Sunset@Bhadrakali

I had a wish to take photographs of sunset at Bhadrakali. Many times I visited temple in the evenings. But I never had an opportunity as by the time I finished prayers and came out of the temple to take pictures the sun would disappear behind the rocks and it would be dark.

Today when I started to visit temple I had a doubt if the rituals at the temple would go out normally. The reason is that Shri Ganapathi Shastry, the man behind the temple development had his last breath the night before. He had come to this temple in 1940. Though the temple was built in year 625A.D. by Chalukyas and was to certain extent maintained by Kakatiya Kings, it was left in ruins. Shri B.S.Ganesh Rao, a devotee of Goddess Devi Matha, built himself a small house and stayed beside the temple and worshipped. He is the person behind the development of temple to present position. His demise at the age of 113 years is sad. I thought that suspending the temple rituals for a day will be a befitting tribute to the pious personality. Generally we do not hear such things happening. So I went to the temple today, but the temple was closed.

As it was sunset time I could take few pictures. As I had gone to the temple I just sat for a few minutes on the steps of the temple for a few minutes before returning home. Then when I saw there was no trace of sun. Shades of dusk disappeared and darkness set in.

Man Proposes.......

Today is the 24^th day of ‘sakala janula samme’. The response from the Andhra government is rather vindictive. The CM is overboard about his Andhra nativity by saying that SJS will affect Telangaana people and they are the losers. In troubling the farmers of telangaana who are dependent on electricity, he is making sure to cut off power supply and trying to instigate them against the leaders of JAC. He wants to exhibit his intellectual and political skills by suppressing the telangaana movement as happened in 1969. But he doesn’t realise that the situation is quite different now. Then the movement was restricted to the employees and students. It was only in certain pockets of the state. Lack of extensive communication as we have now has made the movement to recede for sometime. Now that people are being more literate and gaining knowledge through various communication media have understood the need for a separate state. Electronic media has made the movement reach every house and every corner of the villages. This is the reason the success of SJS. Despised for their culture and language by Andhraites and awareness of plundering of their natural resources and lack of development has made telangaanites resolve to get rid of Andhra rule.

SJS is affecting state and people of telangaana in particular. It is a pathetic situation that telangaanites following ‘Gandhian’ way of agitation are subjecting themselves to various methods of peaceful struggle and losing comforts of social and financial security, putting their children’s future in jeopardy and in desperate condition sometimes resorting to suicides. They are putting up with all this for respectable and better future for the future generation. Telangaana is afflicted with the cancer of Andhra rule. Lack of awareness in the early stages and selfishness of few rogue politicians has lead to the deep establishment of this pathology. The long standing disease is making it difficult to eradicate. Now the pain is so severe that for a better life and future not only surgery but even radiotherapy is essential. As the problem is severe, radio/chemotherapy is to be given before surgery. The side effects and complications are serious. But there is no other go than putting with it for a better life. People are struggling with hardship. But they are putting with it as they know that otherwise they have imminent death – don’t have future.

The governance at the state and national level had recognised the seriousness of the ailment of state of AP. But in the name discussions that are being seriously done since December 2009 are being prolonged infinitely hoping that one day Almighty will resolve the issue. Nature tolerates man’s indulgence to a great extent. Once Nature acts there could be a tsunami or a volcano and the result will devastating. I hope that central government will fulfil the justified democratic wish of people and take steps towards formation of telangaana.

I will tell how the intensity of the desire will be. A little girl of 4years was seen by her mother drinking tea left over in the cups and her mother scolded her and said kids should not drink tea. The child once tasted the left over tea leaves in the vessel. Seeing this mother told her that she should not do that and she can have tea occasionally from her 5^th birthday onwards. In due course the birthday had come. In the morning both the mother and kid were busy of their routine activity. Birthday party was arranged with few friends and extended family members in the evening. Mother had arranged a good birthday cake and variety of dishes of child’s liking. Everything had gone out well. After everyone had left mother asked the child, “Dear, I think you are very happy and satisfied, aren’t you”. The child said, “Mom, you didn’t give me tea”. Mother thought that the kid might have forgotten about tea in the gala evening. But she didn’t. To keep faith of the child mother had made a cup of delicious tea for the child. The child after having the tea slept happily and peacefully.

Telangaana is a promise to be fulfilled as and when the people of telangaanites decide incompatibility with Andhra rulers. The promise is long pending. The time has come and people should cooperate in formation of Telangaana. This will reinforce faith in democracy, the fundamental desire of telangaanites in joining the Indian Union.

Flowers

Flowers are delicate and beautiful. They are meant to be seen and enjoy. The beauty of the flowers at every stage is unique.

Telangana agitation

Internet has made this world very small. The connectivity with increased awareness of happenings in one place in the world is affecting people in other places. The fragrance of Jasmine revolution has given boost to the desperate people to fight and oust Egypt President Hosni Mubarak. The flame of democracy is producing heat in all autocratic Islamic nations.

The dictatorial governance in many nations is rising from its slumber and planning some measures to protect the less privileged and suppress any uprising as in Tunisia and Egypt. Some governments are adamantly and violently suppressing the anti-government revolution. Voice for democracy in dictatorial nations is receiving support from all over the world.

India is a democratic nation. In autocratic and dictatorial nations peoples struggle attracted attention from all over the world and the dictators could be thrown out within a short span. In a democratic nation, the largest democracy in the world, people in one region, Telangana are struggling for more than five decades to have self rule. Telangana, a princely state, under the rule of Nizam at the time of Indian Independence. After attaining independence in 1947, many princely states have joined Indian Union. Jammu and Kashmir merged with certain reservations and Dominion of Hyderabad merged in Indian union after military action by Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the Home Minister of India in the year 1948 on 17^th of September. During the course of formation of states in the Indian union, Telugu state – Andhra was formed in 1951 by separating from then Madras state now Tamilnadu. During the course of reorganization the states in Indian Union Andhra politicians influenced the central government and state of Andhra Pradesh formed by the merger of Andhra and Telangana. The merger was conditional, that these two can separate when Telangana people wanted it. The decision of separation was rested with Telanganites as they are in minority and merger was against the recommendations of the first State reorganization committee.

Since the formation of Andhra Pradesh, the Andhra politicians being majority in Assembly and also rich, worked for self development and neglected the development of Telangana. They have flouted every agreement that laid the foundation for AP formation. There was strong agitation against this discrimination and for formation of separate Telangana in 1969. The affluent Andhras in the government could successfully crush the agitation by bringing the military and killing almost 400 students. Lack of political will and disorganization, voice of Telangana could be suppressed by the ruling Andhra governance. But the suppression had gone to such extent that the word Telangana had become taboo in Assembly. The districts in Telangana region should simply be referred as backward region without bringing in the word Telangana. Telanganites who had to have 40% share in employment in the secretariat and various government organization has become just 10 -15% only.

Noting the discrimination and unrest in the Telanganites and the Telangana struggling being spear headed by intellectuals, Shri K. Chandrashekhar Rao, a shrewd politician, floated a political party, “Telangana Rashtra Samithi” in the year 2002. He along with various organizations fighting for Telangana cause is struggling to achieve statehood. KCR had undertaken fast unto death on November 29, 2009. Entire Telangana supported him. The unrest that was created by his critical condition has finally resulted in the pronouncement by the Home Minister of Indian Union that the process of Telangana state formation will be initiated on December 9, 2009. This decision was pronounced after an all party meeting convened by the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. In that meeting except CPM all other parties have given a nod to formation of Telangana state. But, within a few hours of Home Ministers pronouncement, all the Andhra politicians irrespective of party affiliations have made U turn and created political crises decrying Home Minister’s pronouncement on statehood to Telangana. The politicians have damaged hundreds of crores of central government properties and created political chaos. Cowered by Andhra Politicians’ hooliganism the centre has back tracked on its commitment.

The entire situation made Telanganites anguished and more determined to fight unrelenting battle until Telangana state is formed. Telanganites are following various non violent methods of protests and demonstrations against the Andhra government. The government is trying to suppress it by violent police methods. In the name of law and order police is resorting to lathi charge, firing and attacking girl students in hostels in Osmania hostel in the darkness, preventing media to the place of action. The media, mostly Andhra media, ignores the peaceful struggle of people and violent methods of police. Very few channels report it only partially and those media are attacked and obstructed at place of action.

The struggle is continuing. At this juncture what happened in Tunisia and Egypt had given boost to Telanganites. Egypt people are fortunate that military has cooperated with them. In Libya, where antigovernment rebel is becoming bloody, world nations including India are ready to help the people. The unfortunate situation for Telanganites is this region is in a democratic nation under Andhra colonial rule. The police and paramilitary sent by the central government are against people and central government wallowing in the money bags and blackmail tactics of Andhra politicians is unable to see the aspiration and anguish of Telanganites. This is a democratic nation’s internal affair and states autocratic policy. But Telanganites are strong; they fight to achieve their goal.

Jai Telangana Jayaho Telangana.