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Telangana’s BC Movement Gains Momentum with Calls for Share, Dignity, and Power

Feb 23, 2025 — A growing movement among Backward Classes (BCs) in Telangana is shaking up the state, demanding equity and representation in a system critics say has marginalized them for decades. 1.  The Slogans Driving the Fight “ Hissa, Izzat, Hukumat ” (Share, Dignity, Power) encapsulate the BC movement’s core demands. Led by T. Chiranjivulu, IAS (Retd), the BC Intellectuals Forum is rallying for quotas, self-respect, and political authority. 2. A Stark Economic Divide India’s the world’s fifth-largest economy, yet the average citizen earns just 30,000-40,000 rupees ($360-$480) annually. Wealth concentrates among a few, leaving BCs, SCs, and STs struggling for basic survival. 3. Historical Oppression Fuels the Fire The caste and varna systems, backed by state power, have enslaved Shudras (now BCs) across physical, mental, economic, and cultural lines. 75 years after the Constitution, BCs—60% of India’s population—see little social progress. 4. Telangana as a Flashpoint BCs ...

హిస్సా ,ఇజ్జత్ - హుకుమత్

"హిస్సా ,ఇజ్జత్ - హుకుమత్- ‘’ (వాటా,ఆత్మ గౌరవం,అధికారం )ఇవే బిసి ఉద్యమ నినాదాలు. T.చిరంజీవులు ఐఏఎస్ (retd) అధ్యక్షులు బిసి ఇంటెలెక్చువల్స్ ఫోరమ్ “భరతావని “అనే కవితలో ప్రముఖ తెలంగాణ కవి అలిశెట్టి ప్రభాకర్ గారు “ఎన్ని భవనాలకు ఆభరణాలు తొడిగిన ,హరిత విప్లవాలే కప్పిన ,ఆస్తిపంజరమే భరతావని ,ఆర్తనాధమే వర్తమానం “అన్నారు.నిజమే నేడు భారతదేశం ప్రపంచంలో ఐదవ అతిపెద్ద ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థ అయినప్పటికిని సామాన్యుని వార్షిక తలసరి ఆదాయం 30 వేల నుంచి 40 వేలకు మించి లేదు సంపదలన్నీ కొందరు చేతిలోనే కేంద్రీకృతమైనాయి .తినడానికి తిండి లేక బీసీలు ఎస్సీ ఎస్టీల బతుకులు దుర్భరమైనటువంటి పరిస్థితులు. ఇక్కడ రాజ్యాధికారానికి తోడు వర్ణ వ్యవస్థలు, కుల వ్యవస్థలు తోడై శూద్రులను,అతి శూద్రులను శారీరకంగా, మానసికముగా, ఆర్థికముగా, సాంస్కృతికముగ ,రాజకీయము గ బానిసలుగా చేసి ,క్రూరంగా అణిచి వేసి సర్వ విధాలుగా నాశనం చేశారు. భారత రాజ్యాంగము అమలులోకి వచ్చి 75సంవత్సరములు గడిచి నప్పటికిని నేటికి బిసిల జీవితాల్లో సామాజిక మార్పులు పెద్దగా ఏమి జరగ లేదు. నేటికి సామాజిక న్యాయం అందని ద్రాక్షపండే: స్వతంత్ర భారతములో బిసిలు అనగా నాటి శూద్రులు జనా...

Share, Dignity, Power (Hissa,Izzat, Hukumat): Slogans of BC

" Share, Dignity, Power" (Quota, Self-respect, Authority) – These are the slogans of the BC movement. T. Chiranjivulu IAS (Retd) President, BC Intellectuals Forum In the poem Bharatavani , the renowned Telangana poet Alishetty Prabhakar wrote, “How many buildings adorned with ornaments, covered by green revolutions, Bharatavani is merely a cage of wealth, and the present is a cry of anguish.” This is true indeed. Even though India is the fifth-largest economy in the world today, the annual per capita income of the common person does not exceed 30,000 to 40,000 rupees. All the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. The lives of BCs, SCs, and STs have become unbearable due to the lack of food to eat. Here, along with state power, the caste system and varna system have physically, mentally, economically, culturally, and politically enslaved Shudras and Ati-Shudras, brutally suppressing them and destroying them in every way. Even though 75 years have passed since the India...

INDIA: Quick Stats

7% of Indians own passports . However, only 1% of Indians take international travel. The total luxury cars (like Mercedes Benz, BMW and so on) owners in India is estimated to be around half a million. Yes 0.5 million or 5 lakhs. Just 0.03% of the population . This is significantly low when compared to other Asian countries like Thailand, where the ownership rate is 5% . Do you know that 53% of Thais own a car while it is only 7% in India. We've miles and miles to go. Courtesy : D. Muthukrishnan, Tweet

Blue India Party Condemns Caste-Based Discrimination and Retaliatory Transfer of Dalit Assistant Manager in Kerala

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2025 Hyderabad, India Blue India Party Condemns Caste-Based Discrimination and Retaliatory Transfer of Dalit Assistant Manager in Kerala The Blue India Party strongly condemns the outrageous incident of caste-based discrimination faced by a Dalit assistant manager at the Ernakulam branch of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in Kerala. This disgraceful episode, followed by the punitive transfer of the victim to Gujarat, lays bare the deep-rooted casteism that continues to afflict Indian workplaces and the abject failure of institutions to safeguard the rights of marginalized communities. The assistant manager, a committed professional with over 11 years of service, was subjected to demeaning treatment by his upper-caste senior officer, Assistant General Manager Kashmeer Singh. He was forced to undertake menial tasks—fetching tea, watering office plants, and running personal errands such as purchasing ayurvedic medicines for the senior officer’s daughter a...

Torture and killings of Muslim Gujjar community members by Army in Kashmir

“On 22 December 2023, at least 26 men from the predominantly Muslim Gujjar community were picked up from several villages in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and taken to three different army posts, where they were severely tortured. From witness accounts collected during our investigation of the incident that was published in the February 2024 issue of The Caravan, contributing writer Jatinder Kaur Tur found, the army mercilessly beat some of the men with wooden rods and metal pipes and put chilli powder put into their eyes and rectums, and drowned and electrocuted others. Three of them died as a result. A video of the torture at Dera Ki Gali, within the same compound where five senior officers had set up their control room, was soon leaked on social media.  The Caravan had bolstered these findings with medical reports of the victims, internal army documents and the FIR registered in the case. The investigation indicated that since orders were sent to three differ...

States with above $4000 percapita

By D. Muthukrishnan  Large states with above $4000 percapita, for the last financial year: Telangana $4687 Karnataka $4385 Haryana $4313 Tamil Nadu $4212 All the above states would cross $5000 GDP percapita latest by 2026. These states are capable of coming out of low or middle income trap and reach the threshold of advanced economies, around $13,000 percapita within next 10 years. But all these states need to grow at a nominal GDP growth rate of 12% to 14% to make it happen. Not an easy task.  Not that a Gujarat or Maharashtra cannot do it. In all likelihood, these two states are equally capable. For now, their percapita is lesser than $4000. Gujarat GDP growth rate is decent. But Maharashtra is struggling. It's nominal growth rate of current year is pegged at meagre 5.5%.  These 6 states - Telangana, Karnataka, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat looks like reaching the levels of advanced economies.  Added to this six - two more have potential ...