AP - A Practical Solution for the crisis

Just before Kurukshetra war, Lord Krishna in Mahabharata alerts Dhritarashtra:
సారపు ధర్మమున్ విమల సత్యము పాపము చేత, బొంకుచే ...

loosely translated:
When things are about to go wrong, capable people should not stay silent.
If they do, then the happenings will eventually burn them too...

So, here are some practical steps that our capable politicians should explore to solve the current crisis.

0.) Forget the history. All political parties played opportunistic till date. Come clean. Start afresh.

1.) With the current state of affairs, T is inevitable. But a consultation/convincing of SA is also required.

So, announce a time bound consultation process.
At the higher end, it can be a 10 years moratorium on T (instead of a 10yr shared capital)...
at the lower end, let it be the next 6 months before the 2014 elections.

But, let the government reach out to bring people to the table.

I prefer a 10ys moratorium, as that is what proposed for a shared capital & that is what required for the rest of the items below.

2.) during these 10 yrs, develop 3 cities, one each in three regions to address the development concerns...that will reduce the affiliations towards Hyd

3.) ensure enough academic, industrial, agricultural growth in all 3 regions...that will ensure Jobs in the local regions & reduce the affiliations towards Hyd. We can have Surat, Baroda & Anand in AP

4.) implement the river inter-linking, with a garland canal... in whatever portions it is possible.. that will alleviate the water fears

5.) during the 10yrs, form the ever pending states reorganization committee (SRC) and review all the pending states requests... that will suit the SA's demand that a fair process is followed

6.) let the SRC propose a standard procedure for creation of new state. The current constitutional provisions are detrimental to the federal structure of India. The way congress proposed AP bifurcation, one day (if it has enuf numbers in parliament) it can even propose the same for say, Gujarat.. that Gujarat be divided into 2.

7.) Have checkpoint discussions, arrive at consensus on bifurcation, decide on the new capital and start handing over from... say, 8 years from now.. At any checkpoint, if consensus is for United AP, let that be...

8.) There can be many more such confidence building & consensus measures. At the end, all stakeholders should prosper and be happy. That's what everybody wants.

In the current political arena, the above charter suits to BJP. 

They can stick to their commitment to T, at the same time, they can gain in SA by proposing a time bound consensus process. They would make big gains in the SA.

Is Modi listening?

Poverty Line Politics

While critics are targeting MontekSingh Ahluwalia on his new Rs 28/- a day poverty line, there is a different perspective that many are ignoring.

For a family of 4 (with a single wage earner + spouse + 2kids), the poverty line of Rs 28/- a day means that the family has an income of Rs 3360/- per month (that is 28/- X 4 members X 30days)

Doesn't that look to be acceptable?

For instance, one of my classmates works as a clerk in a small town and earns 8000/- per month. He takes care of 5 dependants (2 parents + wife + 2 kids). So, in their family, the earnings are 44/- per-person per-day. He has a decent life & doesn't consider himself as below-poverty-line!!

మా తెలుగు తల్లికి మల్లెపూదండ!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

AP Congress - A Tale of Two Mothers

One mother wanted to see her son as the next PM of India. The other wanted her son as the next CM of AP. But, Going by the current developments, only one can win!

As the story develops, congress high command is all set to throw Jagan out! It will be interesting to see this event & the reaction from Jagan's camp.

Congress high command is courting KCR's TRS for its foothold in Telangana districts. It is joining hands with Chiranjeevi's PRP for the rest of the AP.

While the Telangana picture is not clear, it is for sure going to loose heavily in Coastal districts. Firstly, Chiranjeevi himself couldn't impress in the last elections. Second, Jagan & cadre are holding the voters tight. Third, there is a talk that disgruntled PRP & TDP leaders are joining hands with Jagan.

AP is the only southern state where Congress has a decent presence. So, congress high command can not afford to mess with it.

Rayala Telangana - The Catch-22

JC Diwakar Reddy's proposal for Rayala Telengana and the reasons that he cited for the same are absurd and just show the stupid mindset of politicians.

JC & co think that, if Hyderabad goes to Telangana, then why to doom with the rest of the Andhra?

Joseph Heller's Catch-22: conversation between protagonist Yossarin & his boss, wintergreen:

[snip...]

'What would they do to me,' he asked in confidential tones, 'if I refused to fly [the missions]?'

'We'd probably shoot you,' ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied.

'We?' Yossarian cried in surprise. 'What do yo mean, we? Since when are you on their side?'

'If you're going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on?' ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen retorted."

[snip ends...]