More Noise - Less Logic

There are some catchy tag lines heard on Radio Mirchi Hyderabad. "Idi chala hot Guru" which means 'It is very hot Guru'. There is another one 'More music, less talk Guru". If I have to use a tag line to describe the ongoing movement for a separate Telangana state, it will be "More Noise - Less Logic". It is more of rhetoric than rationale that is powering the movement. Of course, it is very hot Guru.

The issue has become, is made into rather, an emotional one. Emotion blinds rationale and makes people biased in their judgement. Biased people can not see the other side of the story.

The two common demands heard all over Telangana are "Give us our jobs. Give us our water." Majority of the people of Telangana seem to believe that people from Andhra are taking away their jobs and their water. The comparisons are blown out of proportions. It is as if there is no unemployment in the rest of India, in Andhra particularly. They are made to believe that everyone will get a job, a government job in particular, in a separate Telangana state. Rationale says it is just not possible. They are also made to believe that every acre of land will be irrigated in a separate Telangana state. Rationale says it is also not possible. Unfortunately rationale has evaporated into thin air.

The movement for a separate state is ostensibly built on the relative underdevelopment of the Telangana region. But numbers don't say Telangana is so badly underdeveloped relative to Andhra. Also it is not strong enough a reason on which a movement can be sustained. So, the leaders have made it into a sentimental one. Underdevelopment is no longer the reason behind the demand for a separate state, but self-governance. Who can argue against self-governance?

Though it is not publicly admitted, the Telangana movement is fuelled by hatred towards the people of Andhra. People of Andhra are seen as exploiters. There is a law of power which says 'show an enemy to keep your flock together'. That is exactly what the leaders of the movement are doing, showing the people of Andhra as enemies. This enmity shows up at times, like boycotting examination evaluators from Andhra region, setting fire to the properties of Andhra people. Sentiments are whipped up so that people don't see the hollowness of their promise. Unfortunately the movement is led by a gifted orator, KCR, who is very effective at it.

I hope some realization dawns on our people.