Telangana Today : A Status Paper ఫిబ్రవరి 28, 2007
Posted by Telangana Media in Research Papers.8 comments
- P.L.Vishweshwer Rao
The long-suppressed agony of Telangana people is finding expression once again in their aspirations for an independent existence and separate identity. After the great betrayal of 1971, they have once again gathered strength to assert themselves; they are prepared to stake their all for the realisation of their dream to be freed the bondage to the people of coastal Andhra. No movement, no struggle has ever started from the top; from intellectuals, thinkers, political and other leaders, and elected representatives and so on. Inevitably, the struggles begin from the people- the people give expression to their suffering because it is they who are victims of the status quo. The long-dormant hope in the people of Telangana was awakened with the announcement of statehood for Uttarakhand by the then Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. Within a year it has gathered so much strength that politicians, realising its potential have jumped on to its bandwagon. Such disparate schools of thought as People’s War Group and the Bharatiya Janata Party have supported statehood for Telangana.
Naxal Conflict And Press : A Left Perspective ఫిబ్రవరి 28, 2007
Posted by Telangana Media in Reports on Telangana.1 comment so far
- K.Stevenson
Background:
Telangana with a militant history dating back to the Telangana Armed Struggle, with all its failures and successes continues to be a source of inspiration for the Marxist-Leninist parties. Opinions vary on the phenomenon of Naxalism, the generic term used to connote Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The Naxalite movement owes its origins to the revolt of Santhal tribals at Naxalbari, West Bengal led by armed Communists who parted ways with the CPI (M).The uprising was crushed by the police in a few months by the United Front Government in West Bengal. The revolt against poverty and alienation acquired the label of ‘Naxalism’ and paved the way for waging struggles against the established feudal order by the oppressed masses in different parts of India. There are close to 40 groups in the country proffessing adherence to the philosophy of Marxism, Leninism and Maoism. About 11 of them occupy a predominant position. It is believed that 13 groups operate in Andhra Pradesh, 10 of which are splinter groups of CPI-ML. In Andhra Pradesh, Left Wing Extremism tends to be equated with the activities of the CPI-ML People’s War Group (PWG) and the CPI-ML Janashakti.
Towards A History Of The Telangana Movement ఫిబ్రవరి 27, 2007
Posted by Telangana Media in Telangana history.107 comments
- Keshav Rao . Jadav
A dying feudalism is only a part of the problem. After all, feudalism has been a national problem. But in Telangana, it received hammer blows at the hands of the Socialist and Communist struggles of the forties. It received a fillip at the hands of Andhra rulers in the fifties and sixties who pushed the Hyderabad Tenancy Act under the carpet. But now it is on its last legs slowly getting converted into elitist professions and an incipient capitalism. Caste too is a part of the problem, though the Arya Samaj Movement of the thirties and forties tried to resolve it in its own manner. The weakness of the movement was that it was largely an urban movement, failing to effectively penetrate the countryside. Communalism too is a part of the problem, albeit a small part, being basically an urban phenomenon bound up with history and race memory. The basic problem of the Deccan, of which Telangana is a part, was and is total denial of participation to local people in the affairs of the state. It was not always so. Tribal kingdoms and the Kakatiyas Empire were, to the extent possible then, participatory systems, based on the concept of the welfare of people.
Telangana: Dimensions of Underdevelopment ఫిబ్రవరి 27, 2007
Posted by Telangana Media in Reports on Telangana.2 comments
- S.Simhadri & P.L.Vishweshwer Rao
India is celebrating the ‘Swarna jayanthi’ of its independence even as it is passing through social upsurges in myriad forms, as responses to colonial and post-independent initiatives for economic development. The colonial model, pursued with centralisation as a transformatory process, has led to the breakdown of decentralised village economy and promoted the structures of extraction and domination. The prescribed accumulatory processes have manifested in societal and spatial dimensions that have heralded corridors and islands of prosperity by pushing vast territories into perpetual backwardness. Thus, the colonial process marked its uneven regional development on Indian territory.
610 GO, Second SRC Videos 02 Feb 2007 ఫిబ్రవరి 2, 2007
Posted by Telangana Media in Telangana Articles.1 comment so far
