.

APNRI Response-1: The issue of capital Chandigarh is unresolved after all these years and continues to be a sticking point.
APNRI Response-2: Divisions such as the current one proposed in Andhra Pradesh are fundamentally rooted in hatred. If people are separated on this basis, it will leave deep wounds. Families that left Pakistan after partition to this day cannot reconcile with what has happened.

Mr. Duggal: After all, this is a constitutionally governed country. Whether a State is divided or not, people still have the fundamental rights and they can live anywhere they want. What is the harm in division?

APNRI: The current demand is built on misinformation. Telugu people have a long history of living together. Separatist violence has left deep suspicions in people’s mind about their future and security. In addition to that, separatists are openly making proclamations of a great war, civil war, and turning rivers red. We are not opposed division of the State as long as there is a national framework and it is done for administrative reasons with mutual consent. However, the reasons cited for division today are untenable.

On our argument about Nizam region’s economy will suffer in the event of division-

Mr. Duggal: The new Chief Minister of a Telangana State won’t be a fool. Do you really think he will drive Andhra investors away to the detriment of Telangana State’s economy?

APNRI: Neither is the new Chief Minister of Andhra going to be a fool. The first day he comes into office he will announce incentives of free power, free land, and a tax free regime for businesses that move to Andhra. He will further lobby investors from Andhra to leave Telangana by arguing that they have been mistreated, attacked, and have been accused of being looters. As a result, Nizam region’s economy will suffer.

During the discussion around how the IT industry will be impacted-

Justice Srikrishna: How will the division impact IT industry? I understand there is some slowdown now, however, once things return to normalcy, IT sector should grow as usual.

APNRI: Investments are already fleeing the State in large volumes. Our research shows that the State has already fallen behind by 5 years. There are members in our organization who are staunch integrationists, yet have moved a section of their staff to Bangalore already to deal with possibility of further violence in Hyderabad.

Justice Srikrishna: But those are all short-term impacts. In the long-run, let’s say 5 years from today, IT industry should fall back to normalcy.

APNRI: In the event of two States, there will be intense competition between the two regions for IT business. As a result, some of the IT business will inevitably go to the Kosta region and this in fact would hurt the Telangana economy.

APNRI: Similarly, real estate sector will also suffer with investments slowing down or moving to other regions.

On the topic of human relationships and APNRI’s argument that people across all regions are forming relationships including some of the prominent leaders in the current separatist movement; Dr. Ravinder Kaur wanted to know how many of us that are there that day have married across regions. Three members of our team have said they have married across the regions.

When we gave examples of businesses moving to Bangalore, Chennai, and Shanghai-

Dr. Abusaleh Shariff: Hyderabad is a cosmopolitan city, just like Bangalore. Infosys recently announced that it will expand its operations. Do you think this is an issue that will affect business?

APNRI: Infosys entered a deal prior to the recent violence and had to expand its operations per its agreement with the government. (One of our team members gave a personal example of Citi which originally planned to start its operations in Hyderabad, but decided to move to Shanghai)

When we said that Smt. Gandhi’s 6-point formula has done more harm than good, by perpetuating the differences between regions-

Mr. Rajiv Sharma: Why blame just Gandhi. Leaders of all regions from A.P. have consented to the agreement.

APNRI: Mrs. Gandhi was the leader of the country and was in-charge of the agreement that was put together. Yes, A.P. leaders have to take the blame too, but it was Mrs. Gandhi who was at the helm.

During the concluding remarks-

APNRI: Justice Srikrishna, we urge you to exercise caution with the words you use in your report. We are confident that you will be objective in your assessment. Irrespective of what your recommendation may be, please see to it that there is no verbiage that reflects that there has been discrimination of one region by the other region. Your words will be used 20 years down the road to start another violent movement, the way SRC and Bachawat reports are being used.

Justice Srikrishna: Humorously, “Are you asking me not to use words loosely in my report?”

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Yet, the Home Minister of one of the most powerful countries in the world, yielded to a man who was on a phony fast and was not in any imminent health danger and who in fact was eager to give up his fast even if the central government winked at him.

Instead of diffusing the crisis in A.P., what did our esteemed Home Minister do? He found an opportune moment when two senior most leaders Manmohan Singh and Pranab Mukherjee, known for their prudence and wisdom, were out of the country. On December 9^th he pressured Sonia Gandhi, despite her reservations about a hasty decision being forced on her in the middle of the night, that unless she agrees to split the State, Andhra Pradesh will go up in flames. The intelligence report allegedly sent by the State authorities sympathetic to separatists came in handy to impress upon her.

In 1937 C. Rajagopalachari became the Chief Minister of Madras. He skillfully managed to divide Telugus by giving the ministerial posts to Kosta telugus and none to Rayalaseema leaders. It took a great deal of effort and signing of Sribagh pact to undo the damage done to Telugu unity by Rajagopalachari. In 1949 as Governor General, Rajagopalachari visited Hyderabad and publicly stated that he is opposed to the division of Hyderabad State, which re-energized Telugus to fight for Vishalandhra. Later on in December 1952, after Potti Sriramulu’s death, Justice Wachoo recommended making Madras the temporary capital of Telugus. Rajagopalachari threatened Nehru with his resignation and ensured that Madras was robbed from us.

Home Minister Chidambaram, like C. Rajagopalachari, is playing a spoil sport with Telugus. In an article written for Indian Express May 18, 2003, Chidambaram wrote: “In my view, there is a strong case for the creation of…Telangana (out of Andhra Pradesh, population 7.57 crore).”

While Andhra Pradesh is the 5^th largest State in India, Tamilnadu happens to be the 6^th largest State in the country with over 6 crores population. Yet, when PMK leader Ramadoss, in light of Chidambaram’s December 9^th announcement to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, demanded similar bifurcation of Tamilnadu, Home Minister termed the demand as “meaningless and absurd” and said that the idea should be nipped in the bud.

When it came to division of his home State, the Home Minister reacted emotionally almost in a knee-jerk fashion. Yet when it came to Andhra Pradesh he took advantage of every excuse to enable the division of Telugu people. He didn’t even bother to consult the cabinet, the parliament, nor the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly before eagerly and unilaterally announcing the decision to divide the State of Andhra Pradesh.

Chidambaram’s follies are not confined to Andhra Pradesh. Under his leadership Naxals are going on a rampage. Media has been idolizing Chidambaram as a Sardar Patel’s reincarnation. Looks like that got into our Home Minister’s head.

Our Patel wannabe Home Minister started “Operation Green Hunt” on Naxalites. He rolled in Central Reserve Police Force and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action against Naxals. What are the results of his high-profile offensive so far? 25 policemen killed in West Bengal, 76 CRPF and policemen killed in an ambush in Dantewada Chattisgarh, and another 26 CRPF men killed this week in Narayanpur district in Chattisgarh.

Home Minister Chidambaram should learn a lesson or two from late YSR. Andhra Pradesh was one of the worst Naxal affected States in the country. YSR didn’t indulge in any major “operations” or threatened to bring aircrafts to tackle Naxalites. He initiated developmental activities in Naxal infested areas. He strengthened the intelligence network, and empowered the police to do their job. This has effectively halted Naxal menace in the state. YSR didn’t make tall claims, nor held weekly press conferences, nor did he ever celebrate victory over Naxals.

If this is not enough, it is widely believed that the Home Minister played a chief role in the recent conflict between Manipur and Nagaland, wherein Nagas have blocked NH 39 and NH53 access for 65 days. This effectively denied the rest of the North Eastern States basic commodities like fuel, baby food, and medicine. It is widely believed that it is the Home Minister who opened the North East’s pandora’s box.

Home Minister Chidambaram during his brief stint has done enough damage to our nation through his actions. Under his leadership, Andhra Pradesh in the South, Kashmir in the North, and Nagaland, Manipur in the North East have gone up in flames. I hope the leadership of this country will wake up from its slumber and relieve Chidambaram from his public duties.

Save Andhra Pradesh!

Nalamotu Chakravarthy

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There is only one answer for all these questions. Corruption. RTA is corrupted so they are not caring about the eligibility of drivers appointed to operate heavy vehicles with heavy loads which are causing more and more accidents than any other vehicles. Police are corrupted so they don’t care of drunken drivers. I felt happy when the Govt: has ordered Spped Guns and Breat Analyzers for Police and RTA last year and I was astonished to read that neither of them are being used by Police and RTA. The Highway Patrol is simply sleeping across the National Highways. You’ll never see them on Hyd-VJA even when the traffic is stalled on it. Do you expect to see the same here in States??
Government is not funding the Roads and Buildings Department so they never build/repair roads. Whatever funding comes from government to R&B, they just do some patches on some highways and the remaining money goes to build/operate luxurious Guest Houses for politicians and maintain ministers/MLA quarters. Yes. These buildings which are occupied by politicians including the Assembly, High Court and Secretariat are maintained by R&B.

Though they have a very good track record in accidents, RTC drivers are also often causing some fatal accidents. In my childhood, RTC buses used to have a speed lock. For all Rural services it was set to 35-40 KMPH while Express services had some 45-50 KMPH. Due to the competition with private operators, RTC removed its speed locks thus opened gates for fatal accidents. You will notice not all RTC drivers are skilled in operating buses at higher speeds.

It was a great effort by Government of India instructing all States to make it mandate to install Speed Locks on all Transpost vehicles. But the state of Andhra Pradesh ignored this due to the imminent pressures from the private Transport Lobby. I would say Maharashtra especially, Mumbai Traffic Police and Transport department are the best in India. (Some people says Chennai is good, but I have never been there so I am not sure how good Chennai is).  In Mumbai city limits no transport vehicle is allowed to use air horn and they have strict enforcement on vehichles that are speeding. Their roads are too wide and give no chance for stallings. Mumbai has fly-overs for all most 25 years now. And lastly but not least, People in Mumbai obey traffic rules 1000 times better than we do in Hyderabad. When the light turns to Red, all the vehichles stops before the line on the intersection and they yield to pedestrians even when the light turns to Green.

Hyderabad City officials are spending millions of rupess each year on their staff visits to foreign countries to study the transport modes and how to reduce the burden on roads withno success in implementing in Hyderabad. If they are very determined towards the solution of the problem, the traffic problem is no big deal to handle. The real problem is lack of professionalism and lack of interest on public safety.

It’s not fair to blame only the Government, and Polce for all the accidents. We, People has to take care about ourselves than any one can do. Our safety is in our hand. Everyone should practice a safe travel by planning it early, knowing the route, and by following the rules. It is easy to say from a safe shore but if Kota Prasad would have wore a helmet, he must have survived the accident. People in Hyderabad feels like its their right to cross the road wherever they wish. We simply show our hand to the drivers instructing them to stop and yield for them to cross the road.

Hope everyone learns from the mistakes and the recent accidents and the authorities take necessary action to stop these accidents in future. If they do act that way, it is the greatest tribute that we can offer to those who lost their lives in these fatal accidents.

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TeluGlobe’s contributor Chakravarthy garu was on TV-9 to defend AP-NRI’s pro-united AP stand. I know how these TV interviews work. It is not easy to be spontaneous when you are not used to facing bright lights and partisan hacks called anchors. Unfortunately, Chakravarthy’s message was hijacked by the anchors stupid questions.

This anchor took all the time discredit the pro-unity AP-NRI forum, while at the same time defending the pro-division TDF. Look at his logic: why should NRI’s care about being united and rally against division? Hello, Mr. Anchor Man, extend your own logic and tell me why should the American chapter of TDF care about how the hell people of Andhra Pradesh live?

He wants to know how many people in the AP-NRI are from the Telangana region. I know there are several people of Telangana region in AP-NRI Forum. That is a lot more than the number of Muslims you find at a Church Mass, or a number of pro-unity people at TDF. Also, if NRIs have investments in Hyderabad, they should not have an opinion?

In this second part – the reporter keeps pounding about the credibility of data. If these TV talking heads kept questioning the data TDFs and TRSs hate-filled data, things would not have come this far. Also, look at the way he is trying to point to a wedge between people from various parts of the state who are now living in US.

It all proves one important fact: powerful media in the hands of hate-mongers and divisive forces is dangerous….

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