హైదరాబాదు, టాంక్‌బండ్‌పై తెలుగు గౌరవమూర్తుల విధ్వంసం చాల బాధాకరం, తీవ్రంగా గర్హనీయం!

It was not done in the heat of the moment. It was deliberate vandalism.

అలనాటి సోమనాథ, తదితర దేవాలయ విధ్వంసకులూ, విగ్రహాల విధ్వంసకులు -
గజ్నీ గోరీ మహమ్మదులూ , వారి వారసులూ

బాబ్రీ మసీదు నేలకూల్చి
మతమారణహోమాలకు దారులు వేసిన
ఇటీవలి మతోన్మాద దుర్మార్గులూ,

నిన్నగాక మొన్న టాంక్‌ బండ్‌పై నెలకొన్న
తెలుగుజాతి గౌరవమూర్తుల
విగ్రహాలు పగలగొట్టిన ముష్కరులూ
అంతా ఒక్క జాతి పక్షులే.

Who are the sons of soil? That itself is a despicable term, commonly used to whip up parochial passions.The Shiv Sena in Bombay first brought this term to great currency, in recent historical times. All of us are sons of soil. What zulmi words I have used. I have only drawn parallels and perhaps it should have stung the guilty consciences. I have not spared any fundamentalists - religious (of any religion) or regional. Earlier I have stated that regional chauvinism is as dangerous as religious fundamentalism and that's what happened today. Attack on statues is only the first step; Reports are coming that these chauvinists are planning large scale attacks on persons and private properties opposed to them and to terrorize people opposed to their demands and policies (a typical fascist tendency) and I can only rue the present lamentable situation in Andhra Pradesh, especially Telangana region, where once a totally secular, broadminded, heroic people's struggle against oppressive monarchy and feudalism was conducted and also a great movement for merger of all the Telugu areas was conducted totally defeating the separatist forces under the feudal lords - KV Ranga Reddy and Channa Reddy, et al. The marching song of the people then was - Telugu talli biddalam, telangana veerulam, maatru desa mukti koraku poru salpa kadilinam; mukkalaina telugu nela okkatiga chesedam. (తెలుగుతల్లి బిడ్డలం, తెలంగాణ వీరులం, మాతృదేశ ముక్తికొరకు పోరుసల్ప కదిలినాం; ముక్కలైన తెలుగునేల ఒక్కటిగా చేసెదం). The irony is the so-called communists of various varieties in Telanagana have joined hands with such chauvinistic forces, and are conducting themselves in a 'more royal than the king' fashion. I was struck with anger and sorrow seeing red flags fluttering where the statues were being destroyed.It seems they are now moving in quite opposite direction to that of their heroic ancestors (because the great Telangana peasant and people's armed revolt was led mainly by communists) and singing exactly the opposite: " ఒక్కటైన తెలుగునేల ముక్కలుగా చేసెదం!" At least now the progressive and broadminded sections among Telanganites should come forward to forge a powerful counter-movement against this separatist frenzy.