When Rome was burning, Nero was Fiddling.

Nero the last Roman Emperor was said to have been fiddling as Rome was in flames.

Our very own Nero, The Heir Apparent, the Prince Of Wales of the ruling Congress party, their inevitable Prime Ministerial Candidate, Rahul Baba is no where to be seen or heard as Telengana is burning. Life in Hyderabad and the entire Telangana is totally out of gear. Pandemonium rules the entire troubled Region.

Yet the High Command plays for Time. Plans to send yet another emissary in Ghulam Nabi Azaad on 25th to study the situation. And of course to suggest a solution.

The CM is ineffective. Law & Order has gone to dogs. A truly comical announcement of One Rupee a Kg. Rice to BPL families from October 2nd is made. To satisfy whom ? No one knows.

The Congress in A P is in splinter groups, with YSR Congress, Telengana Congress, Kiran Kumar Congress and Botsa Congress. Every group is involved in drawing more Legislators into their own group, promising The Moon.

Poor Legislators are groping in the dark, like a blind man searching for a black cat on a Amavasya Night. Whom to believe, whom not to believe, who is close to Soniaji / Rahul Baba, and who is not.

Really it’s a tough game. To survive in such Political Circumstances.

Rahul Baba, the future Secretary General of Congress Party in Delhi, our next PM in 2014, must tour Telengana. Assure the strife torn region that justice will be done to them by granting the much needed Statehood. Bring together all the warring groups in the State Congress. Lead them from the Front and make them truly loyal to himself, that is the Congress party in Delhi. Is he capable of doing this ? We must ask only Soniaji !

The one major factor that has aggravated, nay added fuel to fire, is the Procastrination.

In coming to a decision on the burning issue of a separate Statehood, for Telengana.
If only the Central Government had been firm in their dealing with the issue, instead of making that disastrous Decmber 9th announcement, seemingly to save KCR’s Life, the Central Govt. would not have lost their grip on the troubled state of A P.

Now, its too late for any retreat for the Central Government. They must announce their Final Decision and follow it up with the appropriate Bill in the Winter session of Parliament.

Hyderabad has to be in Telengana. There can be no two opinions on this. In the past such quarrels for the Capital City were ultimately settled by conceding the disputed city to its natural geographic region.

When Gujarat and Maharashtra were bifurcated, in 1960, the then Bombay ( now Mumbai ) was given to Maharashtra, inspite of a very strong case put up by Gujarat for Bombay. The Gujarathies had argued that the entire Business in Bombay was built by Gujarathies and controlled by them.

Similarly when Andhra State was carved out of the erstwhile Madras Presidency, in 1952 / 53, Andhras argued that it was Andhra Money that built Madras. In fact the Film Industry in Madras in those days was dominated by the Coastal Andhra Rich Farmers.
Yet Madras City, went to Tamil Nadu.

So also, Hyderabad must be with Telengana as and when the State is formed. Yes, if mutually agreed, it can be a Common Capital for Andhra and Telengana.

Andhra can develop their own Capital in Visakhapatnam. It has all the makings of a Capital City.

Or between Vijayawada and Guntur, as recommended by Justice Wanchoo, who was the One Man Commision appointed by Nehru in 1952 / 53, to suggest a suitable site for Andhra State Capital.

Common man cannot be made the scapegoat by these Cunning Politicians for any longer. All Govt. Offices are closed to any work. Gates of Collectorates and Mandal Offices are locked by the agitators. Reliable sources say, secret instructions to Police are not to aggravate the situation by confronting the agitators.

Schools and Colleges are closed. Students have stopped studying and are playing Cricket. Till Telengana comes. Those are the instuctions from the Agitator Leaders to the masses.

How long can this go on ? No one has the answers. Till Telengana comes is the cryptic snide comment of the Professor turned Politician who heads the so called People’s Movement organization.

And Delhi feels fully justified in following the good old and famous saying of the Late Kamaraj Nadar, “Parkalam”, meaning lets see.

So, what does the so highly celebrated Aam Aadmi do ? Bear the rot with perseverance ?


Parsa V Ramachander Rao, Chief Operations Manager (Retd.)
Indian Oil Corpn.Ltd. Hyderabad.
The Cuckoos Nest, Plot # 418, Road # 22, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500 033.
Mobile 09177380816.
Sept. 24, 2011.