Peoples Telangana

MOHAN GURUSWAMY: The enduring myth of the Magna Carta, Political Freedom and Economic Development. The world celebrates the Magna Carta or Great Charter as synonymous with the fundamental rights and rule of law that are the cornerstones of modern democracy. We now take our liberties and rights for granted, and the way of life it guarantees us as inherent. But what we now have came after a long process evolution, and many a time they flowed out of something else quite unintended. The Magna Carta is a case in point.  Much of the world now believes that the Magna Carta came out of an eruption of a long suppressed yearning among the common people for protection against the caprices of the monarch and the nobility. But it is not so. It came out of an intra-elite struggle between 40 barons and their king. The English King John had emptied the royal treasuries in a fruitless war with France, and the barons were no longer willing to meet his demands for higher taxes.  The consequence...

  In the landscape of modern mental health, we are taught that the "mind" is a theater of infinite potential—a space of neuroplasticity and evolving personality. Yet, for millions living under the Indian caste system, this internal expanse is systematically foreclosed by the external reality of "birth." While global psychological discourse has expanded to address the traumas of gender, race, and colonialism, the discipline within the Indian subcontinent remains marked by what philosopher Divya Dwivedi describes as a "stunning and yet mundane" absence: the failure to confront the psychological devastation of caste. This is not a mere oversight; it is a "blindness that watches over a society," a functional repression that allows a ceremonial order of inequality to persist while the individuals within it are reduced from "evolving personalities" to immutable biological categories. 1. Psychomachia: The Internal War of the Oppressed Ca...

The concept of Social Telangana represents a vision for the state where the numerical strength of the Backward Classes (BC) and Bahujans is converted into organised political and economic power . It is the antithesis of the current state, which is a "geographical state" and a "den for looters" dominated by a few powerful castes. The core components of Social Telangana include: 1. Hissa, Ijjat, and Hukumat Telangana to truly become a people's state, BCs must achieve three things: • Hissa (Share): An equal and fair distribution of the state's resources and wealth. • Ijjat (Respect): Recognition and dignity for the Bahujan communities who provided the "sweat, blood, and sacrifices" for the statehood movement. • Hukumat (Rule): Direct participation in state power and governance, rather than being excluded from decision-making,. 2. Proportional Representation and Reservation A central pillar of this concept is the implementation of 4...

1. Introduction: The Unanswered Question of a People’s Movement The state of Telangana was not a gift from the corridors of power; it was a sovereign right forged through the sweat, blood, and ultimate sacrifices of the Bahujan people. The movement was fueled by a singular, visceral promise:  Water, Funds, and Jobs.  For the millions who marched, these were the metrics of dignity and the blueprint for a "Social Telangana." A decade later, the high-stakes emotional battle for statehood has been replaced by a chilling disillusionment. While the geography has changed, the power structures have merely recalibrated. As retired IAS officer T. Chiranjeevulu aptly notes, this is no longer governance—it is "daylight robbery." The central question that now haunts every dry field and every crowded unemployment exchange is simple yet devastating:  Whose wealth has Telangana become?  While a select few float in commissions, the majority remain drowned in debt, wondering if their...