Query from Quora!

What can save a 21 year 'kid' (I can justify!) dying of boredom? Quora!  All my writing interests are shape-shifted into reading ability and I am spending hours in Quora, digesting what the active internet community puts for me. One of my favorite authors in Quora is Balaji Vishvanathan. I am surprised by his knowledge profundity in History, Economics and Global Politics.

His Ideologies are pretty much ‘right’ and I can’t complain that since capitalistic economy will boost the growth of any country, though we might have adverse effects at times. He is too good for this highly fraudulent world. He amazes me with drooling positivity in every article he has generated.

His answer to this question caught my attention.

                                                

Shouldn't Tamil Nadu be divided into two states?

His answer to this question was like, "It would be advantageous in the point to make able administration and faster economic growth if Tamil Nadu is ruled as three separate states as it was ruled once by Chera, Chola, Pandaya dynasties". He spoke about the power and prosperity of Tanjore city which was once a capital of great Chola Empire. He wishes  the city to attain its lost importance. His article proposed for Chennai,Madurai and Karur as the Capitals of newly formed states.

His intentions are so noble and upright. This plan might work had the society be so perfect like he thought, but now the scenario is not so.

I will tender few reasons to say why his ideas are not practically possible.

      

     Base for the division

Right after our Independence there were only four presidencies. Later they were divided on the linguistic basis. Recently few states were divided on the basis of population and ethnicity. If Tamil Nadu has to be divided, it should be done on the basis of caste which will result in chaos and it is unconstitutional.

   In the presence of active caste based party system and problems created by the communal groups increasing linearly, dividing Tamil Nadu will cut open many scars and create new wounds.

   Parties such as Paatali Makkal Katchi (north), Kongu peravai (west), Samathuva Makkal Katchi (south) and many other communal parties which boasts their caste strength will rapidly increase their hold and try to capture the power centre to rule the respective state. This will be a total disaster to the other minorities in that region.

   Honour killing will take a giant leap (I don’t know who named it as ‘Honour’ killing, seriously! what is the honor in killing?) Un-touchability will again come into picture, this time with more serious tone.

  Lack of good leaders

The major parties in Tamil Nadu are Dravidian parties but they don’t assert capable second grade regional leaders in their party. Like it or not, they are more stable than many parties present now. If Tamil Nadu is divided into three states they can’t win with their newly-indulged leaders.  This will create the platform for the caste-based parties. Their hands will rise and chaos!

When Chhattisgarh was separated from Madhya Pradesh they had Raman Singh, He is the chief minister till date. Telengana has Chandra Sekara Rao, Who is powerful in the newly formed region.  They brought most needed stability to their states. 

Such a leader is not present here, hence divide and rule is not a sane idea.

      Pathway to corruption

New state will bring huge funds from central government for building infrastructure and boost up developmental activities. When there is no stable government or powerful ruler for that state, that will obviously attract corrupt wolves. The pack will hunt the state to bankruptcy.

The natural resources present in the region will be exploited out of greed. I don’t say currently there is no corruption and exploitation but what I say is, when there is no able government it will be a huge opportunity for money hungry wolves to hunt us.

We are not new to resource exploitation. We have seen Granite scandal in Madurai, Sand robbery in the riverbeds of Tamirabarani and Paalar, Mineral enriched Sand exploitation in the areas around Udangudi and etc etc!

          

 So instead of this divide and develop plan we can bring new ideas that will help Tamil Nadu’s economy to grow fast and attain sustainable development.

  

    

 Forming more “Special economic zones”

Yeah, there are few zones present and few are proposed but left unnoticed later. These zones should be given priority and support should be provided in all possible ways. Each district should have one Special economic zone.  Each district’s SEZ should focus on the manufacture and service sectors. They should utilize their natural resources optimally.

      Forming Smart metro cities in each zone

Should develop cities with better infrastructure and make it feasible for investors to invest. Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy and Salem are the optimal options for multi-level development. This will make people not to migrate towards Chennai for better education, job and life style.

I know I know!! It looks like a Geo or EVS essay written for an assignment in college :P But I felt I need to put it this way.

And Finally

Tamil Nadu has 2+ lakh crore debts! Makalae!! All the above points will fail to happen because of this very statement! So choose wisely on May 16 (Yeah, That's the date to use our fingers, for voting!!!)