Telugu States' News and Discussion

Dasari · Post by **Dasari** » 15 Sep 2014 10:48

They way T people are cheering his inciting rhetoric, he doesn't need muslim votes. Even he needs, he doesn't need to praise nizam or adore him. Yet, he stoops very low in placating nizam sympathizers.He even angers rest of the nation in comparing Telangana with Kashmir. Why? It defies all common sense. There got to be some dark secret. Is it all for conquering Hyderabad?.- because unless he does he is a king with no kingdom. Or can it be as simple as 'vinaash kaale vipareetha buddhi'?

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 15 Sep 2014 10:57

saip wrote:According to Wiki the Nizam divorced this Esra bibi and went to Ozland in search of his Kushboo. And KCR honors this discarded wife of the Nizam?

IIRC he became a sheep farmer in oz. No further comment.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 15 Sep 2014 15:05

TRS actions of bowing before Nizam "wife" is in line with what they are saying before the division. So nothing new is there. KCR and other "raja" "maharaja" "zamidar etc are all ready to bow before their former rulers but not ready to basic respect to the common people of our nation. Slavery is in the blood of these people.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 15 Sep 2014 18:11

Tallest Dhyana Buddha to be ready in Amaravati

The tallest Dhyana Buddha, measuring 125 feet, is nearing completion after a gap of eleven years. Telugu Desam leaders are planning to invite AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to unveil the statue at Amaravati in Guntur district.

Situated on the banks of Krishna River, the Dhyana Buddha theme project is going to boost tourism in Amaravati, which is in the proposed riverfront capital region.

Pedakurapadu MLA K. Sridhar said that the state government is giving preference to the swift completion of the Dhyana Buddha project and soon it would be inaugurated.

The Dhyana Buddha project was started in the year 2003, but no one showed interest in completing the project till 2007.

G. Ranga Rao, work supervisor, said that Dhyana Buddha statue work has been completed and some final touches are being given. He said that in a few days, Dhyana Buddha would be opened for public. According to reports, the tourism department is planning to operate cruises from Vijayawada to Amaravati after its inauguration.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 15 Sep 2014 18:17

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 15 Sep 2014 18:27

Anjaneya Swami Temple at Paritala village on NH-9 roadside , 30 km from Vijayawada

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 15 Sep 2014 19:34

Dasari wrote:They way T people are cheering his inciting rhetoric, he doesn't need muslim votes. Even he needs, he doesn't need to praise nizam or adore him. Yet, he stoops very low in placating nizam sympathizers.He even angers rest of the nation in comparing Telangana with Kashmir. Why? It defies all common sense. There got to be some dark secret. Is it all for conquering Hyderabad?.- because unless he does he is a king with no kingdom. Or can it be as simple as 'vinaash kaale vipareetha buddhi'?

It is just that. All that HYD possess will go away. it is the people of India that makes HYD or BLORE tick to top-notch. If this rhetoric continues, HYD as we all know will not be there in less than a decade.

saip · Post by **saip** » 15 Sep 2014 19:55

Strange thing is that there are quite a few people in Hyd from other states. But what I see is that the ire of KCR is directed only towards those from present AP.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 15 Sep 2014 19:57

saip wrote:Strange thing is that there are quite a few people in Hyd from other states. But what I see is that the ire of KCR is directed only towards those from present AP.

It's about numbers and wealth in the pie-chart. The AP folks will have 50%+ wealth in HYD.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 15 Sep 2014 20:15

His mentally retarded dumbo daughter raised Kashmir again in debate about KCR's moronic statements on TV9

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » 15 Sep 2014 20:19

Muppalla wrote:
Dasari wrote:They way T people are cheering his inciting rhetoric, he doesn't need muslim votes. Even he needs, he doesn't need to praise nizam or adore him. Yet, he stoops very low in placating nizam sympathizers.He even angers rest of the nation in comparing Telangana with Kashmir. Why? It defies all common sense. There got to be some dark secret. Is it all for conquering Hyderabad?.- because unless he does he is a king with no kingdom. Or can it be as simple as 'vinaash kaale vipareetha buddhi'?
It is just that. All that HYD possess will go away. it is the people of India that makes HYD or BLORE tick to top-notch. If this rhetoric continues, HYD as we all know will not be there in less than a decade.

What happened to Montreal due to Qubec's demand for seperate country from Canada. All the businesses moved to Toronto.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 15 Sep 2014 20:19

Rony wrote:Former wife of the eighth Nizam, Esra meets CM KCR. Look at Kavitha's and KCRs body language. They still think they are ruled by Nizam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG0aDtQ ... BKmUV9fePQ

Mir Osman Ali Khan was the seventh and last Nizam. Who is this 8th Nizam?

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 15 Sep 2014 21:03

Ramana garu, They are referring to this

Barkat Ali Khan Mukarram Jah Asaf Jah VIII, Beyefendi (born 6 October 1933), less formally known as Mukarram Jah, became the titular Nizam of Hyderabad on the death of his grandfather in 1967.[1]

Mukarram Jah married Turkish Princess Esra Birgin (b. 1938) in 1959.[1][9] Jah left his Hyderabad palace for a sheep station in the Australian outback and divorced his wife, who did not want to move with him.[10] In 1980 he married a former air hostess and employee of the BBC, Helen Simmons;[11] she converted to Islam and changed her name to Aysha. After her death, he married Manolya Onur, a former Miss Turkey in 1990, and divorced her in 1996.[10][11][12]
He married Jameela Boularous, from Morocco, in 1993,[13] and he married again in 1995[14] Princess Orchedi, who is Turkish.[3][15]

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 15 Sep 2014 21:13

See the irony of the report. Nizam lost his title in 1948 with Operation Polo. He was made Raj Pramukh. The lady is no Princess for the Khilafat was abolished in 1920.

So what royalty are these dimwits claiming?
That was my point.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 15 Sep 2014 23:21

We are not in habit of demanding back treasures looted out of the country nor demand those people back to punish for massacres and genocides committed under some or the other excuses.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 16 Sep 2014 00:18

gandharva wrote:What happened to Montreal due to Qubec's demand for seperate country from Canada. All the businesses moved to Toronto.

I will bet that this will happen to Hyderabad. The business are not owned by Telangana origin folks. Most of them are owned Andhra origin folks and other Indians. If someone keeps harping on surveys, Andhra this and Andhra that, no one will take that forever. On the other hand, though business does no have emotions, when their origin is few miles away and there are large scale infrastructure is being built why not they will take advantage and move there.

This is not an era of government based industries. A lot of wooing and competitive bidding is happening all over by CMs. Very simple - Nano went to Gujarat from WB because of MB antics. KCR antics will result in same.

Vizag is getting exact replica of HYD with IT and movie industries. It also has a bunch of central/defense related stuff (just like HYD had). The only difference is Vizag is on the coast and HYD is not and that is also an added advantage. Similar Outer ring road and a greenfield airport are being planned. Venkiah Naidu and CBN has difference of opinion on airport as former wants to expand and improve existing airport while later want a complete big new private sector airport.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 16 Sep 2014 00:24

Paperless Cabinet meeting of AP. All in front of Ipads

http://www.netitelugu.com/telugu/ap-e-cabinet-meeting/

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 16 Sep 2014 01:14

iPad is one of the worst tools to take notes which has been proven by many a college and schools experimental roll-outs. Computers/geegaws are not going to do their thinking for them. They should apply their political acumen in solving problems rather than do marketing for Apple/MS.

putnanja · Post by **putnanja** » 16 Sep 2014 01:39

Muppalla wrote:

Paperless Cabinet meeting of AP. All in front of Ipads

http://www.netitelugu.com/telugu/ap-e-cabinet-meeting/

Those look like Microsoft Surfaces, with their tilt stand and keyboards

saip · Post by **saip** » 16 Sep 2014 01:58

They appear to be thinner than surface. My surface is all black and these are two toned. The text says Ipads.

hanumadu · Post by **hanumadu** » 16 Sep 2014 02:11

matrimc wrote:iPad is one of the worst tools to take notes which has been proven by many a college and schools experimental roll-outs. Computers/geegaws are not going to do their thinking for them. They should apply their political acumen in solving problems rather than do marketing for Apple/MS.

This is exactly what CBN did during his first two terms. Cheap publicity. All show and no result. And there is a note book and pen beside the tablet for every person.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 16 Sep 2014 05:58

P&G finds it hard to stay put in Telangana

Company's plant being set up on Hyderabad's outskirts faces govt hurdles

During his recent visit to Singapore, chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao had spoken about making Telangana as a graft-free state besides promising the best industrial policy to attract investments from all over the world.

Back home, the situation seems quite contrary if not deteriorating. A case in point: local representatives of global FMCG major, Procter & Gamble, on Wednesday sought the intervention of chief minister’s office after failing to overcome multiple hurdles created against a manufacturing plant being set up by it on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

The company had acquired 175 acres of land in 2012 at Kottur in the neighbouring Mahabubnagar district to set up Asia’s biggest manufacturing facility, with a capacity that will exceed all its existing plants’ in India put together, at an investment of $ 800 million.

The idea was to create a manufacturing hub for several of its products in Hyderabad to cater to South India and beyond as the city is centrally located.

After investing around $150 million to make the first phase of the project ready, the company has scaled down its power demand to 2 Mw from the originally envisaged 10 Mw following the hardships it had to face at the hands of various government agencies, according to sources in the know.

However, a company spokesperson said: “India continues to be a priority for P&G globally and our new and now operational state of the art manufacturing facility in Hyderabad is testament to this. We continue to invest in India and in our Hyderabad plant in line with our vision.”

Consider this: The state government’s legal metrology department had seized the weighing equipment that the company had brought from overseas to install at the plant on technical grounds. It had kept it under seizure for the past 45 days. It had even slapped criminal cases against the company besides demanding heavy penalties for unknown violations.

The company had laid an approach road at its own cost to connect the plant site with the nearest road even though government agencies were obligated to create such a facility for it under the existing industrial policy.

On the contrary, the roads and buildings (R&B) department had slapped a demand notice for Rs 60 lakh on the company to allow the approach road to be connected to the road under its management stating it would create additional traffic.

This does not end here. A local mandal revenue officer (MRO) has initiated legal proceedings against the company after having found that 5-6 guntas of government assigned land (40 guntas make 1 acre of land) was part of the piece of land on which the company had built the approach road. The official did not relent even after the company agreed to pay compensation to the government towards this error. The officer above him — revenue divisional officer — issued yet another notice to the company on the grounds that a resident of Nizamabad district had claimed that one of his ancestors had tenancy rights over the land that is currently in possession of P&G.

The officials heading the Hyderabad plant met chief minister's principal secretary S Narsing Rao and informed him that they could employ just 150 people at the plant, which was to provide 1,500 direct and over 4,000 indirect jobs, due to these hurdles, according to sources. Incidentally P&G was the only manufacturing company, which had promised to provide 80 per cent jobs to locals in the undivided AP.

They also informed him that at several instances the real reason behind the harassment being meted out to them was the demand for personal favours, including bribe.

When contacted to know the reasons for seizing the company equipment, S Gopal Reddy, controller, Legal Metrology, said it was a closed chapter. “There could be cases if there are violations. Anyway, I can not tell off hand as to what were those reasons, over phone. You better approach the local inspector,” he told Business Standard. Reddy, who is a senior IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre, recently came here on deputation as he hails from Telangana.

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 16 Sep 2014 07:15

Just an anecdote:

Met a friend from Telangana. And the conversation moved on to KCR. I expressed my understanding of him stoking t-emotions but expressed my dismay and anger about his nizam appeasement.

The response was - why do you care about KCR, worry about AP. Don't worry about what he is doing because its not your business. Then the general yindoo-Muslim bhaichara..

Then I asked him if he would approve Kashmiri Muslim response to flood rescue efforts by army, he was against Muslims. Then I asked him if there is any difference between Kashmiri Muslim and Hyd Muslim, he said no difference. But still thinks its none of Ap guys problem

Then came the real paki statement. When I explained about few of my charity initiatives in Telangana and asked him to contribute if he wishes - the retort was "why are you doing your charities in Telangana? What is your motive?" I was like WTF....

This is what Muppala and others are saying. Normal Hindu Telangana people want KCR to be anti-Andhra and they don't mind KCR become another Nizami/Paki/Arab subedar in the process.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 16 Sep 2014 07:26

ramana wrote:See the irony of the report. Nizam lost his title in 1948 with Operation Polo. He was made Raj Pramukh. The lady is no Princess for the Khilafat was abolished in 1920.

So what royalty are these dimwits claiming?
That was my point.

If there is no prince or princess then to whom will KCR say, "nee baanchanu kaalmoktaa?"

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 16 Sep 2014 10:20

hanumadu wrote:This is exactly what CBN did during his first two terms. Cheap publicity. All show and no result. And there is a note book and pen beside the tablet for every person.

That was not what I was hearing at that time. Various people from across India were appreciative of his making Hyderabad into Cyberabad. Improved business climate of Twin cities was visible to even common people. It is a different matter that he gave stepbrotherly treatment to rural areas fir which he paid the price. My main concern is that he should be the doing the marketing and the marketed product is AP. Whether the vehicle is eGovernance or plain ol' filing cabinet is not relevant to the common man. I how tollywood mentality of photos on the front page of EenADu doesn't outrun the real work.

As far as KCR bowing to Esra is concerned, there us nothing wrong in his being polite to a guest who might bring investment. I am sure CBN would be polite to Prince Charles if he were to arrive in Vijyawada and wanted to meet the CM or mayor of London. Nothing wrong in hearing them out as long it is purely business with proper oversight.

KLNMurthy · Post by **KLNMurthy** » 16 Sep 2014 11:53

matrimc wrote:
hanumadu wrote:This is exactly what CBN did during his first two terms. Cheap publicity. All show and no result. And there is a note book and pen beside the tablet for every person.
That was not what I was hearing at that time. Various people from across India were appreciative of his making Hyderabad into Cyberabad. Improved business climate of Twin cities was visible to even common people. It is a different matter that he gave stepbrotherly treatment to rural areas fir which he paid the price. My main concern is that he should be the doing the marketing and the marketed product is AP. Whether the vehicle is eGovernance or plain ol' filing cabinet is not relevant to the common man. I how tollywood mentality of photos on the front page of EenADu doesn't outrun the real work.

As far as KCR bowing to Esra is concerned, there us nothing wrong in his being polite to a guest who might bring investment. I am sure CBN would be polite to Prince Charles if he were to arrive in Vijyawada and wanted to meet the CM or mayor of London. Nothing wrong in hearing them out as long it is purely business with proper oversight.

Nizam's people tend to be typical feudals--not very dynamic or entrepreneurial. They lean more towards "rent collecting" type of economic activities, like real estate, financial markets, commissions etc (sometimes called bribes) rather than value addition by innovation.

The coastal Kammas and Rayalaseema Reddys were enterpreneurial and dynamic as well as close-knit, which is what led to the whole "andhras are robbing us" issue in the first place.

Now Telangana state under KCR is betting that they can replicate the entrepreneurial spirit with Telangana Reddys and Velamas in alliance with razaakaars, after expropriating "Andhra exploiters'" assets and otherwise driving them out. The hope is that Hyderabad will get investments from abroad and non-AP other states.

The P&G experience is a sobering tale which casts doubts on this economic strategy. But it doesn't mean there is no hope: Andhra people once upon a time had a similar attitude towards Tamilians, saying that the latter were cunning exploiters etc. this kind of hostility is due to the gap between feudal- type economic thinking and the capitalist variety. As the resentful group grows more capitalistic, the gap will decrease.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 16 Sep 2014 16:36

http://zeenews.india.com/news/andhra-pr ... 70590.html

Why AP fellows voted about 25k to mafia. Useless fellows. By the way P&G incident only shows taht looting culture has take deep roots in undivided AP and it will not go so easily.

hanumadu · Post by **hanumadu** » 16 Sep 2014 21:31

pandyan wrote:
I thought SDREs in south typically use black stone for statues...is it common to have white colour idols in Andhra?

I doubt its made of stone. Its too tall. Its probably made of steel and concrete.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 16 Sep 2014 21:43

KLNMurthy wrote:Now Telangana state under KCR is betting that they can replicate the entrepreneurial spirit with Telangana Reddys and Velamas in alliance with razaakaars, after expropriating "Andhra exploiters'" assets and otherwise driving them out. The hope is that Hyderabad will get investments from abroad and non-AP other states.

The P&G experience is a sobering tale which casts doubts on this economic strategy. But it doesn't mean there is no hope: Andhra people once upon a time had a similar attitude towards Tamilians, saying that the latter were cunning exploiters etc. this kind of hostility is due to the gap between feudal- type economic thinking and the capitalist variety. As the resentful group grows more capitalistic, the gap will decrease.

Well written summary. This is exactly right and TG on this day will like anyone except Andhras. They will spin the logic to any level. But as time elapses, things will become brighter. Until then we will see this Nizam-MIM-HateAndhra drama. The development also will go down for sure but that may be okay because it is important that local population feel trustworthy and confident.

Until then if you want drama see TG and development see AP

hanumadu · Post by **hanumadu** » 16 Sep 2014 23:22

matrimc wrote:
hanumadu wrote:This is exactly what CBN did during his first two terms. Cheap publicity. All show and no result. And there is a note book and pen beside the tablet for every person.
That was not what I was hearing at that time. Various people from across India were appreciative of his making Hyderabad into Cyberabad. Improved business climate of Twin cities was visible to even common people. It is a different matter that he gave stepbrotherly treatment to rural areas fir which he paid the price. My main concern is that he should be the doing the marketing and the marketed product is AP. Whether the vehicle is eGovernance or plain ol' filing cabinet is not relevant to the common man. I how tollywood mentality of photos on the front page of EenADu doesn't outrun the real work.

As far as KCR bowing to Esra is concerned, there us nothing wrong in his being polite to a guest who might bring investment. I am sure CBN would be polite to Prince Charles if he were to arrive in Vijyawada and wanted to meet the CM or mayor of London. Nothing wrong in hearing them out as long it is purely business with proper oversight.

For having an absolute majority for 9 years while the economy is doing well, I think CBN's performance was below par. He was better than others at managing the media. At that time all the states were trying to develop IT in their states and AP was one of them. AP was not even in the top three. NCR, Pune and Chennai had more revenue from IT than AP. On top of it, he started bondoggles like janma bhoomi. It was the original MNREGA.

hanumadu · Post by **hanumadu** » 16 Sep 2014 23:33

If Andhra folks had not hoodwinked TG and stole Nagarjuna Sagar waters from them, perhaps history would have been different now. Andhra took away the life blood of two TG districts and it rankles every TGite especially seeing how flourosis has affected Nalgonda.

KCR seems to have his eye on the ball. Its impressive how he seems to have all details of various irrigation projects at the tip of his tongue. If he can deliver what he promises then I will erect a statue for him myself.

Added Later:
Listen from 18:30 to 22:00.
The entire speech is worth listening. He says that whenever there is talk of irrigating TG, the first thing the erstwhile AP said was lift irrigation. Many say some of the YSR projects are bondoggles involving lift irrigation. There is neither the required technology for it nor is it cheap in terms of power required to lift water to higher ground on such a massive scale. KCR claims that we do not need lift irrigation on such a massive scale. I just hope he is correct.

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 17 Sep 2014 00:28

Muppalla wrote:Until then if you want drama see TG and development see AP

Muppalla: Firstly, you are underestimating the TG folks. They are neither lazy nor unintelligent nor non-enterprizing. It is Secondly, it is not a a zero sum game. If TG can get investments from West Asia let them have it. I don't think anybody would begrudge AP if they get their investments from Japan, Singapore, US, or even UK.

I hope in this rush to develop VGT area, CBN doesn't repeat his performance of not spreading the wealth around to places like Parlakimidi, Hindupur, Divi Seema, or even Narsapuram. Otherwise AP people will send him back to Chittooru and ask to be separated from Rayala Seema.

By the way, that was in that exact state of mind "saradA sarada cigareTTu" smoking erstwhile rulers of India left for their little cold Island. We all know how the fortunes of India and UK turned out. On Sep 18th, "Butcher of Gujarat" of an united secular India is visiting UN. On the same day Scotland will be appointing their permanent ambassador to the same body and there will be one more country adde to the UNGA. So don't hold your breath hoping that TG would go to dogs.

That said, Hyderabad can only go down as it is at its zenith now. Lot of previously hot IT skills have fallen by the wayside. The rise of cloud in the US is a death knell any hopes of "rent seeking" (KLNM, please note) IT start-ups whose business model is based on the collecting money in India, send them to the US on H1B, and charge premium from the client etc. The US Laws have been tightened and favor the consultant rather than the consulting company, for one. Secondly if they start allowing spouses of H1B holders to get H1Bs and work, it will have the effect of almost doubling the number of IT workforce from India who are educated, trained, English speaking, and hardworking with family values right here. The only for Hyderabad and TG in general is to diversify into areas other than IT.

As for AP, they can only go up because they are starting from 0. If CBN does a halfway decent job, his second term is assured. Hope he doesn't fall into the caste and tollywood politics trap (which is not given by any means) and keeps his eye on the ball. Hyping victim hood will take one only so far. I hope you are not making the case that AP is already developed (or are you?).

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 17 Sep 2014 01:37

Narayana Rao wrote:http://zeenews.india.com/news/andhra-pr ... 70590.html

Why AP fellows voted about 25k to mafia. Useless fellows. By the way P&G incident only shows taht looting culture has take deep roots in undivided AP and it will not go so easily.

come on. There are two parties in fray TDP and INC. You want INC to get less that 1 vote

. INC is making big deal that CBN does not have even one minority minister etc.

yvijay · Post by **yvijay** » 17 Sep 2014 01:42

KLNMurthy wrote:
Nizam's people tend to be typical feudals--not very dynamic or entrepreneurial. They lean more towards "rent collecting" type of economic activities, like real estate, financial markets, commissions etc (sometimes called bribes) rather than value addition by innovation.

The coastal Kammas and Rayalaseema Reddys were enterpreneurial and dynamic as well as close-knit, which is what led to the whole "andhras are robbing us" issue in the first place.

Now Telangana state under KCR is betting that they can replicate the entrepreneurial spirit with Telangana Reddys and Velamas in alliance with razaakaars, after expropriating "Andhra exploiters'" assets and otherwise driving them out. The hope is that Hyderabad will get investments from abroad and non-AP other states.

The P&G experience is a sobering tale which casts doubts on this economic strategy. But it doesn't mean there is no hope: Andhra people once upon a time had a similar attitude towards Tamilians, saying that the latter were cunning exploiters etc. this kind of hostility is due to the gap between feudal- type economic thinking and the capitalist variety. As the resentful group grows more capitalistic, the gap will decrease.

I have never seen a post full of stereotypes about a group on BRF before, than the one above and these people wonder why Telangana people favored the division. I think you forgot to add that Telangana people are also lazy and if not for Andhra people they would be in penury. There is always this latent superiority complex towards Telanganites . Since the state is divided, wait and see atleast few years, before you spew these slurs.
And pray tell me what are these assets that are owned by Andhrities that has been "expropriated" ? And one can see who are crazy about the real estate after seeing the land rates in Vijayawada exceeding past even Hyderabad. The P&G is nothing out of ordinary and this red tape is there for long time. Remember the Volkswagen plant that went to Chennai instead of Vizag or some thing when the state was undivided. I hope you don't blame that on KCR.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 17 Sep 2014 01:47

Modi did good to get Japanese investment instead of arap monies that comes with its own baggage.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 17 Sep 2014 01:58

matrimc wrote:
Muppalla wrote:Until then if you want drama see TG and development see AP
Muppalla: Firstly, you are underestimating the TG folks. They are neither lazy nor unintelligent nor non-enterprizing. It is Secondly, it is not a a zero sum game. If TG can get investments from West Asia let them have it. I don't think anybody would begrudge AP if they get their investments from Japan, Singapore, US, or even UK.I hope in this rush to develop VGT area,

CBN doesn't repeat his performance of not spreading the wealth around to places like Parlakimidi, Hindupur, Divi Seema, or even Narsapuram. Otherwise AP people will send him back to Chittooru and ask to be separated from Rayala Seema.

By the way, that was in that exact state of mind "saradA sarada cigareTTu" smoking erstwhile rulers of India left for their little cold Island. We all know how the fortunes of India and UK turned out. On Sep 18th, "Butcher of Gujarat" of an united secular India is visiting UN. On the same day Scotland will be appointing their permanent ambassador to the same body and there will be one more country adde to the UNGA. So don't hold your breath hoping that TG would go to dogs.

That said, Hyderabad can only go down as it is at its zenith now. Lot of previously hot IT skills have fallen by the wayside. The rise of cloud in the US is a death knell any hopes of "rent seeking" (KLNM, please note) IT start-ups whose business model is based on the collecting money in India, send them to the US on H1B, and charge premium from the client etc. The US Laws have been tightened and favor the consultant rather than the consulting company, for one. Secondly if they start allowing spouses of H1B holders to get H1Bs and work, it will have the effect of almost doubling the number of IT workforce from India who are educated, trained, English speaking, and hardworking with family values right here. The only for Hyderabad and TG in general is to diversify into areas other than IT.

As for AP, they can only go up because they are starting from 0. If CBN does a halfway decent job, his second term is assured. Hope he doesn't fall into the caste and tollywood politics trap (which is not given by any means) and keeps his eye on the ball. Hyping victim hood will take one only so far. I hope you are not making the case that AP is already developed (or are you?).

I did not say anywhere that TG will go to dogs. Please don't put your assumptions as my thoughts. Thanks.

Based on current affairs(collation of news) - I said there will be dramas in TG and if along with the dramas if it also develops with new investments for W.Asia then great. I am pessimistic if you do more dramas and even postpone budget twice, if one can create any investment environment. Let us see. Regarding Hyd let it go down but Warangal can rise with different set of industries. We can be happy if some plans, announcements with specifics are done. If not achieved then fine but there will be something to measure against.

By the way what they have to develop in divi-seema assuming that 1000% of CBN focus is VGT? It has two crops as it is in exact Krishna delta area. They have gas resources and all the petro companies are swarming to lay pipelines etc. In addition, Nagayalanka is being touted as second missile testing center. It has decent roads and they can expand them. Another thing is a lot expensive bridges between Islands there can be laid.

My bet is rest of the coast from Nellore to Vizag will develop faster than VGT area irrespective of CBN's push. Let us see. Chitoor and Kadapa has good infrastructure even now. By the way latest news is that Hero Motors decided with Siri City in Chitoor district. MOU signed. TN, KA and AP lobbied for the same project.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 17 Sep 2014 02:03

Yvijay garu, Vijayawada real estate was always expensive than Hyd. May be a very short time in late 90s and early 2000s HYD land was expensive. A lot of middle classes who cannot afford homes in coast are the ones who actually moved to HYD. Even a small job holder was able to buy homes in HYD which was not the case who were working in Vja area. Vja is always real estate stink.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 17 Sep 2014 02:15

Looks like for some people. "You have no right to say anything on TS. Anything you say can be and will be used against you and labeled as TG hater and a racist"

Who said anyone is lazy?

When all CM and people care about is 24x7 Telangana being insulted and no clear policy of Development/Growth, why would companies rush to open up factories. When the whole family is in the party and are ministers or MPs, can anyone believe that this guy is interested in anything other than looting?

Telangana is here. It should not have been this hard. But people have to learn to move on with time. Mamta B could never grow from rabble rouser to administrator. KCR has shown he can't and won't raise one inch above to put past behind and help the new state grow.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 17 Sep 2014 02:23

I think this should be an inspiration for all Indians including telugus

Inspiring story: 'The Ugly Indian' is cleaning up dirty cities

The Ugly Indian' in Bangalore is inspiring people across India to transform the cities they live in, one mile at a time, finds Indulekha Aravind.

It is perhaps the best kind of uprising - without banners, newsroom debates or vehement netas.

Instead, what it does have is a simple but effective slogan: "Kaam Chalu, Mooh Bandh!" (roughly translated as 'Stop Talking, Start Working').

The residents of Bangalore might be familiar with the work of The Ugly Indian, an anonymous group born in 2010 with the aim of making the city cleaner.

When you pass a recently painted red wall near a surprisingly clean pavement, for instance, you know it is their handiwork. Four years after the movement kicked off, it seems to be inspiring similar "risings" in other cities and spin-offs in Bangalore itself.

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 17 Sep 2014 05:36

Jagga reddy polling nearly 2 lakh votes in Medak is significant although this report makes it sound like he got "only" around 2 lakh vote. Considering that TRS labelled him as Andhra agent and campaigned on T-sentiment, i thought he would get less than a lakh. Also note that T-BJP and Kishan Reddy have completely left him to his own fate and his election campaign is pretty much managed by TDP. Had Kishan Reddy and T-BJP pushed a little bit from their side, he could have potentially landed on second place. Unlike the election in AP, in Telangana its pretty much ran on T-sentiment (still) and not on developmental issues.

Telangana, AP stick to ruling parties

Voters in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have elected representatives of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) respectively, denying victory to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress by a large margin.

The TRS won the Medak Lok Sabha constituency, which Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao vacated to retain his Gajwel Assembly seat, with party candidate K Prabhakar Reddy defeating his nearest rival and Congress nominee V Sunitha Lakshma Reddy by an impressive margin of over 3.66 lakh votes. BJP candidate Jayaprakash Reddy, who was actively supported by the TDP unit in Telangana, polled only 1, 86,334 votes in the constituency. Rao had won the Medak seat in this year’s general election by a margin of 3.97 lakh votes.

Voters in all the Assembly segments of Medak, too, favoured the TRS, particularly in Siddipet, Medak, Dubbaka and Patancheru. In the Narsapur and Sangareddy segments, however, the majority slightly decreased as due to the considerable clout of the Congress and the BJP. In Andhra Pradesh, TDP candidate Tangirala Soumya won the Nandigama Assembly seat by a margin 74, 827 votes, humiliating Congress nominee B Babu Rao who polled a mere 24, 921 votes.

Soumya, whose father T Prabhakar Rao’s sudden death necessitated the byelection, attributed her victory to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who completed 100 days of rule in the state on Tuesday.