Editorial: "SIXTH OPTION, THE BEST OPTION!" in LAW ANIMATED WORLD, 15 January 2011 issue (Vol. 7, Part 1, No. 1)

SIXTH OPTION, THE BEST OPTION!

Strictly per schedule, the learned, intelligent, perspicacious and patriotic Srikrishna Committee, constituted to consult, study, examine and report on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the recent separatist and integrationist movements, has delivered its excellent report, of course not without faults and errors in fact and perception but which are like the moles on the moon, suggesting six options – (i) status quo; (ii) Bifurcation into Seemandhra and Telangana, with Hyderabad as Union Territory …; (iii) Bifurcation into Rayala-Telangana and coastal Andhra …; (iv) Bifurcation into Seemandhra and Telangana with Hyderabad Metropolis, including Nalgonda and Mahaboobnagar districts, providing contiguity to Seemandhra, as Union Territory; (v) Bifurcation into Telangana with Hyderabad as the capital and Seemandhra with a new capital; and (vi) keepting the State united by providing certain constitutional/statutory measures for socio-economic development and political empowerment of Telangana by creation of a statutory Telangana Regional Council – to rectify the horrible impasse in Andhra Pradesh with own recognition that the first three are not that desirable or feasible. Holding the last to be the best option the Committee was confident that it will receive a near unanimous acceptance by the people of Seemandhra and Hyderabad Metropolis; that, on balance, it is the most workable option in the given circumstances and in the best interest of the welfare of the people of all the three regions, as well of the entire country. We had suggested this option long back and have been consistently canvassing it amidst all separatist frenzy; so we agree and confirm, with a rider that such councils are a must for all the three regions; failing that, we recommend the fourth option, with a difference that instead of/in addition to Mahaboobnagar, Khammam district, which indeed is the district that will be hurt most by separation, may be joined in the Hyderabad Union Territory. Our impassionate appeal to the people of Telangana not to be misguided by the false propaganda of the separatists and respecting the sentiments of the majority of the State people, as also in general national interest, to consent and work for this best option. §§§

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Editorial: "Salute to the Socialist Sentinels" in LAW ANIMATED WORLD, 31 December 2010 issue (Vol. 6, Part 2, No. 24)

Salute to the Socialist Sentinels

Dr. C.R. Rajagopalan, Surendra Mohan, B. Lokanadham, K.G. Kannabiran

A doctor and expert surgeon, a teacher turned political activist, a political activist turned teacher and an intellectual advocate – all prominent in their respective fields with the common streak of adherence and dedication to the cause of socialism, democracy and human rights have passed away in quick succession in the last three months, with Kannabiran being the last to depart just about 32 hours before the new year. Another common characteristic among them all was their ‘high thinking and plain living’, always caring more for the social good than personal pelf. Sri Rajagopalan was a communist activist for some time in his student days, was even associated with the renowned Amir Haider Khan – the first organizer of the communist movement in South India, and, in course of time, became a prominent civil liberties leader in Andhra Pradesh. As a socialist doctor he was in the forefront of the successful struggle by medical students and doctors to claim and obtain the site of the Musheerabad Jail for the Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad. Sri Lokanadham was active in Marxist Study Forum before and after his retirement and ideologically and morally helped this editor to propagate the cause of socialism among the masses. Surendra Mohan was a most prominent socialist ideologue in India with close contacts with the grassroots and was always ready with affectionate aid to the efforts of this editor to spread socialist consciousness. He and Kannabiran have been our editorial advisers and their loss, particularly of the latter who has been a frequent contributor, is certainly irreparable for this journal too. Kannabiran was doyen of the Hyderabad Bar, has been a member of the A.P. Bar Council, and a much respected senior advocate who mainly took up and pursued the causes of the poor, downtrodden and oppressed and initiated an ‘advocacy of insurgence’ apart from his immense contribution to the development of human rights movement in India. We take this occasion to sincerely salute these socialist sentinels with a vow never to depart from their ideals and work traditions. §§§