Seperate Statehood... My views

Hyderabad... Telangana or Andhra Pradesh?

Life has come to standstill if you are living in Andhra Pradesh, especially, if you are politically interested or if you were a non-telangana person but have significant investments in Hyderabad.


I have moved to hyderabad in 2004 from the United States of America, hoping to raise my children in India with Indian values and culture and with the promise of India raising to become an economic super power. We had choices of going to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai or any other city in India. I personally wanted to move back to Chennai since I really love the hard working nature of Tamilians and the city offers great culture and education for children. My grand parents lived in Chennai during the composite Madras state. My husband on the other hand put is hands down for Chennai and threatened that he will only move back to Hyderabad and NO other city in India. His argument was that Hyderabad has as good schools and the oppurtunity to speak Telugu every single day and oppurtunity for kids to grow up as 'Telugu's. I decided to support him and move back to Hyderabad. I have really enjoyed living here for the last 5 years and I realize that I am a true Hyderabadi and so are my kids..

KCR started fast in December and December 9th, there is announcement that process has begun for the formation of sepearte statehood of Telangana.

The industry is going through a very difficult recession and unemployment phase. Companies have stopped hiring, real-estate has plumented and virtually no new investments are coming into Hyderabad. The Indian market primarily depends on "Growth" factor. The announcement without a "process" explanation has put all a lot of people in dielema. We have been hearing a lot of statements like "Settlers Bhago". What do such statements mean to us? It looks like some Telanga people want "Andhra" and "Rayalaseema" people to run away leaving our properties behind... properties that have been acquired after paying nearly 50% taxes in the U.S? Whose land is it anyways? Is the market going to come back again with growth? Most business are running in losses and how does te economy move back to positive gains with such fears and disturbances?

Is there a representation for "settlers" in Hyderabad? If so, what do we demand in the wake of new statehood?