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Smaller states don’t lead to better governance: Economist

While the growth and development of Andhra Pradesh in the last decade has been lopsided, the bifurcation of the state is not the panacea, feels a leading Indian economist.
Professor Nirupam Bajpai, director of the South Asian programme at New York’s Columbia University, says while Andhra Pradesh has done relatively better in the last ten years [...]

Posted 22 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

T.G. Venkatesh optimistic

Says Centre would announce revised decision on division of State by Thursday
KURNOOL: T.G. Venkatesh, president of Rayalaseema Hakkula Ikya Vedika and MLA, indicated that the Central government would announce a revised decision on the State division by Thursday. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, he said the Union Ministers and other top heads involved in [...]

Posted 21 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hong Kong model for Hyderabad?

HYDERABAD: The impasse continues with no signs of any way out. Lagadapati Rajagopal and others are still on fast for a United Andhra Pradesh, Chiranjeevi embarks on a yatra for the same purpose.
Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) pooh-poohs the United Andhra movement warning that there will be a bloodbath if the Telangana process is derailed. Both the [...]

Posted 21 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Has Congress,in their attempt to appease certain people, set a bad and dangerous precedence of agreeing to create the state of Telangana?

Summary of comments below: Except a handful of people, comments by people of all regions is that they want the state to stay united. They don’t want an Italian to assume the role of Mountbatten. We had enough damage from one partition. We don’t need another. The key question asked below is, ‘What were the [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Telugu ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Centre mulling UT status for Hyderabad?

HYDERABAD: In a bid to mollify anti-Telangana protesters and pave the way for smooth creation of a separate state, the Centre is weighing the options of declaring Hyderabad a Union Territory (UT).
Sources in touch with the Congress high command said the latter avers that according Union Territory status to Hyderabad would pave the way for [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Telugu ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Sad News: 2 Samaikhya Andhra activists commit suicide

Two Samaikhya Andhra activists allegedly committed suicide in protest against the division of the state. Vemula Srinivas, 30, of Basavatarakanagar in Guntur committed suicide by jumping in front a speeding train while chanting united Andhra slogans in the late hours of Tuesday. Senior TDP leaders Kodela Sivaprasad Rao, Prattipati Pullarao and Madala Rajendra visited the [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Andhra Pradesh political crisis and the role of the media

Half a century ago, on December 19, 1952, to be precise, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced the formation of a new State of Andhra. It was separated from an unwieldy and composite Madras State, which then comprised people speaking Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, along with a few other languages. Comprising mostly Telugu-speaking people, Andhra [...]

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