How to kill anger and hatred? 5 tips to Andhra friends who hate Telangana formation

Anger and hatred towards an issue can self-destructive. We all have come into this world to spread love and brotherhood, but at times we tend to over-react to a situation. The once friendly Andhra neighbors are spreading hatred on Telangana.

Here are five tips for all my friends in Andhra to overcome this anger and hatred:

1. Help any two poorest of the poor people in Telangana that you find today. It need not be monetary help. Try to help them with whatever is possible with you.
2. Remember the best time you spent with any of your friends who hails from Telangana. Remember the help he/she offered. If you never had a friend from Telangana, remember of any road-side incidents which involved a person from Telangana origin helping you with directions. 
3. Find a friend - a die-hard fan of Telangana, and discuss your concerns with him/her. Do not argue. But share your worries. It helps when you vent it out in a composed manner. Remember that you may not get a solution or you may not impose what you want. At the end of the discussion, whether you win an argument or lose it, you will feel happy that your Telangana friend heard it.
4. Within your limited ability, think about the problems of the poorest of the poor people in Andhra and list out what best you can do on your own, however little it is, to solve the problems that you identified. Make an action plan, shoot it out to the leaders in the Andhra.
5. The final tip to control your anger is to know this fact: Presence of Disagreement is not Absence of Love. This is the most important point that you need to understand. We may have disagreements, differences but it does not mean that people from Telangana does not love people from Andhra. We love as much as we did in the past. Likewise, you may disagree but you should not stop loving us. The moment you understand this, you will stop have feelings of hatred towards the formation for Telangana. 

In conclusion, I want to remind the readers that today, 9th August 2013, is observed as United Nations International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples. On this occasion, I greet each of my brothers and sisters in Andhra and Telangana region to observe peace, tranquility, brotherhood and respect the sentiments, cultures, traditions, beliefs of Indigenous people - people where they think they belong to. 

Jai Telangana. Jai Hind.

Telangana Economic Future is Bright - Smaller population and higher revenues

Telangana has lower population than Andhra yet Telangana has been contributing a larger share of revenues than the rest of the Andhra Pradesh. Despite contributing more to the state treasury, Telangana received lower share in the expenditure and thus severely depriving the people in their overall development.

Let us look at facts that were analysed by Gautam Pingle, Director, Centre for Public Policy, ASCI, Hyderabad:

Population: Telangana has 3.5 crore population as against the rest of the Andhra Pradesh which is 4.9 crores. Clearly, Telangana has lower population.

Revenue contribution: If we take annual averages from year 2003 to 2006, Telangana accounts for an annual revenue of about Rs.9900 crore, against approximately Rs. 11,000 crore from the rest of AP.

Per-capita revenue contribution in the said period has been Rs. 2829  in Telangana while it was only Rs. 2244 in Andhra.

Government of Andhra Pradesh's expenditure on Telangana is about Rs.5,300 crores against residual AP's Rs.7,000 crore.

The net surplus of the revenue that Telangana had during this period is Rs.4,600 crore as against the Andhra which was generating only Rs.4,000 crore.

In conclusion, there has been a clear disparity between the disproportionate spending in the two regions. While this has been one of the reasons for the people's struggle, there is one thing to cheer about now and that is, Telangana will be a new state. The fact that we have higher net revenues surplus with lower population is a fact that should boost our confidence to build a economically vibrant state by the people of Telangana.