India , was , is and always will be "FREE" . Polymorphically speaking , the aforementioned statement is true all probabilities. India , was open and free and hence the Brits came and set up a business and looted us . India is "FREE" of nationalist people and hence you can see lot of FDIs , FIIs , and other ways of selling the nation. But let me tell you all that , there's going to come the day when India will be "FREE" of the traitors , and that shall cometh soon !
Well , the fact stands that India got independence on 15th Aug 1947. The partition had rattled both the countries , which once were in Unison. All the efforts to avoid the partition was in vain , the people on either sides had to come to terms with the fact , what once was their motherland in now split into two. People were in distress , the soldiers who once fought unanimously , are now pointing gun towards each other. People , who were migrating , were killed mercilessly , as though they were some animals.
The pyres of hundreds of thousands of men , women and children had not yet cooled , that another agitation , to further split our motherland had started.The separation of India and Pakistan started a chain reaction. The separation of the geographical portion on linguistic basis. Which was opposed by Sardar Patel , Nehru (probably on of the very few good things he has ever done ) and others.
After the partition , Sardar Patel and others were toiling day and night to ensure the unity in the Indian Union. Just look at the picture below. This is the map of Union of India before the creation of separate states before 1956.
Potti Sriramulu who had been an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi , had spent most of his life working for humanitarian causes , came up with the proposal of carving out a new state of Andhra Pradesh for the Telgu speaking people of then Madras Province. Sriramulu who had been a hero among the Telgu Speaking people was followed by a huge mass . Soon , the heroic worship turned to become a Messiah Syndrome among his followers. The reason being , Sriramulu getting accolades from none other than Mahatma Gandhi himself . He once said "If only I have eleven more followers like Sriramulu I will win freedom in a year."
Sriramulu , in October 1952 , spearheaded the movement to carve out the separate state and took on to "fast until death" , and on the 58th day of his fast , he passed away , which paved the way for a violent riots , to handle which the Government of India had to agree to carve out a new state of the Telgu speaking people of Madras Province.
If one can demand a separate state for a people based on a language spoken by them , then what on the earth can you expect to happen? The agreement to to carve a new state of Andhra Pradesh , proved to be the external motivation for others to demand few more new states based on the languages spoken.
Finally in 1953 the Government of India , formed " States Reorganization Commission" , which after extensive survey and analysis came up with the new state borders. Finally after the submission of the reports , the new states were created .
What led a Gandhian like Sriramulu , to think of carving out a new state ? Where were his nationalist ideals , patriotism when he thought of further separation ? Did he not think about the implications of his demands? For what joy he had to fight for the freedom? Not only Sriramulu , but scores of others who demanded separate states like Karnataka , Maharashtra , Gujrat , UP , Punjab , Uttarakhand , Uttaranchal , etc..
The day is not for when India disintegrates like USSR , if these things continue. The language does not differentiate based on the geographical location , Did ever Telgu or Kannada came to anyone and said "hey if you stay in karnataka I shall not be spoken by you ? hey if u are not in Andhra I shall not be spoken by you !" Then why you want to divide people based on the language? If one has so much love for mother tongue and motherland ( which ideally should be India and not the respective states) why are they leaving it and migrating to other countries?
The notion of regionalism and idea of linguistic superiority is so deep rooted that almost every state has its own anthem and they sing it before singing Nation Anthem. Why ? Is ones respective state has more sovereignty over the nation ?
Once we used to say , that there is unity in diversity in India . Show where is the unity now ? Unity is not when people cheer for few players when they play . It is when you treat other countrymen with love and respect ! Hey how about fighting like Hey am from Punjab I wont give you wheat , Hey am from Andhra am not gonna give others rice , hey am from Karnataka am not gonna give any other state the sugar , Come on guys lets start it ! I dare anyone who can do this !
India is the chosen land of the God. Only in India you will find the ancient way of life ( dharma ) that will lead one to liberation , liberation of mind , soul . It is written centuries ago "वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् "
The world is a family and that can be found no where else on the face of the earth.
Let us all wake up , let us all break the barrier of language , creed , regionalism and really stand united , where no one stops anyone form speaking Telgu in karnataka , maharashtra . No one stops anyone from speaking kannada in Andhra , Bengal , Delhi etc. Let us all strive to retain harmony.
NOTE : This author of this post does not intend to hurt the feeling of people of any state or region or language nor intends to defame any person. The views expressed in this post are the views of the author
