A handle dedicated to Telugus & Telugu Heritage beyond Andhra, Telangana. From Kandy to Ganges, from the Ghats to the Eastern sea.
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Dear Telugus, we've noticed frequent confusion btw The Telugu Collective (@telugucollectv) and our account (@DTeluguCollect). The former has long promoted Telugu literature on Instagram. To honor their work and prevent mix-ups, we are rebranding as The Telugu Heritage Collective.
Exactly!
Mumbai and Bengaluru feel unwelcoming on social media. But Chennai feels unwelcoming to non-Tamil speakers in real life, on the ground.
And it's not just about the language. Things were quite different when Madras was the capital of the composite Presidency.
But now, it's suffering from Acute Draviditis. We seriously need to find an antidote for this disease!
If Bengaluru ever did this, you and your ilk would end up in a colonial city like Madras or Bombay for a job, getting dissed by the locals there.
Meanwhile, we, the native Bangaloreans, would be leading peaceful lives in our beautiful villages, speaking Kannada, Telugu and Tigala and enjoying all three cultures.
Plenty of rainfall throughout the year, fertile lands, thousands of lakes and small ponds.
My ancestors had a pretty good life, and they still do, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, in places like Chinna Tirupati, on the banks of the Dakshina Pinakini River.
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“Chennai never done ethinic Attacks like Mumbai, Bengaluru or Delhi”
A Tamilian saying this? Nice joke.
Germany has 16 states (Bundesländer) for a population of 84 million people, which averages out to roughly 5.25 million people per state.
If India scaled its governance to match Germany's federal ratio, India would have over 260 states!
Aiming for 50 states by 2050 for 1.4 billion people is actually highly practical baseline for decentralized development and administrative efficiency.
50 states by 2050 is the answer!
Dividing Odisha into Koshala, Utkala and Kalinga is the answer to Odisha's newfound ethno-nationalism.
Referendum? Why? What kind of dumb logic is that?
So, if a particular community increases in population and starts demanding a separate country, should we simply hand over the land to them? Tomorrow, if the Christian population grows in Andhra Pradesh and they demand a Christian country, will you allow that too? Is that how territorial ownership works?
If that is the logic, then why not apply the same principle to Kashmir as well?
The land from Ganga to Godavari belongs to Odisha. It doesn't matter who happens to be living there today. People are temporary. They come and go, generations pass, but the land remains. No amount of infiltration or demographic change can legitimise a territorial claim.
If people don't like the administration or the government, they are free to move elsewhere. But how can they claim ownership of somebody else's land simply because their numbers have increased?
Imagine a homeless person entering your house, asking for a job. You give them work as a domestic help. Eventually, they ask to stay in your house. They have children, the family grows from one to two, then three. One day, they demand a referendum on who owns the house. Three people vote in their own favour, and suddenly you become a guest in your own house!
Would you accept that?
Then why should anyone accept this ridiculous argument in the case of Kotia? Territorial integrity cannot be decided by demographic changes or a headcount.
All four are so called "Gultie" Colleges only.
PES by Telugu Kamma Gultie
Ramaiah and BMS by Telugu Balija Gultie
RVCE by Telugu Komati Gultie
What applies to Chennai applies to Mumbai too, yet Mumbai hasn't lost its charm or its No. 1 position in the country.
It's Chennai's unwelcoming nature. Bangalore, unfortunately, is trying to follow Chennai's lead and for the worse.
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Kotia's ground reality !
People raise slogans "Go Back, Odisha!”
At least the people are standing firm, unlike AP's selfish politicians...
Yesterday , AP Police and Kotia villagers removed Odisha's dominance barricades amid a confrontation in Neruduvalasa..
and he paid the price. Did he not?
His next generations are facing the wrath too... తనూ చచ్చాడు, తన సోదరుడూ తనవారితోనే చంపబడ్డాడు. తన కుమారుడు కేసుల్లో కూరుకు పోయాడు.. అమ్మా, అన్నా-చెల్లెళ్ళ నడుమ మాటా మంతి లేదు..
Don't mess with Venky or his abode, you will face the consequences. Those who have messed with him have always paid the price.
Why go through so much of pain and spend so many crores?
Run AC shuttles between Vellore and Chittore every 15 mins and if demand increases every 5 mins. Bus metro.
Same for Hosuru. Have a station at Hoskote and run bus metro via Satellite Ring Road (STRR).
And how exactly will "Karnataka" benefit if Bangalore–Chennai is connected via Hosur?
It's going to be "all Tamil Nadu". At least now, the route passes through Bengaluru Rural and Kolar districts.
The benefits are more or less equally distributed among Karnataka (Kolar and Bengaluru Rural), Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh), and Vellore and Thiruvallur (Tamil Nadu).
Tamil Nadu lobbied and managed to get the NH route via Hosur to Chennai, rendering the Old Madras Road redundant.
Finally, God has willed it otherwise once again, and both the Chennai–Bengaluru Expressway and HSR are going via the Old Madras Road route.
Bengaluru → Hoskote → Bangarpet → Chittoor → Vellore/Ranipet → Thiruvallur.
We should ask for realignment through Vellore, Hosur. @CMOTamilnadu this is not some Connect Andhra scheme we and Karnataka are a part of. Shameful. Atleast if they had extended it to Kovai or Trichy that’s saying something. @Keerthana4VNR
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4 major Railway routes Chennai - Mumbai, Chennai- Kolkata, Chennai-Delhi, Mumbai - Bangalore pass through Andhra Pradesh.
Any route towards Chennai will have to pass through Andhra Pradesh.
Both Chennai, Bangalore are close to Andhra Pradesh border.
Chennai is closer to Tirupati, Nellore, Chittor than it is to Kanyakumari. Bangalore is closer to Anantapur than it is to Mangalore, Karwar or Hubbali.
Any major Railway project or Highway Project will have to consider Andhra Pradesh.
You can bang your heads non stop crying South Bihar, Golties but that is the hard fact.
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How do you connect the Men, Money and Materials required for Chennai in South without the courtesy of both AP and TG for using and transiting their respective rail-space, road-space and land-space resources?
The Grand Trunk line from Delhi to Chennai, the East Coast line from Howrah to Chennai, the line from Mumbai/Pune to Chennai - all these lines pass through AP and TG and in fact utilize more infrastructure of AP and TG than TN.
AP and TG should indeed be complemented for allowing all such road and rail seamless movements from the rest of the country to Chennai and TN. In the absence of such graceful attitude of both AP and TG, Chennai and TN economics can get badly hurt.
One is free to choose to divert all such traffic to run on alternative non AP and TG routes.
In fact, AP and TG need to utilize the infrastructure within their states more for their advantage to run more inter-state and intra-state traffic and improve their economies.
TG and AP should hereafter give serious consideration about utilising river waters within their states and completely avoid any irritants with states that do not fall under the river basins of rivers flowing through AP and TG.