It was quite surprising to see KCR get an invitation from TANA (Telugu Association of North America) for its meetings scheduled at Detroit in 2015. Normally, the Telugu representative bodies are dominated by Seemandhra people and especially, the top functionaries of these organizations. While there is absolutely no doubt that these associations definitely uphold and propagate Telugu culture overseas and assist Telugu people in times of crisis, the latest invitation to KCR is uncalled for.
He and his band of men have repeatedly denigrated Seemandhra people using the vilest of language. KCR himself said that, “Our language is different, our dialect is different, and our culture is different.” In essence, he was repudiating his status and that of the Telangana people as ‘telugus’. Lending further credibility to this assumption is the destruction of statues of Seemandhra luminaries on Tank Bund and the burning of the effigy of ‘Telugu Talli’.
The last act in itself is sufficient enough to sever any kinds of ties with KCR and his people forever. In this context, no self-respecting Telugu Association would ever extend an invitation to KCR. Why did TANA do it? One reason could be that TANA top brass are friends and community mates of Thummala Nageswara Rao, the latest addition to KCR’s cabinet.
Thummala might have convinced them to extend an invitation to KCR keeping in mind his own political future. Whatever may have been the reason, it is wrong on the part of Telugu associations to extend invitations to people who deride our culture and label us ‘looters, cheaters’ and what not! By inviting them, we are only endorsing what they have spoken of us.
The Telangana people should form their own associations wherever they are located and retain their own distinctness. It will also prevent politics of opportunism as in the above instance.
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