Welcome to my blog ‘’Parimalam-పరిమళం’’. Although I have started this blog long time back but I never had put my pen in this. Recently, I thought to put my ideas in words. I would like to name my blog as Parimalam. Now onwards this will be continued on this name and most of the write-ups by my ''Deepam-దీపం'' (my pen name). Some write-ups may be written by other names as well. Well you may be wondering what parimalam is? Parimalam means fragrance, an expression of personality.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
ఇంత విషం కడుపులో దాచుకుని ఎలా కలిసుందామనుకుంటున్నారు?
Saturday, August 25, 2012
"Eureka!" "Eureka!" - "I have found it!"
Hey all, am sharing the experience from one of my friends, Mr. Parshu ram from Telangana Netizens Forum. Telangana netizens forum (with almost 30 people ) recently visited flourosis effected areas in nalgonda dist.
"Eureka!" "Eureka!" - "I have found it!"
that was a place on the earth... it was not a different planet....
"Eureka!" "Eureka!" - "I have found it!"
they were human beings just like all of us... they were not aliens....
"Eureka!" "Eureka!" - "I have found it!"
god didn't cursed them.. it was the politicians selfishness that cursed them !!
for political party : they are the sympathy VOTES !
for politicians : they are the way to loot crore rupees ...
for TV channels : they are the way to increase TRP ratings ...
for celebrities : they are the way to publicity ...
for the world : they are disabled....
for the visitors : they are the aliens ......
for martyrs : they are the way to sacrifice there life ....
for ME : they are the inspiration !
Cost for the solution :
The exact budget the politicians spent to visit them....
Less than 25% of the budget they looted on there names....
One pipe line of water from 3 pipe lines going to hyderabad from there villages....
Its there share they should get from krishna river and godavari river legally ....
International aid by the Netherlands government sanctioned `317.30 crore which NEITHER -LANDED nor used for them, which would have solved 75% of the problem if they have landed properly ......!!
AS it is the place of " REBELLION" from the time of nizam till date ..they are still fighting for their rights...!!
but it is shameful that they are fighting for such basic right... RIGHT TO LIVE..............!
Water is the basic need for the survival of human beings and is part of the right to life and human right as enshrined in. Article 21 of the Constitution of India
The rivers Krishna, Musi River, Aleru, Peddavagu, Dindi and Paleru flow through the district
and
Most importantly
Nagarjuna Sagar: World's largest masonry dam, This is famous Dam in south India with 26 gates and a Hydroelectric plant is JUST VISIBLE TO THEIR EYESIGHT !
still they are fighting for WATER from past 65 years.....
yes, they are the unlucky people born in NALGONDA DISTRICT of ANDHRAPRADESH, INDIA.
the problem they are facing is known to the whole world....
NALGONDA holds the record of being FIRST in the WORLD in FLUORIDE with 28ppm
the normal content of fluoride in water is 0.2ppm to 0.8ppm but people here will drink the water containing upto 28ppm....
"searching on net will let u know the problems but a direct interaction will let u know the PAIN"
thinking the same team TNF took the initiation to visit the affected villages and im proud to be in the team !
MY EXPERIENCE @visit to fluoride affected villages...
As i walked the few miles in the village , i felt like i was in the new planet
NO humans around , NO noise, NO pollution....
i walked few more miles and i was thirsty....
i found no water around, i asked the old woman who was sitting near a old house to give me some water and she refused to give,not because she was hard-hearted but she don't want to serve the POISON that they are drinking.....
REASON behind not finding people on the road is that half of the villagers are highly affected that they can't even get up from the bed and remaining half cannot come out without support...
the youth of the village left to slave in other states and other countries and kids left for school....!
NOW i have been to a school which is in the same village and i was shocked to see only 13 kids in the school from 1-5th class including kid of the in-charge lady and the government teacher was absent and lady could not give proper reason about that.... and this shows how well a government school is working in village level...!!
and i have realised that most of kids are also affected and i couldn't imagine their situation 5years from now !!
"I have found it!"
that was a place on the earth... its was not a different planet....
me with the team TNF almost visited 12 villages around and met 150 highly effect people....
i have rechecked my self whether im on same planet or not ?, oh my god what am i seeing..???
they dnt have a shape for their body.. not even similar to human body !
what am i seeing ?? am i seeing human beings or any other creatures ??
are they humans or aliens ??
these type of questions were killing me....!
the things were so worst , few people are living like new type of animals....
there are suffering like FISH OUT OF WATER exactly !!
and at least FISH have two better ways either DIE without water or JUMP BACK TO WATER ...
but they don't even have a way.. they have to suffer all the way !!
I have found it!"
they are human beings just like all of us... they are not aliens....
they are tired of false promises, either its a politician or a NGO --they shouted with anger no one should enter the village with TAG LINE- FOR FLUORIDE AFFECTED PEOPLE !
i had a talk with the group of local villagers on the way...
all the old grandmaa's said -" we use to think that this was the curse of the god for our mistakes but with the help of born leaders who are fighting for us, we came to know it was a political game to loot us, every thing was game from past six decades, this time when politicians came for votes we ill kick them off ...!! "
a villager was in worst situation she don't even realised her grandson of 3 years was affected with the fluoride.. there are many more who are in same situation....
each and every one have shown a strong desire for SEPARATE TELAGANA STATE formation , they believe things change, they get a equal share of water so that they district will get benefited and fluoride can be eradicated with mother krishna and mother godavari !!
"THEY have found it!"
god don't cursed them.. its was the politicians selfishness that cursed them !!
A Mother's Cry..
HER son will not call her AMMA....
he will not play in front of her house...
he will not ask her to buy things...
he will not go to school...
he will not fight with her...
he will not share all the stories he know...
all he ill do is sleep like a dead body.....
moving now and then remind her he is still alive...
no other feeling could possibly be worse than this....
fills her soul with unbearable grief, sorrow and pain...
what can i explain in my next line..????
face to face interaction with INSPIRING PEOPLE:
1. Name : Tirupathamma ( fluoride victim )
village:vattupalli
Age: 30 years
Qualification: 10th Standard 1996
Due to her never ending fight against fluorosis she has won TIMES OF INDIA young women achiever award.
She also contested as ZPTC member in 2006 elections but lost in a short margin.
2.name: amshala swami
village:shivanagudem
age:33 years...
he met many people like Cm's,Pm's, governors,film actors and recent miss worlds (Miss World Canada Denise Garrido, Miss Iceland World Fanney Ingvarsdóttir, Miss World Irealnd Emma Waldron, Miss Universe Slovenia Marika Savsek, Miss Universe Bolivia Claudia Arce Lemaitre and Miss Bikini International Diana Irina Boancă world title holders have come down to meet him check here )
he says : all of them used them for their publicity... he realised there is no use with all public figures,he took the initiation and contested as ZPTC in 2006 and as MLA in 2008, he projected the problem in state and national wide...!! the way i saw him - he was a great leader !!
3:name : rajitha
village :marrigudem
age:22 years
Pm's , CM"s and all public figure came and meet her, spent time with her.. but till date she doesnt have proper toilets facility in her home.. this explain the way of our soo called celebrates use them for gaining the popularity !!
4: name: ajay
village: kodashpally
age:14 years
he is on the bed from his birth,a tear rolled from my eye's and my friend lohith couldn't take a 30 seconds vedio of this guy... after seeing him i got to know the value of LIFE...!
just watch his situation : watch it (click)
now,who are real disabled ? we who cant even rise our voice for fellow person?? or they who are fighting for there rights with all the disabilities ??
5. A TRUE LEADER :
name : dusharla satyanarayana
in 1990, he came to the town as a bank employee -Field officer,but see the injustice happening to the people he resigned to his job.. raised his voice by starting " jala sadhana samithi" many parties tried to influence him and asked him to join there party but realising the politicial parties true colours he denied all the huge offers and still fighting for them !!
inspired by him .... a true leader doesn't need publicity as he is 'for the public, to the public , with the public and FROM THE PUBLIC " !
from the past 65 years.. we asked, we begged, we shouted and we were fighting, now we lost hope on so called GOVERNMENT.. NOW LETS DO PERSON TO PERSON.. Join your hands...
GIVE YOUR FREE TIME.. LETS CHANGE.......
PROGRESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CHANGE... and those who cannot change their mind cannot change ANYTHING.......!!
join us to fight https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/fluorosisinnalgonda
Thursday, August 23, 2012
ఎవడు రా మా ఈ దుస్థితికి కారణం.. ఇంకెవ్వడు..
సమైక్యాంధ్ర ముసుగు పాలన లో, బీడు బారిన మా బీద బతుకులు, చిద్రమై, మీ ఖజానా కు దేవుడిచ్చిన ఒక వరమై.. మీ జేబులు నింపిన మా జీవితాలు.. తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమ కెరటాలై.. నివురు గప్పిన నిప్పులా మా ఆశయ సాధనే మా ధ్యేయమై..
కదులుదాం కదులుదాం .. మన లక్ష్య సాధనకై కదులుదాం..
ఎవడు రా మా ఈ దుస్థితికి కారణం.. ఇంకెవ్వడు..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHlkLHunJKY&feature=youtu.be
Discriminated !!
ఈ ఫోటో లో మీరు చూస్తున్న ఫ్లోరోసిస్ తో బాధపడుతున్న బాలుడి పేరు కారెంగి అజయ్. తండ్రి పేరు యాదయ్య. ఊరు కోడష్పల్లి. ఈ పిల్లవాడి వయసు 14 సంవత్సరాలు. ఇతనికి మాటలు రావు, చూపు లేదు. ఒక వినటం, ఏడవటం తప్ప ఎం చెయ్యరాదు .. !!
మెలకువ తో ఉన్నప్పుడు ఈ పిల్లవాడు చలికి వనికినట్టు వణుకుతూ కొట్టుకుంటాడు. ఆకలేసినా "అమ్మా ఆకలి" అని అడగలేని దయనీయ స్థితి. ఇతని పరిస్థితి ఒక 30 సేకేన్లు కు మించి ఎక్కువ చూడలేకపోయాను. అప్పటికే నా కళ్ళ నుండి నీళ్ళు రాలి ఎం చెయ్యాలో తోచని పరిస్థితి. మరి ఆ పిల్లవాడి తల్లిదండ్రులు 14 సంవత్సరాలు నుండి ఆ బిడ్డకు ఎలా సేవ చేస్తున్నారో. కళ్ళ ఎదుట కొడుకును అల చూస్కుంటూ ప్రత్యక్ష నరకాన్ని అనుభవిస్తున్నారు ఆ తల్లిదండ్రులు.
డబ్బు పెట్టి రోగాన్ని నయం చేద్దామన్న నయం కానసువంటి రోగం అది. వయసు మీరుతున్నప్పుడు తమ బాగోగులు చుస్కునే కొడుకులను కనలనుకుంటారు ప్రతి తల్లిదండ్రులు. మరి తాము బ్రతికున్నంత కాలం ఆ అమాయకుడైన కొడుకుకు సేవ చేస్కుంటూ బ్రతకాలి అని కొడుకును గానేతప్పుడు ఆ తల్లి కూడా అనుకోలేదు. బిడ్డను కడుపులో మోసేటప్పుడు తల్లి పడే పాట్లకు ఈ విధంగా కొడుకును చూడటం ఇంకెంత నరకం??? ప్రతి తల్లి తమ పిల్లలతో "అమ్మ" అని పిలిపించుకోవాలని కోరుకుంటుంది. మరి ఈ తల్లిని ఎవరు పిలుస్తారు "అమ్మ" అని ???
ఆ పిల్లవాడు అల వణుకుతూ కొట్టుకుంటున్నప్పుడు అతని ఆత్మ గోష నాకు అర్ధమైంది. దేవుడా నన్ను ఈ తెలంగాణా ల ఎందుకు పుట్టిన్చినావ్? ఇసువంటి కష్టము నేను అనుభావిన్చాలేకున్నాను అని అతని ఆత్మ రోదిస్తుంది..
ఇలాంటి అజయ్ లాంటి వాళ్ళు నల్లగొండ జిల్లా లో చాల మంది ఉన్నారు.. వారి బాధను యే దేవుడు అర్ధం చేసుకోగలడు?
కుల మతాల పేరుతో అంధకారం తో కొట్టుకుంటున్న మనం నిజమైన అనాగారి'కులము' !!!
ఇది ఈరోజు నా తెలంగాణా తల్లి హృదయం లో పడే ఆవేదన !!
- తెలంగానాస్ రెబెల్ టైగర్
Dt : 23 ఆగష్టు 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
TGBKS victory in singareni elections
ooops.. i just came to know from one of my friends from my city about the victory made by the Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TGBKS) ..
kudos.. it seems am missing alot..
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
As a Telanganite:
As a Telanganite:
· I will not lose my cool when someone talks negatively about Telangana Movement.
· I will not get agitated by anti-Telangana "news" in the regional and national media.
· I will not respond to foolish questions on why Telangana is needed.
· I will not condemn my leadership on frivolous issues. This will only dilute our cause.
· I will not get swayed by anti-Telangana propaganda.
· I will not unnecessarily denounce my leadership in public.
· I will not lose heart when any of the agitations fail to attain Telangana. I understand that an agitation is only a battle. The war is won after many battles.
· I will stand by the current Telangana leaders as long as they fight for Telangana.
· I will strive to unite all Telangana forces to strengthen our movement.
· I understand that Telangana is a just demand based on sound logic and facts.
· I will approach my leadership and provide constructive feedback.
· I will rise above caste and religion for Telangana.
As a Telanganite:
· I understand that Telangana is one of the greatest people’s movements in world history. And our opponents can’t buy each of us.
· I understand that no force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
And most importantly...
Telangana is an idea whose time has come
I understand that no single party or leader is entirely responsible for achieving Telangana.
I am responsible for achieving Telangana, because…
I am the movement!
Sujai Karampuri
· I will not lose my cool when someone talks negatively about Telangana Movement.
· I will not get agitated by anti-Telangana "news" in the regional and national media.
· I will not respond to foolish questions on why Telangana is needed.
· I will not condemn my leadership on frivolous issues. This will only dilute our cause.
· I will not get swayed by anti-Telangana propaganda.
· I will not unnecessarily denounce my leadership in public.
· I will not lose heart when any of the agitations fail to attain Telangana. I understand that an agitation is only a battle. The war is won after many battles.
· I will stand by the current Telangana leaders as long as they fight for Telangana.
· I will strive to unite all Telangana forces to strengthen our movement.
· I understand that Telangana is a just demand based on sound logic and facts.
· I will approach my leadership and provide constructive feedback.
· I will rise above caste and religion for Telangana.
As a Telanganite:
· I understand that Telangana is one of the greatest people’s movements in world history. And our opponents can’t buy each of us.
· I understand that no force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
And most importantly...
Telangana is an idea whose time has come
I understand that no single party or leader is entirely responsible for achieving Telangana.
I am responsible for achieving Telangana, because…
I am the movement!
Sujai Karampuri
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Your Post in Haste “A taste of Telangana” on Tehelka’s Inside-Out Column
Dear Executive Editor Vijay Simha Ji,
Namaskar.
Forgive me if I wrongly addressed you as the Executive Editor at Tehelka because of the confusing situation. Tehelka identifies Sankarshan Thakur as the Executive Editor (http://www.tehelka.com/commoncode/tehelka_column/teamtehelka/dateam.htm) while you are identified as the Executive Editor at Tehelka in your column -Vijay Simha is Executive Editor, Tehelka.com. (http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws280911dignity.asp). I shall leave it to Tehelka to decide who exactly is the Executive Editor at this moment in time.
I have just read your column, "Vijay Simha's Inside Column", on Tehelka web magazine, published on October 4, 2011. This particular column was titled "A taste of Telangana". I take it granted that you personally penned or "authored" the article since it is your column. I was seriously disappointed by the contents of the article, specifically, the asserted "facts". Your opinion can be your own but facts cannot be your own facts. Of course, you hardly provided any data (facts) to substantiate whatever point(s) you were trying to make. And that's another of my disappointments. What exactly was the point(s) you were attempting to make? Either on Telangana or on State Reorganizations in India! On the whole, the article muddled the reputation of both, you - as a seasoned and experienced Journalist of stature in India, as well as that of Tehelka as a premier journalistic publication of substance. I am sorry to state so and request you to forgive me for pointing out the infarction and the pain it might have caused you.
I am just following the illuminating path that Tehelka has blazed: " But most importantly, it (Tehelka) has brought back into hard focus the two most crucial pillars of a free press: public interest and the appetite to question." And I am bringing this issue as a public interest issue and I have the appetite to question untruths and propaganda in which you seem to have indulged in your "Inside Out" article of October 4, 2011, which might be more aptly re-titled "A Post in Haste". At least, I feel that way.
I am going to take your post Inside Out to expose the dangerous underbelly and the rotten gut! The reasons for my doing this are the same reasons for which Tehelka claims to exist! And in Tehelka's own words: "One of the most important keys to a free and just society is the existence of a strong and independent media. A media that acts as our conscience and brings news and perspective to us on issues of national interest. A media that acts without fear or favour. Today, perhaps more than any other media group in India, Tehelka has come to stand for these values."
First thing first. If we must "we must strike him (politician) off the trust list" because he (politician) said he went to Gandhi Ji for clarity then should we also strike Vijay Simha and Tehelka off the Trust List because they both claim even taller virtues"?
And if you "strike him (KCR) off the trust list" do you also strike Gandhi Ji off the Trust List because he also was the REAL Indian politician (not the fake kind of today's India) who didn't have a plan for India when he took up the Cause of Independence for India? In fact, Gandhi Ji and the Indian National Congress (INC), a political party, weren't even sure of what they wanted in the beginning. They started off with a demand for "Home Rule" and not for outright Independence but later matured into a Movement for Total Independence for India. At least, we Telanganites and the political party and the politician in question have been consistent in demanding statehood for Telangana by De-Merging Telangana from Andhra.
And then you accuse and indict both the party and the politician (in effect, all Telanganites) of having no clue why they want Telangana State for: " ...still doesn’t have a plan for Telangana. All that he and his colleagues say is that they won’t rest until Telangana is created. They have no clue after that. This is dangerous."
No kidding? Well then, the very idea and the Movement for India's Independence also must be considered very dangerous because there was NO PLAN then either. And the same applies just about to all Nations that have taken birth - from the US to all other ones formed since then. And the same standard must apply to ALL the States that have been formed since India's independence. What was the PLAN for Andhra when it was demanded and then created? In fact, Andhra State did not even have a Capital city planned then. The whole State operated out of tents after having been kicked out of Madras city. In fact, Andhra State had a deficit budget of FIVE CRORES in 1953. That was a princely sum then. Guess what? Even now, the current State of AP has NO PLAN except to auction off public lands in Telangana and loot all its resources. Neither does the current UPA government have any PLAN! Have you put that same question to the Indian and AP governments as to what their PLANS are for Telangana? Don't, please, list the PLANS listed by SKC Commission. Funny, SKC itself ruled out four of its 6 PLANS and then the PLAN they recommended as solution was the same old, same old conceit that has been touted for the last fifty years but never even attempted for implementation.
Have you even approached KCR or TRS and many other Organizations like TDF that are jointly spearheading this Movement about their PLANS after the De-Merger? You should have. And you would have been pleasantly surprised. For your information and enlightenment, many of us, Telanganites, have not only questioned ourselves "what then, after Telangana State is formed"? but also have formulated our own Ideals and Ideas for a Just and Equitable Telangana State. We have prepared "Telangana Vision Document" which is still being defined and refined. We have had intellectual exchanges on the many burning issues of today (apply to Telangana and the Nation) like Education, Energy (sustainable and renewable), Land Reforms, Industrial Policy, Economic Policy, Social Programmes, Infrastructure, Agricultural policy, Water Resource Development for Safe Drinking Water, for Irrigation, Transportation Needs, Science and Industry Research, Minimum Wage, Sustainable Agriculture, and many other pertinent issues.
I don't think you would find such efforts made by even the Planning Commission of India which has been an utter failure for over sixty years. Today, the Planning Commission headed by the great Manmohan Singh and Montek Singh Ahluwalia has become the butt of jokes owing to its absurd policy statement on who is considered "Poor" in India today.
If you are sincerely and seriously interested in OUR PLANS for Tomorrow's Telangana State, I shall be honored to enlighten you of our Dreams and Ideals and REAL PLAN of ACTIONS. We would even welcome you and the luminaries of Tehelka to contribute to our Plans and Actions for Telangana. We shall even make you all Honourable Citizens of Telangana State!
Now about some "facts" you claimed in your article.
You are mistaken about the relative economic performance of the three states formed in 2000 - Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Uttarkhand. All three States have a MUCH HIGHER PER CAPITA INCOME than the States from which they were carved out, twice as much or higher! Here is the link to educate yourself on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_India_by_size_of_economy.
You have been quite arrogant and irresponsible in indicting Jharkhand "Jharkhand has no money, no intelligence and no will to win over the Maoists". No Intelligence? You mean Intellectual capacity or Police Intelligence? You do understand that the Constitution of India squarely places the responsibility to protect the States from internal dangers (as well as external) on the shoulders of the Indian Union government? Here is the proof: http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf
"Article 355: Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance
It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution."
And you accuse and indict Jharkhand without even the basic knowledge of your country's Constitution?
And more ignorance and arrogance on your part when you say Jharkhand has no money. Jharkhand's per capita GDP is exactly TWICE ($680) that of its parent State Bihar ($343). Staying with Bihar would have made it twice as poor as it is today.
And the same level of arrogance, ignorance, and lack of intelligence is exhibited by you when you accuse and indict Telangana:"Telangana too is a hub of Maoism. It too has no will." Really? Even if that, what you claim, is true then who is to be blamed and who have been derelict in their duties? Wouldn't you say Andhra Pradesh and India? Then why are you pointing your finger at Telangana as if Telangana governs itself? You need to be told that when you point a finger at somebody, three fingers are pointing at you.
Now about historical facts. I am referring to your assertion in the article about "Potti Sriramulu fasted unto death for the creation of Andhra Pradesh. He died fasting. Andhra Pradesh was created and other states followed, changing India’s map for ever."
Did you personally research this "fact"? I am asking that question because I don't want to accuse you of manufacturing that "fact" in case one of your "assistants" gave you that piece of "information". Everybody and his brother-in-law, except the vested Andhra politicians and the Andhra dominated government agents, know fully well that Potti Sriramulu fasted for the state of Andhra, especially to demand Madras city as capital, and DIED THREE FULL YEARS before Andhra Pradesh State was formed. In fact, I doubt very much that even the conceptual thought of Andhra Pradesh state existed in the mind of Potti Sriramulu.
When I researched your profile on the Web I discovered the fact that you had studied at Osmania University's Arts & Science College to earn your B.Sc. degree (1980-83) and then at the Department of Journalism from 1984-85 for Bachelor of Communication and Journalism. I am not sure where you secured your secondary school education though. Having studied in Hyderabad especially at its famed Osmania University, you did not learn this basic fact about the state? Then, why did you claim a well known propaganda point (that Potti SR died fasting for AP) in your esteemed column and your esteemed Tehelka magazine? Perhaps, this manufactured "fact" was injected into your article by "somebody" and not you?
Let me quote another gem of your argument which fails to convey your point: "Many parts of India suffer. For too long, we haven’t reached people in interior communities and have therefore created a reservoir of resentment. We don’t know how to handle grievances. We get angry or we deny them. This is the core of the demand for Telangana. "
The core of the demand for Telangana is what exactly? Please read this paragraph (part) and tell us what you were thinking and what is your assertion. I couldn't make "head or tail" of your argument. Being the Executive Editor of Tehelka you are unable to comprehend the core of the demand for the demerger of Telangana State from AP even after reading (I assumed you did) the various publications available on this vast subject (printed and electronic), Fazal Ali Commission Report on Reorganization of States, the Girgliani Commission, SKC report, the many rebuttals of SKC Report, and the over 600 self-sacrifices by Telangana citizens. Well, then, you will never comprehend the core of the demand of Telangana demerger.
And then in the same paragraph, you write "Teluguspeaking people have had a curious impact on India" (typo is yours, not mine). Why indict ALL Telugu speaking people? Telugu speaking people of Telangana did not demand for a linguistic state! It was the Andhras of Madras Presidency who started this "linguistic" state demand for Telugu speaking Madrasis and it was the Telangana Telugu speaking people who opposed this madness by focusing on regional and national integrity irrespective of religion, language, or any such petty partisan mindset.
At least, you make one sensible point: "Telangana too would change the map. Should it come into being, there would be at least another five states to follow. It’s not a bad thing..." . Neither Telangana nor any other of the five states (whatever they might be) change the map of India in terms of its boundaries. Any internal geographical/political demarcations into states is only for internal political administration and accompanying social progress. And as you say, it is not a bad thing!
But, why are you linking Telangana State formation with another five states? The issue of those five states didn't exist in 2000 when the last three States were created? Why then you link those states now with Telangana like the Sword of Damocles? Has this nonsense been your own idea or a transplanted one?
What is disturbing and dangerous is your way of misrepresenting the facts and even manufacturing the facts to suit some vested interests. It does puzzle me as to why you are peddling the propaganda of those vested interests. Why are you providing this journalistic facade to the poisonous nexus of Andhra carpetbaggers by saying "But to agree to Telangana simply because a political party is whipping it up is the absence of thought." Would you have characterized India's Independence Movement as "simply whipped up by a politician (Gandhi Ji) and a political party (INC)"?
Simply because a political party is whipping it up? Nobody can whip it up (Telangana), dear Mr. Simha. Telangana existed, both as a political and geographical entity as well as a sentiment (idea or emotion) before, for hundred of years, just India and Independence for India have, albeit as Hyderabad Deccan but it did, nevertheless. And who planted this "thought" in your mind that it is whipped up simply by a political party? Even the SKC Report made it clear that this popular movement is supported by the great majority of Telanganites of all political affiliations, political parties, walks of life, and the whole cross section of Telangana. Why, even the President of India (Kalaam), the Prime Minister of India (MMS), the President of Indira Congress Party (Sonia), and the Home Minister of India as a representative of the UPA government has attested to this "whip up" (as you fondly say) and even officially approved it. Besides, this "political party" is ONLY a decade old while the Telangana State existed for hundreds of years, even before the formation of Indian Union and existed as Hyderabad State from 1948 and long before the Andhra State was created and the Telangana Movement has been around for over half-a-century. You were a college student in Hyderabad in 1980 and you did not know of the 1969 Telangana Agitation? Was this "political party" existing then?
But, have you lost your moorings? Telangana State De-merger IS a political issue and it is only natural that a political party would spearhead it. Isn't it? Then, why are you whining?
And then you threaten "There will, then, be blood." And whose blood will that be? Yours? And for what? And Why? Is it because your loyalties are with Andhra? You spent your most formative years in Telangana and that too on the campus of Osmania University and Arts & Science College. Then why this turn about?
And, "to agree to Telangana" is the absence of thought? Not to agree to Telangana is actually, THOUGHTLESS and even SENSELESS because Forty Million Telanganites (or at least overwhelming majority of them) aspire for self-determination and self-rule. Forty Million People, consider that again. And Telangana comprises over 114,000 square miles - larger than all Indian States except the largest ten. Telangana State will be almost the same size as Tamil Nadu, and larger than prominent states like Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttaranchal, etc. In fact, you will have to combine ALL 24 States to form just Three States the size of Telangana!. After all, even Delhi, all of 1483 square miles - 1/77th the size of Telangana, is now a State. You want to know how big is Laksha Dweep State? THIRTY-TWO square miles. And you have a problem with Telangana reverting back to its original status of a State?
And Telangana, I mean Hyderabad Deccan Dominion, has been known to be the richest political entity in the world a century ago. Telangana empowered the Nizam to be the richest person in the world - even the King of Great Britain and Emperor of India!. The Nizam of hyderabad gifted ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS (British) to England to help it out after the First World War. Did you know that? You can get all these facts verified at the Times magazine Archival. They are NOT MY facts!.
And guess what, just in case you are not aware, Hyderabad has been regarded as the alternate or second capital of India. Have you been informed of the presidential summer residence in hyderabad (near Bollarum)? If Hyderabad, which is in the heart of Telangana, is "a hub of maoists.." as you fondly like to assert, why would the president of india risk his/her life by making it the second capital of India and the second residence of India's President? And why would India establish its premier Defense Research Labs in Hyderabad? And why would those Andhra/Seema Carpetbaggers come in droves to establish their business empires in Hyderabad? And why would all those Multi-National Corporations come to Hyderabad to seek their fortunes and establish their businesses in Hyderabad? Why would people from not only coastal and seema regions of AP but from all four corners of India come to Hyderabad in search of making a living and a comfortable nest - Begalis, nepalese, Marathas, Tamilians, Kannadigas, Gujeratis, Marwadis, Punjabis, UP wallahs, Biharis, and everybody else?
Telanganites are not asking a Separate State. We are demanding that our Telangana State be De-Merged. That's All Folks!
What is your vested interest? Why don't you come up frankly and candidly with all your integrity intact to bare your agenda?
Let me refresh your memory by rehashing Tehelka's avowed stance: "One of the most important keys to a free and just society is the existence of a strong and independent media. A media that acts as our conscience and brings news and perspective to us on issues of national interest. A media that acts without fear or favour. Today, perhaps more than any other media group in India, Tehelka has come to stand for these values"
In that spirit of Tehelka, are you ready and willing to correct yourself and enhance Tehelka's stature in India and especially in the eyes of the Forty Million Telanganites?
After all, Telanganites are fighting for the same Democratic and Egalitarian Values that Gandhi Ji upheld in his epic Independence Movement for India. Telangana will still be a part of the same India that exists today, only as a more distinct and proud member among the great states of India. Telangana will still be contributing to India's Progress, Development, and Wealth, only in a greater measure. Telangana has been a unique experience in Brotherhood, Tolerance, and National Integrity since before India's Independence. Just notice all the languages, religions, cultures, and traditions followed in Telangana. Telangana is an example to the whole country for religious tolerance and harmonious living. Unlike any other dominion anywhere on this planet, Telangana officially formulated an experiment welcoming all people since Nizam's time (that's why the Mulki Rules came into being),from not only India but from afar, to its fold and continues to do so. But its magnanimity has been mistaken for weakness and has been exploited and abused for too long by the colonial mindset of coastal and Seema Andhras. The innumerable scandals of corruption in AP today are but a small proof. Now Telangana has decided to opt for self-determination and to guide its own Destiny not for selfish and parochial ends but for a truly Egalitarian and Just Society that treats all of its citizenry equally and justly. The culture and cuisine of Telangana speaks for these innate and, therefore, inherent traits.
Maybe, Telangana will usher in a new and fresh and inspiring Era in the annals of Indian history that will take India to its natural glory and greatness not yet attained and its people to the wonderful world that Gandhi Ji aspired for India. Let us welcome Telangana with both hands and all our energies and spirits.
Perhaps, this letter will give you a Real Taste of Telangana.
Will Tehelka publish my response (this letter) on its website (in the magazine)? I am emailing this to all your colleagues at Tehelka just in case.
Jai Telangana Jai Jai Telangana Jai Hind
Subhash Chandra, Ph.D.
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Namaskar.
Forgive me if I wrongly addressed you as the Executive Editor at Tehelka because of the confusing situation. Tehelka identifies Sankarshan Thakur as the Executive Editor (http://www.tehelka.com/commoncode/tehelka_column/teamtehelka/dateam.htm) while you are identified as the Executive Editor at Tehelka in your column -Vijay Simha is Executive Editor, Tehelka.com. (http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws280911dignity.asp). I shall leave it to Tehelka to decide who exactly is the Executive Editor at this moment in time.
I have just read your column, "Vijay Simha's Inside Column", on Tehelka web magazine, published on October 4, 2011. This particular column was titled "A taste of Telangana". I take it granted that you personally penned or "authored" the article since it is your column. I was seriously disappointed by the contents of the article, specifically, the asserted "facts". Your opinion can be your own but facts cannot be your own facts. Of course, you hardly provided any data (facts) to substantiate whatever point(s) you were trying to make. And that's another of my disappointments. What exactly was the point(s) you were attempting to make? Either on Telangana or on State Reorganizations in India! On the whole, the article muddled the reputation of both, you - as a seasoned and experienced Journalist of stature in India, as well as that of Tehelka as a premier journalistic publication of substance. I am sorry to state so and request you to forgive me for pointing out the infarction and the pain it might have caused you.
I am just following the illuminating path that Tehelka has blazed: " But most importantly, it (Tehelka) has brought back into hard focus the two most crucial pillars of a free press: public interest and the appetite to question." And I am bringing this issue as a public interest issue and I have the appetite to question untruths and propaganda in which you seem to have indulged in your "Inside Out" article of October 4, 2011, which might be more aptly re-titled "A Post in Haste". At least, I feel that way.
I am going to take your post Inside Out to expose the dangerous underbelly and the rotten gut! The reasons for my doing this are the same reasons for which Tehelka claims to exist! And in Tehelka's own words: "One of the most important keys to a free and just society is the existence of a strong and independent media. A media that acts as our conscience and brings news and perspective to us on issues of national interest. A media that acts without fear or favour. Today, perhaps more than any other media group in India, Tehelka has come to stand for these values."
First thing first. If we must "we must strike him (politician) off the trust list" because he (politician) said he went to Gandhi Ji for clarity then should we also strike Vijay Simha and Tehelka off the Trust List because they both claim even taller virtues"?
And if you "strike him (KCR) off the trust list" do you also strike Gandhi Ji off the Trust List because he also was the REAL Indian politician (not the fake kind of today's India) who didn't have a plan for India when he took up the Cause of Independence for India? In fact, Gandhi Ji and the Indian National Congress (INC), a political party, weren't even sure of what they wanted in the beginning. They started off with a demand for "Home Rule" and not for outright Independence but later matured into a Movement for Total Independence for India. At least, we Telanganites and the political party and the politician in question have been consistent in demanding statehood for Telangana by De-Merging Telangana from Andhra.
And then you accuse and indict both the party and the politician (in effect, all Telanganites) of having no clue why they want Telangana State for: " ...still doesn’t have a plan for Telangana. All that he and his colleagues say is that they won’t rest until Telangana is created. They have no clue after that. This is dangerous."
No kidding? Well then, the very idea and the Movement for India's Independence also must be considered very dangerous because there was NO PLAN then either. And the same applies just about to all Nations that have taken birth - from the US to all other ones formed since then. And the same standard must apply to ALL the States that have been formed since India's independence. What was the PLAN for Andhra when it was demanded and then created? In fact, Andhra State did not even have a Capital city planned then. The whole State operated out of tents after having been kicked out of Madras city. In fact, Andhra State had a deficit budget of FIVE CRORES in 1953. That was a princely sum then. Guess what? Even now, the current State of AP has NO PLAN except to auction off public lands in Telangana and loot all its resources. Neither does the current UPA government have any PLAN! Have you put that same question to the Indian and AP governments as to what their PLANS are for Telangana? Don't, please, list the PLANS listed by SKC Commission. Funny, SKC itself ruled out four of its 6 PLANS and then the PLAN they recommended as solution was the same old, same old conceit that has been touted for the last fifty years but never even attempted for implementation.
Have you even approached KCR or TRS and many other Organizations like TDF that are jointly spearheading this Movement about their PLANS after the De-Merger? You should have. And you would have been pleasantly surprised. For your information and enlightenment, many of us, Telanganites, have not only questioned ourselves "what then, after Telangana State is formed"? but also have formulated our own Ideals and Ideas for a Just and Equitable Telangana State. We have prepared "Telangana Vision Document" which is still being defined and refined. We have had intellectual exchanges on the many burning issues of today (apply to Telangana and the Nation) like Education, Energy (sustainable and renewable), Land Reforms, Industrial Policy, Economic Policy, Social Programmes, Infrastructure, Agricultural policy, Water Resource Development for Safe Drinking Water, for Irrigation, Transportation Needs, Science and Industry Research, Minimum Wage, Sustainable Agriculture, and many other pertinent issues.
I don't think you would find such efforts made by even the Planning Commission of India which has been an utter failure for over sixty years. Today, the Planning Commission headed by the great Manmohan Singh and Montek Singh Ahluwalia has become the butt of jokes owing to its absurd policy statement on who is considered "Poor" in India today.
If you are sincerely and seriously interested in OUR PLANS for Tomorrow's Telangana State, I shall be honored to enlighten you of our Dreams and Ideals and REAL PLAN of ACTIONS. We would even welcome you and the luminaries of Tehelka to contribute to our Plans and Actions for Telangana. We shall even make you all Honourable Citizens of Telangana State!
Now about some "facts" you claimed in your article.
You are mistaken about the relative economic performance of the three states formed in 2000 - Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Uttarkhand. All three States have a MUCH HIGHER PER CAPITA INCOME than the States from which they were carved out, twice as much or higher! Here is the link to educate yourself on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_India_by_size_of_economy.
You have been quite arrogant and irresponsible in indicting Jharkhand "Jharkhand has no money, no intelligence and no will to win over the Maoists". No Intelligence? You mean Intellectual capacity or Police Intelligence? You do understand that the Constitution of India squarely places the responsibility to protect the States from internal dangers (as well as external) on the shoulders of the Indian Union government? Here is the proof: http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf
"Article 355: Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance
It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution."
And you accuse and indict Jharkhand without even the basic knowledge of your country's Constitution?
And more ignorance and arrogance on your part when you say Jharkhand has no money. Jharkhand's per capita GDP is exactly TWICE ($680) that of its parent State Bihar ($343). Staying with Bihar would have made it twice as poor as it is today.
And the same level of arrogance, ignorance, and lack of intelligence is exhibited by you when you accuse and indict Telangana:"Telangana too is a hub of Maoism. It too has no will." Really? Even if that, what you claim, is true then who is to be blamed and who have been derelict in their duties? Wouldn't you say Andhra Pradesh and India? Then why are you pointing your finger at Telangana as if Telangana governs itself? You need to be told that when you point a finger at somebody, three fingers are pointing at you.
Now about historical facts. I am referring to your assertion in the article about "Potti Sriramulu fasted unto death for the creation of Andhra Pradesh. He died fasting. Andhra Pradesh was created and other states followed, changing India’s map for ever."
Did you personally research this "fact"? I am asking that question because I don't want to accuse you of manufacturing that "fact" in case one of your "assistants" gave you that piece of "information". Everybody and his brother-in-law, except the vested Andhra politicians and the Andhra dominated government agents, know fully well that Potti Sriramulu fasted for the state of Andhra, especially to demand Madras city as capital, and DIED THREE FULL YEARS before Andhra Pradesh State was formed. In fact, I doubt very much that even the conceptual thought of Andhra Pradesh state existed in the mind of Potti Sriramulu.
When I researched your profile on the Web I discovered the fact that you had studied at Osmania University's Arts & Science College to earn your B.Sc. degree (1980-83) and then at the Department of Journalism from 1984-85 for Bachelor of Communication and Journalism. I am not sure where you secured your secondary school education though. Having studied in Hyderabad especially at its famed Osmania University, you did not learn this basic fact about the state? Then, why did you claim a well known propaganda point (that Potti SR died fasting for AP) in your esteemed column and your esteemed Tehelka magazine? Perhaps, this manufactured "fact" was injected into your article by "somebody" and not you?
Let me quote another gem of your argument which fails to convey your point: "Many parts of India suffer. For too long, we haven’t reached people in interior communities and have therefore created a reservoir of resentment. We don’t know how to handle grievances. We get angry or we deny them. This is the core of the demand for Telangana. "
The core of the demand for Telangana is what exactly? Please read this paragraph (part) and tell us what you were thinking and what is your assertion. I couldn't make "head or tail" of your argument. Being the Executive Editor of Tehelka you are unable to comprehend the core of the demand for the demerger of Telangana State from AP even after reading (I assumed you did) the various publications available on this vast subject (printed and electronic), Fazal Ali Commission Report on Reorganization of States, the Girgliani Commission, SKC report, the many rebuttals of SKC Report, and the over 600 self-sacrifices by Telangana citizens. Well, then, you will never comprehend the core of the demand of Telangana demerger.
And then in the same paragraph, you write "Teluguspeaking people have had a curious impact on India" (typo is yours, not mine). Why indict ALL Telugu speaking people? Telugu speaking people of Telangana did not demand for a linguistic state! It was the Andhras of Madras Presidency who started this "linguistic" state demand for Telugu speaking Madrasis and it was the Telangana Telugu speaking people who opposed this madness by focusing on regional and national integrity irrespective of religion, language, or any such petty partisan mindset.
At least, you make one sensible point: "Telangana too would change the map. Should it come into being, there would be at least another five states to follow. It’s not a bad thing..." . Neither Telangana nor any other of the five states (whatever they might be) change the map of India in terms of its boundaries. Any internal geographical/political demarcations into states is only for internal political administration and accompanying social progress. And as you say, it is not a bad thing!
But, why are you linking Telangana State formation with another five states? The issue of those five states didn't exist in 2000 when the last three States were created? Why then you link those states now with Telangana like the Sword of Damocles? Has this nonsense been your own idea or a transplanted one?
What is disturbing and dangerous is your way of misrepresenting the facts and even manufacturing the facts to suit some vested interests. It does puzzle me as to why you are peddling the propaganda of those vested interests. Why are you providing this journalistic facade to the poisonous nexus of Andhra carpetbaggers by saying "But to agree to Telangana simply because a political party is whipping it up is the absence of thought." Would you have characterized India's Independence Movement as "simply whipped up by a politician (Gandhi Ji) and a political party (INC)"?
Simply because a political party is whipping it up? Nobody can whip it up (Telangana), dear Mr. Simha. Telangana existed, both as a political and geographical entity as well as a sentiment (idea or emotion) before, for hundred of years, just India and Independence for India have, albeit as Hyderabad Deccan but it did, nevertheless. And who planted this "thought" in your mind that it is whipped up simply by a political party? Even the SKC Report made it clear that this popular movement is supported by the great majority of Telanganites of all political affiliations, political parties, walks of life, and the whole cross section of Telangana. Why, even the President of India (Kalaam), the Prime Minister of India (MMS), the President of Indira Congress Party (Sonia), and the Home Minister of India as a representative of the UPA government has attested to this "whip up" (as you fondly say) and even officially approved it. Besides, this "political party" is ONLY a decade old while the Telangana State existed for hundreds of years, even before the formation of Indian Union and existed as Hyderabad State from 1948 and long before the Andhra State was created and the Telangana Movement has been around for over half-a-century. You were a college student in Hyderabad in 1980 and you did not know of the 1969 Telangana Agitation? Was this "political party" existing then?
But, have you lost your moorings? Telangana State De-merger IS a political issue and it is only natural that a political party would spearhead it. Isn't it? Then, why are you whining?
And then you threaten "There will, then, be blood." And whose blood will that be? Yours? And for what? And Why? Is it because your loyalties are with Andhra? You spent your most formative years in Telangana and that too on the campus of Osmania University and Arts & Science College. Then why this turn about?
And, "to agree to Telangana" is the absence of thought? Not to agree to Telangana is actually, THOUGHTLESS and even SENSELESS because Forty Million Telanganites (or at least overwhelming majority of them) aspire for self-determination and self-rule. Forty Million People, consider that again. And Telangana comprises over 114,000 square miles - larger than all Indian States except the largest ten. Telangana State will be almost the same size as Tamil Nadu, and larger than prominent states like Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttaranchal, etc. In fact, you will have to combine ALL 24 States to form just Three States the size of Telangana!. After all, even Delhi, all of 1483 square miles - 1/77th the size of Telangana, is now a State. You want to know how big is Laksha Dweep State? THIRTY-TWO square miles. And you have a problem with Telangana reverting back to its original status of a State?
And Telangana, I mean Hyderabad Deccan Dominion, has been known to be the richest political entity in the world a century ago. Telangana empowered the Nizam to be the richest person in the world - even the King of Great Britain and Emperor of India!. The Nizam of hyderabad gifted ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS (British) to England to help it out after the First World War. Did you know that? You can get all these facts verified at the Times magazine Archival. They are NOT MY facts!.
And guess what, just in case you are not aware, Hyderabad has been regarded as the alternate or second capital of India. Have you been informed of the presidential summer residence in hyderabad (near Bollarum)? If Hyderabad, which is in the heart of Telangana, is "a hub of maoists.." as you fondly like to assert, why would the president of india risk his/her life by making it the second capital of India and the second residence of India's President? And why would India establish its premier Defense Research Labs in Hyderabad? And why would those Andhra/Seema Carpetbaggers come in droves to establish their business empires in Hyderabad? And why would all those Multi-National Corporations come to Hyderabad to seek their fortunes and establish their businesses in Hyderabad? Why would people from not only coastal and seema regions of AP but from all four corners of India come to Hyderabad in search of making a living and a comfortable nest - Begalis, nepalese, Marathas, Tamilians, Kannadigas, Gujeratis, Marwadis, Punjabis, UP wallahs, Biharis, and everybody else?
Telanganites are not asking a Separate State. We are demanding that our Telangana State be De-Merged. That's All Folks!
What is your vested interest? Why don't you come up frankly and candidly with all your integrity intact to bare your agenda?
Let me refresh your memory by rehashing Tehelka's avowed stance: "One of the most important keys to a free and just society is the existence of a strong and independent media. A media that acts as our conscience and brings news and perspective to us on issues of national interest. A media that acts without fear or favour. Today, perhaps more than any other media group in India, Tehelka has come to stand for these values"
In that spirit of Tehelka, are you ready and willing to correct yourself and enhance Tehelka's stature in India and especially in the eyes of the Forty Million Telanganites?
After all, Telanganites are fighting for the same Democratic and Egalitarian Values that Gandhi Ji upheld in his epic Independence Movement for India. Telangana will still be a part of the same India that exists today, only as a more distinct and proud member among the great states of India. Telangana will still be contributing to India's Progress, Development, and Wealth, only in a greater measure. Telangana has been a unique experience in Brotherhood, Tolerance, and National Integrity since before India's Independence. Just notice all the languages, religions, cultures, and traditions followed in Telangana. Telangana is an example to the whole country for religious tolerance and harmonious living. Unlike any other dominion anywhere on this planet, Telangana officially formulated an experiment welcoming all people since Nizam's time (that's why the Mulki Rules came into being),from not only India but from afar, to its fold and continues to do so. But its magnanimity has been mistaken for weakness and has been exploited and abused for too long by the colonial mindset of coastal and Seema Andhras. The innumerable scandals of corruption in AP today are but a small proof. Now Telangana has decided to opt for self-determination and to guide its own Destiny not for selfish and parochial ends but for a truly Egalitarian and Just Society that treats all of its citizenry equally and justly. The culture and cuisine of Telangana speaks for these innate and, therefore, inherent traits.
Maybe, Telangana will usher in a new and fresh and inspiring Era in the annals of Indian history that will take India to its natural glory and greatness not yet attained and its people to the wonderful world that Gandhi Ji aspired for India. Let us welcome Telangana with both hands and all our energies and spirits.
Perhaps, this letter will give you a Real Taste of Telangana.
Will Tehelka publish my response (this letter) on its website (in the magazine)? I am emailing this to all your colleagues at Tehelka just in case.
Jai Telangana Jai Jai Telangana Jai Hind
Subhash Chandra, Ph.D.
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
విష నాగు… మరో విష నాగు…కందిరీగ
విష నాగు… మరో విష నాగు…
తెలంగాణ సమాజాన్ని, మానవ సంబంధాల్ని, సంస్కృతిని, ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర ఆకాంక్షనీ అనహేళన చేస్తూ విషం చిమ్మిన సినీ విష నాగు.
అది కందిరీగ రూపంలో ముందుకొచ్చింది.
55 ఏళ్ళ ముదనష్టపు సమైక్య రాష్ట్రంలో ఎద నిండా గాయాలూ, గుండె కోతలూ తెలంగాణకు కొత్త కాకపోయినా ఆంధ్రా ఆర్ధిక, సామాజిక, రాజకీయ, సాంస్కృతిక ఆధిపత్యాన్ని ఈ ప్రాంతం ప్రశ్నిస్తోన్న, ప్రతిఘటిస్తోన్న తరుణంలో ఆ విషనాగు ‘కందిరీగ’ వేషం కట్టి తెలంగాణలో తిరుగుతోంది . ఇది ఆంధ్రా జాత్యాభిజాత్యానికి, అహంకారానికి తిరుగులేని ఉదాహరణ, ప్రతినిధి. అయినా ఈ ఘోర అవమానాన్ని గుర్తించలేని, గర్హించలేని అమాయకత్వం తెలంగాణ ప్రజలది.
కథ లోకి పోతే, కథానాయకుడి ఊరు, ఇంకెక్కడా… అదే ఆంధ్రా, అదే అనకాపల్లి. తల్లితండ్రులు 23 ఏళ్ళ వయసొచ్చినా తనకు పెళ్లి చేయడంలేదని ఆ విషయంతో ఏ విధంగానూ సంబంధం లేని ఒక అమ్మాయిని పెళ్లి పీటల మీదినించి ‘లేపుకొస్తాడు’. ఇది ‘హీరో’ పరిచయపు సన్నివేశం. ఆ తర్వాత డిగ్రీ కూడా పాసవని వాణ్ని పెళ్లి చేసుకోనని తన మరదలు చీదరించుకోవడంతో రేషంతో శపథం చేసి ట్రైనులో హైదరాబాదు బయలుదేరతాడు. అదే ట్రైనులో, అదే అనకాపల్లిలో తెలంగాణా యాసలో మాట్లాడే ఈవ్ టీజర్స్ బారి నుండి అమ్మాయిల్ని రక్షించి, ఆ రౌడీలకు ‘అమ్మాయిల్ని అల్లరి చెయ్యాలి కాని, అల్లరిపాలు చెయ్యకూడదు’ అని గీతోపదేశం చేస్తాడు. అంతే! ఆ ‘హీరోచిత’ ఫైటింగుకు, తర్వాతి ప్రవచనానికి అమ్మాయిలంతా ఫ్లాట్! మన ఖర్మ కాలి అలా ‘పడిపోయిన’ వారిలో మన తెలంగాణకు, వరంగల్లుకు చెందిన అమ్మాయీ ఉంటుంది.
హైదరాబాదు చేరుకున్న హీరో గారు(శీను) కాలేజీలో చేరతారు. అక్కడ మొదటి చూపులోనే శృతి అనే అమ్మాయితో ప్రేమలో పడతాడు.
విశేషమేమిటంటే ఈమె తండ్రి ఆంధ్రా బ్యాంకులో ఉద్యోగి. ఆ ప్రస్తావన ఎందుకో తర్వాత చెప్తాను. ఇహ షరా మామూలుగానే విలన్లూ, ఫైటింగులూ ! మొత్తానికి హీరో తన చచ్చు, పుచ్చు ‘అతి తెలివితో’ తన ప్రేయసిని రక్షించుకుంటాడు. సుఖాంతమయ్యిందనుకున్న కథ మరో మలుపు తిరుగుతుంది. అప్పటికి ఒక గంటే అయ్యింది మరి!
శ్రుతిని వరంగల్ రాజన్నకు చెందిన మనుషులు కిడ్నాప్ చేస్తారు. అనకాపల్లిలో హీరో గారి వీరోచిత యుద్ధ ప్రావీణ్యానికి, ప్రవచనానికి ‘పడిపోయిన’ అమ్మాయిల్లో ఈ రాజన్న కూతురు ఒకరు. ఆమె శీనుగాడిని తప్ప మరెవర్నీ పెళ్ళిచేసుకోనని జిద్దుకు కూర్చుంటుంది. శ్రుతిని కిడ్నాప్ చేస్తే, ఆమెను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాడు కాబట్టి శీను కూడా వరంగల్లుకు వస్తాడు.
అదీ లింకు. అదే జరుగుతుంది. కాకతీయ తోరణమున్న ఒక పెద్ద భవనంలో రాజన్న మందీ మార్బలంతో ఉంటాడు. గమ్మత్తేమిటంటే ‘రాయలసీమ’ ‘మర్యాద రామన్న’ సినిమాను చిత్రీకరించిన ఇంటి లోనే ఈ సన్నివేశాల చిత్రీకరణ జరిగింది. ఇదేం అపరాధం కాదు కానీ, రాయలసీమ ప్రాంత గృహ నిర్మాణ పధ్ధతి ప్రతిబింబించేలా సెట్ వేసుకున్నామని చెప్పుకున్న ఇంట్లో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతమని చెప్పి షూట్ చేయడాన్ని బట్టి దర్శకుడికి టేస్ట్, శ్రద్ధ, నిజాయితీ వంటివేవీ లేవని రుజువవుతుంది. మొత్తానికి ఒక తోరణాన్ని ఇంటి ముందర పెట్టి వరంగల్ అనిపించారు, కథ నడిపించారు.
ఇహ ఇక్కడ మొదలౌతుంది విష నాగు విశ్వరూపం! సారీ! అదే ‘కందిరీగ’ విశ్వరూపం!
మొట్ట మొదటి సీన్ నుంచే రాజన్న కూతురిని (సంధ్య) ఒక తెలివితక్కువదానిలా చూపిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు (అమాయకత్వానికి, తెలివితక్కువతనానికి చాలా తేడా ఉంది!).
హీరో గారు కూడా ‘తింగరబుచ్చి’, ‘ఇంత వయోలెంట్ గా ఎలా పుట్టావే!?’ అని అనడం ద్వారా, ఇంకా అసహనం, అవహేళన కూడిన వాచికం, అభినయంతో ఈ విషయంలో మనకేమైనా అనుమానలుంటే పూర్తిగా నివృత్తి చేస్తాడు. ఇక సంధ్యకు తనపై ఉన్నది ప్రేమ కాదనీ, ఇష్టం మాత్రమేనని, నిజమైన ప్రేమ కలిగితే గుండె గంటలు మోగుతాయని జ్ఞానోదయం ప్రసాదిస్తాడు. అయితే తర్వాతి సన్నివేశంలో హీరోకి బద్ద శత్రువైన భవానీని అనుకోకుండా గుద్దుకుంటుంది సంధ్య. భవానీ సంధ్యను కింద పడకుండా పట్టుకుంటాడు. చూపులు కలుస్తాయి. అదే సమయంలో ఇంటి బయట ఒక ఎద్దు మెడలో కట్టిన గంటలు మోగుతాయి. ‘గంట మోగింది’ కాబట్టి అదే ప్రేమ అనుకునేంత ఎడ్డిదానిగా (తెలంగాణా, వరంగల్ పిల్ల కదా!) చూపిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు. దార్శనికుడు మరి! ఇది చాలదన్నట్టు చివర్లో సంధ్యకు నత్తి అనే మరో ఆభరణం తగిలిస్తాడు. ఎందుకంటే విలన్ భవానీకి కూడా నత్తి ఉంటుంది. కాబట్టి ఇద్దరూ సరిజోడని వారి అభిప్రాయం కావచ్చు. ఎందుకంటే రాజన్న, భవానీ ఇద్దరూ గూండాలే కదా! మరి చిల్లర మల్లర గాడైన శీనుకి, ‘ఆంధ్రా’ బ్యాంకు ఉద్యోగి కూతురెందుకో? ‘రాయలసీమ మురిసిపడేలా’ రామినీడు కూతురు ‘తెలుగమ్మాయి’ అయినట్టు, ‘తెలంగాణ’ మురిసిపడేలా రాజన్న కూతురు ఎందుకు ‘తెలుగమ్మాయి’ కాలేకపోయింది? ‘తెలివితక్కువదెందుకయ్యింది’? ఎందుకంటే ఇది ‘సమైక్య’ రాష్ట్రం కాబట్టి!
‘ఇల్లే ఇంత అందంగా ఉంటే బావగారెంత అందంగా ఉంటారో’ అని ముందు చంద్ర మోహన్ పాత్రతో అనిపించి వెంటనే మర్డర్ చేసిన కత్తి రక్తంతో కాబోయే వియ్యంకుడికి రాజన్నచే తిలకం దిద్దిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు. రాజన్న పాత్రను జయప్రకాశ్ వేశారు. అలవాటులో పొరపాటుగా ఇది రాయలసీమ సినిమా అనుకున్నాడేమో పాపం దర్శకుడు! ఒక అమర్యాదస్తుడిగా, సంస్కారంలేని వ్యక్తిగా రాజన్నను చిత్రిస్తాడు. అక్కడితో అయిపోదు. కాబోయే మామగారిని సంధ్యకు పరిచయం చేస్తాడు రాజన్న. అదేమీ పట్టించుకోకుండా, కనీసం పలకరించకుండా కేబులోన్ని ‘బొక్కల నూకు’ మంటుంది సంధ్య. తెలంగాణా అమ్మాయిని మర్యాద తెలిసిన వ్యక్తిగా చూపించడం ఇష్టం లేదు కావొచ్చు దర్శకుడికి.
ఇది టూ మచ్ అంటారా? వెంటనే తండ్రి నమస్కరించమంటే సంధ్య ఏమంటుందో చూడండి. ‘ చల్… గా పొట్టి సాలెగాడు… గానికి నేను మొక్కుడేంది? నేన్మొక్కా..’ దానికి రాజన్న ‘అర్రే.. గాయన నీ మామ… మంచిగుండది…’ అంటాడు. అయితే తర్వాత సన్నివేశంతో లిబరల్స్ ఇంకా ఎవరైనా ఉంటే వారికి కూడా విషయం అర్థం అయ్యేలా జాగ్రత్త పడ్డాడు దర్శకుడు. శ్రుతిని తన తండ్రికి పరిచయం చేస్తాడు శీను. వెంటనే శృతి ‘పద్ధతిగా’ కాబోయే మామకి నమస్కరిస్తుంది. ఎంతయినా ‘ఆంధ్రా’ బ్యాంకు ఉద్యోగి కూతురు కదా! వినయం, విధేయత, సంస్కారం అన్నీ ఆంధ్రా వారి గుత్త సోత్తాయే!
ఈ సినిమాలో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంత వేషధారణ చేసిన వారు వింత వింతగా కన్పిస్తుంటారు. ఉదాహరణకు రాజన్న శత్రువు ఒకడు అడుగు స్థలం కోసం 500 ఎకరాల భూమిని అమ్ముకుంటాడు. పరువుకోసం అన్నట్టు చూపిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు. అంత ఎర్రోడు అని అయ్యవారి అభిప్రాయం. వేల ఎకరాల భూములను రియల్ ఎస్టేట్ గద్దలనుండి ఎలా కాపాడుకోవాలో తెలంగాణ వారికి తెలియకపోవడం నిజంగా ‘ట్రాజిడీయే’! దాన్ని కూడా కామెడీ చేయగల ప్రజ్ఞా పాటవాలు కేవలం ఆంధ్రా వారికే ఉన్నాయి. అట్లే ఈ పాత్రధారులు మాట్లేడే యాస కూడా చాలా చికాకు పెడుతుంది. సంధ్య ఎన్నిసార్లు ‘చల్’ అన్నదో, రాజన్న ఎన్నిసార్లు ‘తోడ్కలు తీస్తా’ నన్నాడో లెక్క పెట్టలేకపోయాను. అసలు ఇట్లాంటి యాస వరంగల్ జిల్లాలో ఎక్కడ, ఎవరు మాట్లాడతారో చెబితే దర్శక నిర్మాతలకు పాదాభివందనం చేసుకుంటాను.
తెలంగాణ యాసలను న్యూనపరిచే, అవహేళన చేసే, కింఛపరిచే ఇలాంటి సన్నివేశాలను అనేక సినిమాలలో గత 55 సంవత్సరాలుగా భరిస్తూనే ఉన్నాం. ఇంకెంతకాలం?
ఇప్పటి వరకూ తెలంగాణను ప్రతీకాత్మకంగా ఎట్లా అవమానించాడో చూసాం. ఇది ఒక ఎత్తయితే ఒక పాటలో తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమాన్నీ, తెలంగాణా వాదుల్నీ, తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమకారుల్నీ చులకన చేయటం మరో ఎత్తు! ‘ప్రేమే పోయినాదిలే’ పాటలో పూర్తిగా దిగజారుతాడు దర్శకుడు, పాట రచయిత.
‘… అల్లుడే రెడీ అంటే తెలంగాణ తెప్పించేస్తా…’ అంటాడు రాజన్న. అదేదో ఆ అల్లుడుగారి, ఈ మామగారి ప్రైవేటు వ్యవహారమన్నట్టు! ఈ లైన్ తర్వాత ఒక్కసారి స్క్రీన్ ఫ్రీజ్ అవుతుంది. అందరూ ఆముదం తాగిన మొహాలు పెడతారు. తర్వాత రాజన్న బామ్మర్ది ‘ మంచిగున్న బావని వీడు మెంటల్ గాన్ని చేసాడంటా…’ అని అందుకుంటాడు. అంటే తెలంగాణాని కోరుకోకపోవటం ‘మంచిగ ఉండటం’, కోరుకోవటం ‘మెంటల్’ గా అయిపోవటం! సదరు బామ్మర్ది ఇంటలిజెన్స్ డిపార్టుమెంటులో పనిచేయటం యాదృచ్చికమేనా?
దీంతో ఇప్పటివరకూ ఇస్తూ వస్తున్న ‘బెనిఫిట్ అఫ్ డౌట్’కు ఈ సినిమా పూర్తిగా అనర్హమౌతుంది! తెలంగాణ వాడి గుండె మండుతుంది, రక్తం మసలుతుంది. సమైక్యవాదం ఒక ఫార్సు కాకపోతే ఈ పాటికే సున్నితమైన ప్రస్తుత సందర్భంలో ఇలాంటి రెచ్చగొట్టే సినిమా తీసినందుకు సీమాన్ధ్ర ప్రాంత ప్రజలు ఆ దర్శక, నిర్మాతలను నిలదీయాలి, ప్రశ్నించాలి. కాని అది జరగలేదు, జరగదు! ఇప్పటికే ‘అన్నదమ్ముల్లా విడిపోదాం, ఆత్మీయుల్లా కలిసుందాం’ నించి ‘ప్రాంతాలుగా విడిపోదాం ప్రజలుగా కలిసుందాం’ వరకు వచ్చింది పరిస్థితి.
తెలంగాణ ఏర్పాటు అనివార్యం, తథ్యం! అయితే తెలుగువారి మధ్య ఈ విభజన భౌగోళికమే కాని మానసికం కారాదన్నా, పరస్పర అభిమానం, గౌరవం కొనసాగాలన్నా ‘కందిరీగ’ లాంటి సినిమాలను సీమాంధ్ర ప్రజలు తిరస్కరించాలి. ‘కందిరీగ’ రూపంలోని ఈ విషనాగు సీమాంధ్రలోని కోంతమంది స్వార్థపరుల, పెట్టుబడివర్గాల, ఆభిజాత్యం, ఆధిపత్యం, అహంకారం, ప్రాంతీయతత్త్వాలకు పుట్టిన విష పుత్రిక. వీటిని సమూలంగా నాశనం చేస్తేనే తెలుగువారి మధ్య భావ ఐక్యత సాధ్యం!
చేయీ చేయీ కలపటానికి తెలంగాణా ఎప్పుడూ సగానికంటే ఎక్కువ దూరం నడవటానికి సిద్ధమే!
- మాధవ్
తెలంగాణ సమాజాన్ని, మానవ సంబంధాల్ని, సంస్కృతిని, ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర ఆకాంక్షనీ అనహేళన చేస్తూ విషం చిమ్మిన సినీ విష నాగు.
అది కందిరీగ రూపంలో ముందుకొచ్చింది.
55 ఏళ్ళ ముదనష్టపు సమైక్య రాష్ట్రంలో ఎద నిండా గాయాలూ, గుండె కోతలూ తెలంగాణకు కొత్త కాకపోయినా ఆంధ్రా ఆర్ధిక, సామాజిక, రాజకీయ, సాంస్కృతిక ఆధిపత్యాన్ని ఈ ప్రాంతం ప్రశ్నిస్తోన్న, ప్రతిఘటిస్తోన్న తరుణంలో ఆ విషనాగు ‘కందిరీగ’ వేషం కట్టి తెలంగాణలో తిరుగుతోంది . ఇది ఆంధ్రా జాత్యాభిజాత్యానికి, అహంకారానికి తిరుగులేని ఉదాహరణ, ప్రతినిధి. అయినా ఈ ఘోర అవమానాన్ని గుర్తించలేని, గర్హించలేని అమాయకత్వం తెలంగాణ ప్రజలది.
కథ లోకి పోతే, కథానాయకుడి ఊరు, ఇంకెక్కడా… అదే ఆంధ్రా, అదే అనకాపల్లి. తల్లితండ్రులు 23 ఏళ్ళ వయసొచ్చినా తనకు పెళ్లి చేయడంలేదని ఆ విషయంతో ఏ విధంగానూ సంబంధం లేని ఒక అమ్మాయిని పెళ్లి పీటల మీదినించి ‘లేపుకొస్తాడు’. ఇది ‘హీరో’ పరిచయపు సన్నివేశం. ఆ తర్వాత డిగ్రీ కూడా పాసవని వాణ్ని పెళ్లి చేసుకోనని తన మరదలు చీదరించుకోవడంతో రేషంతో శపథం చేసి ట్రైనులో హైదరాబాదు బయలుదేరతాడు. అదే ట్రైనులో, అదే అనకాపల్లిలో తెలంగాణా యాసలో మాట్లాడే ఈవ్ టీజర్స్ బారి నుండి అమ్మాయిల్ని రక్షించి, ఆ రౌడీలకు ‘అమ్మాయిల్ని అల్లరి చెయ్యాలి కాని, అల్లరిపాలు చెయ్యకూడదు’ అని గీతోపదేశం చేస్తాడు. అంతే! ఆ ‘హీరోచిత’ ఫైటింగుకు, తర్వాతి ప్రవచనానికి అమ్మాయిలంతా ఫ్లాట్! మన ఖర్మ కాలి అలా ‘పడిపోయిన’ వారిలో మన తెలంగాణకు, వరంగల్లుకు చెందిన అమ్మాయీ ఉంటుంది.
హైదరాబాదు చేరుకున్న హీరో గారు(శీను) కాలేజీలో చేరతారు. అక్కడ మొదటి చూపులోనే శృతి అనే అమ్మాయితో ప్రేమలో పడతాడు.
విశేషమేమిటంటే ఈమె తండ్రి ఆంధ్రా బ్యాంకులో ఉద్యోగి. ఆ ప్రస్తావన ఎందుకో తర్వాత చెప్తాను. ఇహ షరా మామూలుగానే విలన్లూ, ఫైటింగులూ ! మొత్తానికి హీరో తన చచ్చు, పుచ్చు ‘అతి తెలివితో’ తన ప్రేయసిని రక్షించుకుంటాడు. సుఖాంతమయ్యిందనుకున్న కథ మరో మలుపు తిరుగుతుంది. అప్పటికి ఒక గంటే అయ్యింది మరి!
శ్రుతిని వరంగల్ రాజన్నకు చెందిన మనుషులు కిడ్నాప్ చేస్తారు. అనకాపల్లిలో హీరో గారి వీరోచిత యుద్ధ ప్రావీణ్యానికి, ప్రవచనానికి ‘పడిపోయిన’ అమ్మాయిల్లో ఈ రాజన్న కూతురు ఒకరు. ఆమె శీనుగాడిని తప్ప మరెవర్నీ పెళ్ళిచేసుకోనని జిద్దుకు కూర్చుంటుంది. శ్రుతిని కిడ్నాప్ చేస్తే, ఆమెను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాడు కాబట్టి శీను కూడా వరంగల్లుకు వస్తాడు.
అదీ లింకు. అదే జరుగుతుంది. కాకతీయ తోరణమున్న ఒక పెద్ద భవనంలో రాజన్న మందీ మార్బలంతో ఉంటాడు. గమ్మత్తేమిటంటే ‘రాయలసీమ’ ‘మర్యాద రామన్న’ సినిమాను చిత్రీకరించిన ఇంటి లోనే ఈ సన్నివేశాల చిత్రీకరణ జరిగింది. ఇదేం అపరాధం కాదు కానీ, రాయలసీమ ప్రాంత గృహ నిర్మాణ పధ్ధతి ప్రతిబింబించేలా సెట్ వేసుకున్నామని చెప్పుకున్న ఇంట్లో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతమని చెప్పి షూట్ చేయడాన్ని బట్టి దర్శకుడికి టేస్ట్, శ్రద్ధ, నిజాయితీ వంటివేవీ లేవని రుజువవుతుంది. మొత్తానికి ఒక తోరణాన్ని ఇంటి ముందర పెట్టి వరంగల్ అనిపించారు, కథ నడిపించారు.
ఇహ ఇక్కడ మొదలౌతుంది విష నాగు విశ్వరూపం! సారీ! అదే ‘కందిరీగ’ విశ్వరూపం!
మొట్ట మొదటి సీన్ నుంచే రాజన్న కూతురిని (సంధ్య) ఒక తెలివితక్కువదానిలా చూపిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు (అమాయకత్వానికి, తెలివితక్కువతనానికి చాలా తేడా ఉంది!).
హీరో గారు కూడా ‘తింగరబుచ్చి’, ‘ఇంత వయోలెంట్ గా ఎలా పుట్టావే!?’ అని అనడం ద్వారా, ఇంకా అసహనం, అవహేళన కూడిన వాచికం, అభినయంతో ఈ విషయంలో మనకేమైనా అనుమానలుంటే పూర్తిగా నివృత్తి చేస్తాడు. ఇక సంధ్యకు తనపై ఉన్నది ప్రేమ కాదనీ, ఇష్టం మాత్రమేనని, నిజమైన ప్రేమ కలిగితే గుండె గంటలు మోగుతాయని జ్ఞానోదయం ప్రసాదిస్తాడు. అయితే తర్వాతి సన్నివేశంలో హీరోకి బద్ద శత్రువైన భవానీని అనుకోకుండా గుద్దుకుంటుంది సంధ్య. భవానీ సంధ్యను కింద పడకుండా పట్టుకుంటాడు. చూపులు కలుస్తాయి. అదే సమయంలో ఇంటి బయట ఒక ఎద్దు మెడలో కట్టిన గంటలు మోగుతాయి. ‘గంట మోగింది’ కాబట్టి అదే ప్రేమ అనుకునేంత ఎడ్డిదానిగా (తెలంగాణా, వరంగల్ పిల్ల కదా!) చూపిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు. దార్శనికుడు మరి! ఇది చాలదన్నట్టు చివర్లో సంధ్యకు నత్తి అనే మరో ఆభరణం తగిలిస్తాడు. ఎందుకంటే విలన్ భవానీకి కూడా నత్తి ఉంటుంది. కాబట్టి ఇద్దరూ సరిజోడని వారి అభిప్రాయం కావచ్చు. ఎందుకంటే రాజన్న, భవానీ ఇద్దరూ గూండాలే కదా! మరి చిల్లర మల్లర గాడైన శీనుకి, ‘ఆంధ్రా’ బ్యాంకు ఉద్యోగి కూతురెందుకో? ‘రాయలసీమ మురిసిపడేలా’ రామినీడు కూతురు ‘తెలుగమ్మాయి’ అయినట్టు, ‘తెలంగాణ’ మురిసిపడేలా రాజన్న కూతురు ఎందుకు ‘తెలుగమ్మాయి’ కాలేకపోయింది? ‘తెలివితక్కువదెందుకయ్యింది’? ఎందుకంటే ఇది ‘సమైక్య’ రాష్ట్రం కాబట్టి!
‘ఇల్లే ఇంత అందంగా ఉంటే బావగారెంత అందంగా ఉంటారో’ అని ముందు చంద్ర మోహన్ పాత్రతో అనిపించి వెంటనే మర్డర్ చేసిన కత్తి రక్తంతో కాబోయే వియ్యంకుడికి రాజన్నచే తిలకం దిద్దిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు. రాజన్న పాత్రను జయప్రకాశ్ వేశారు. అలవాటులో పొరపాటుగా ఇది రాయలసీమ సినిమా అనుకున్నాడేమో పాపం దర్శకుడు! ఒక అమర్యాదస్తుడిగా, సంస్కారంలేని వ్యక్తిగా రాజన్నను చిత్రిస్తాడు. అక్కడితో అయిపోదు. కాబోయే మామగారిని సంధ్యకు పరిచయం చేస్తాడు రాజన్న. అదేమీ పట్టించుకోకుండా, కనీసం పలకరించకుండా కేబులోన్ని ‘బొక్కల నూకు’ మంటుంది సంధ్య. తెలంగాణా అమ్మాయిని మర్యాద తెలిసిన వ్యక్తిగా చూపించడం ఇష్టం లేదు కావొచ్చు దర్శకుడికి.
ఇది టూ మచ్ అంటారా? వెంటనే తండ్రి నమస్కరించమంటే సంధ్య ఏమంటుందో చూడండి. ‘ చల్… గా పొట్టి సాలెగాడు… గానికి నేను మొక్కుడేంది? నేన్మొక్కా..’ దానికి రాజన్న ‘అర్రే.. గాయన నీ మామ… మంచిగుండది…’ అంటాడు. అయితే తర్వాత సన్నివేశంతో లిబరల్స్ ఇంకా ఎవరైనా ఉంటే వారికి కూడా విషయం అర్థం అయ్యేలా జాగ్రత్త పడ్డాడు దర్శకుడు. శ్రుతిని తన తండ్రికి పరిచయం చేస్తాడు శీను. వెంటనే శృతి ‘పద్ధతిగా’ కాబోయే మామకి నమస్కరిస్తుంది. ఎంతయినా ‘ఆంధ్రా’ బ్యాంకు ఉద్యోగి కూతురు కదా! వినయం, విధేయత, సంస్కారం అన్నీ ఆంధ్రా వారి గుత్త సోత్తాయే!
ఈ సినిమాలో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంత వేషధారణ చేసిన వారు వింత వింతగా కన్పిస్తుంటారు. ఉదాహరణకు రాజన్న శత్రువు ఒకడు అడుగు స్థలం కోసం 500 ఎకరాల భూమిని అమ్ముకుంటాడు. పరువుకోసం అన్నట్టు చూపిస్తాడు దర్శకుడు. అంత ఎర్రోడు అని అయ్యవారి అభిప్రాయం. వేల ఎకరాల భూములను రియల్ ఎస్టేట్ గద్దలనుండి ఎలా కాపాడుకోవాలో తెలంగాణ వారికి తెలియకపోవడం నిజంగా ‘ట్రాజిడీయే’! దాన్ని కూడా కామెడీ చేయగల ప్రజ్ఞా పాటవాలు కేవలం ఆంధ్రా వారికే ఉన్నాయి. అట్లే ఈ పాత్రధారులు మాట్లేడే యాస కూడా చాలా చికాకు పెడుతుంది. సంధ్య ఎన్నిసార్లు ‘చల్’ అన్నదో, రాజన్న ఎన్నిసార్లు ‘తోడ్కలు తీస్తా’ నన్నాడో లెక్క పెట్టలేకపోయాను. అసలు ఇట్లాంటి యాస వరంగల్ జిల్లాలో ఎక్కడ, ఎవరు మాట్లాడతారో చెబితే దర్శక నిర్మాతలకు పాదాభివందనం చేసుకుంటాను.
తెలంగాణ యాసలను న్యూనపరిచే, అవహేళన చేసే, కింఛపరిచే ఇలాంటి సన్నివేశాలను అనేక సినిమాలలో గత 55 సంవత్సరాలుగా భరిస్తూనే ఉన్నాం. ఇంకెంతకాలం?
ఇప్పటి వరకూ తెలంగాణను ప్రతీకాత్మకంగా ఎట్లా అవమానించాడో చూసాం. ఇది ఒక ఎత్తయితే ఒక పాటలో తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమాన్నీ, తెలంగాణా వాదుల్నీ, తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమకారుల్నీ చులకన చేయటం మరో ఎత్తు! ‘ప్రేమే పోయినాదిలే’ పాటలో పూర్తిగా దిగజారుతాడు దర్శకుడు, పాట రచయిత.
‘… అల్లుడే రెడీ అంటే తెలంగాణ తెప్పించేస్తా…’ అంటాడు రాజన్న. అదేదో ఆ అల్లుడుగారి, ఈ మామగారి ప్రైవేటు వ్యవహారమన్నట్టు! ఈ లైన్ తర్వాత ఒక్కసారి స్క్రీన్ ఫ్రీజ్ అవుతుంది. అందరూ ఆముదం తాగిన మొహాలు పెడతారు. తర్వాత రాజన్న బామ్మర్ది ‘ మంచిగున్న బావని వీడు మెంటల్ గాన్ని చేసాడంటా…’ అని అందుకుంటాడు. అంటే తెలంగాణాని కోరుకోకపోవటం ‘మంచిగ ఉండటం’, కోరుకోవటం ‘మెంటల్’ గా అయిపోవటం! సదరు బామ్మర్ది ఇంటలిజెన్స్ డిపార్టుమెంటులో పనిచేయటం యాదృచ్చికమేనా?
దీంతో ఇప్పటివరకూ ఇస్తూ వస్తున్న ‘బెనిఫిట్ అఫ్ డౌట్’కు ఈ సినిమా పూర్తిగా అనర్హమౌతుంది! తెలంగాణ వాడి గుండె మండుతుంది, రక్తం మసలుతుంది. సమైక్యవాదం ఒక ఫార్సు కాకపోతే ఈ పాటికే సున్నితమైన ప్రస్తుత సందర్భంలో ఇలాంటి రెచ్చగొట్టే సినిమా తీసినందుకు సీమాన్ధ్ర ప్రాంత ప్రజలు ఆ దర్శక, నిర్మాతలను నిలదీయాలి, ప్రశ్నించాలి. కాని అది జరగలేదు, జరగదు! ఇప్పటికే ‘అన్నదమ్ముల్లా విడిపోదాం, ఆత్మీయుల్లా కలిసుందాం’ నించి ‘ప్రాంతాలుగా విడిపోదాం ప్రజలుగా కలిసుందాం’ వరకు వచ్చింది పరిస్థితి.
తెలంగాణ ఏర్పాటు అనివార్యం, తథ్యం! అయితే తెలుగువారి మధ్య ఈ విభజన భౌగోళికమే కాని మానసికం కారాదన్నా, పరస్పర అభిమానం, గౌరవం కొనసాగాలన్నా ‘కందిరీగ’ లాంటి సినిమాలను సీమాంధ్ర ప్రజలు తిరస్కరించాలి. ‘కందిరీగ’ రూపంలోని ఈ విషనాగు సీమాంధ్రలోని కోంతమంది స్వార్థపరుల, పెట్టుబడివర్గాల, ఆభిజాత్యం, ఆధిపత్యం, అహంకారం, ప్రాంతీయతత్త్వాలకు పుట్టిన విష పుత్రిక. వీటిని సమూలంగా నాశనం చేస్తేనే తెలుగువారి మధ్య భావ ఐక్యత సాధ్యం!
చేయీ చేయీ కలపటానికి తెలంగాణా ఎప్పుడూ సగానికంటే ఎక్కువ దూరం నడవటానికి సిద్ధమే!
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