Telangana – Mis-directed energies

“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. ". This quotation by Alexander Graham Bell underscores the stark reality that you need to know your final goal in order to determine whether your effort is successful. The ongoing agitation in Telangana is one more example of the misdirected energies of determined people. I am flabbergasted by the perseverance and energies of those people which have been totally misdirected. I question myself time and again why people can’t use the same energies for the development of their region, for the development of infrastructure, and for cleaning up their political system. I don’t have to state here how much underdeveloped the villages in Telangana. These villages lack basic amenities and infrastructure facilities. All these political leaders who have been crying loud for a separate State have never made any concerted efforts to uplift the lives in these downtrodden villages. Have these politicians ever made any effort to bring better schools, better roads, and better self-employment schemes in those villages? Who is stopping them in doing these?

The goal of the people shouldn’t be achieving a separate State. But achieving the final objective i .e. Better life. How does a separate State can ensure that? Why can’t people redirect their energies and fight with same vigor and determination for better schools, amenities and infrastructure. Telangana people are the real stake holders in this struggle. They need to know that whether the efforts that they are putting in lead them to their ultimate goal? I have no hesitation in my mind to express the fact that the separate State inherits the same political and social malaises, which continue to plague the society as it has been ever before.
This whole thing highlights the following three points:
1. People don’t understand their objectives
2. We do not have leaders to educate people about their priorities and rally them around.
3. Irresponsible attitude of the media. Media needs to play a very responsible and objective role in this kind of imbroglio. They can air programs that make people to think and question their decisions. However media is clinging to sensationalism.
I am really discouraged and dismayed by the way in which things have been going in our state in the last few months. Again I do not hesitate to state here the loser of this entire episode, “ it is the stakeholder….”.