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I agree with every word he is saying here.

which district you belong to in Andhra?

In past I did decent amount of study on WB. I found it to be an extremely fascinating society that has lot of great things and a few really really bad ones. I'd like to you know your opinion, if you have any with whatever little exposure you have to the state. I'll go first:

Society: I think its a fragmented society between urban and rural. This is unlike other societies that are divided along religious and caste lines. Urban society is the "bhadralok", who is the "The Bengali Gentleman" you've read about in novels of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay or Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. Lot of Indian cinema, especially Hindi cinema has been greatly influenced these great novelists. And the rural Bengal is not something anyone knows much about. It doesn't make much news.

Culture: While ALL Indian societies and communities have produced rich culture of their own at various time in history, in the recent memory of India, post 1850's, definitely Bengal has produced lot of cultural heritage that we all can be proud of and take inspiration from. One of the characteristics of their society is general acceptance of arts within their families. Its quite common that every child is exposed to music either classical Hindustani or Rabindra Sangeet, Painting, Theater, story telling etc. I think we all need to take this as a lesson from Bengal. I actively encourage ALL children within our extended families to enroll themselves in music classes as a means of enjoyment and enriching themselves - I clearly tell them that pursue or learn music without any compulsion or competition of any sort. If not music, I ask children to try out different things and see what they like. IMO this is the biggest difference between Bengalis culture and ours. In Andhra, culture or arts are not pursued at a wider scale (in comparision).

Politics: Bengalis don't know politics. Neither the people nor even the politicians. Its strange. They equate ideology position to politics. There are no stalwart politicians in Bengal, of any party. No election (not many) was fought on a manifesto until today (35 years of CPM + 15 years of TMC) ~ 50 years, politicians just got mandate without even having to convince their electorate or fight for the vote of their electorate. Now, look at EVERY politician of WB through these lens. No politician EVER had to understand their voter at all. I often listen to their politicians speak on TV (I can understand Bangla) and they sound so juvenile - and yes it includes Mamata Banarjee too.

For example, I don't know any politician who has a heft within his constituency or at least few constituencies and has a standing of his own. There is no body like Eknath Shinde who can command a following of his own. Now this means, there are no challengers within the party. Anyway, its a very strange state politically speaking.

Movies:

Something need to be said about their movies. I have question : Can a movie like [Meghe Dhaka Tara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghe_Dhaka_Tara_(1960_film\) ) be made by any of the Telugu directors or producers? Read the story line. Its depressing. I attempted to watch it twice and I couldn't go more than ~40 mins. It took me in deep depression and soo-cidal. I don't know what to make of people who watch it and say its a masterpiece. I'd like to hear your opinions on this.

EDIT:

Before I leave, I forgot to mention one thing. I believe we all should indulge in story telling. Tell, write creative stories. And children should have story telling as a part of their curriculum or course. And we should encourage them to tell fresh stories. Children should learn the value of being original. That's where creativity begins and we become conscious of plagiarism and value originality. I try to do it in my extended family. During our weddings, we see if there is a child or a young adult who can have the platform to express their creativity in this way. IMO even adults should do it - at least as a hobby.

Article link

https://thefederal.com/category/states/south/andhra-pradesh/lulu-mall-vijayawada-andhra-govt-cancels-land-allotment-238479

Just search Lulu Vijaywada

He reportedly shouted that his pastor had instructed him to break idols to reach heaven.

As usual, alert villagers caught him on the spot and handed him over to the police. Media will not cover such Hinduphobic incidents.

No treatment . We all know what will happen to him and his pastor - nothing.

Hindus have to keep suffering like this.

ఛీ!

The electric poles were wrapped in Indian Tricolour LEDs. Take a wild guess what color LEDs were present before 2024? I will give you a clue: they were also a Tricolour with Blue as one colour😂🫣

In view of the two-month fishing ban, fishermen anchored their motorboats amid the mangrove forests in the Buckingham Canal near Gundamala village in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.

Do fishermen do other jobs during these months?

It is his party that linked women reservation with census and delimination. It is his party that delayed it's implementation in 2024.

Ecah and every opposition MP syeaterday said they support women reservation, but against delimitation.

దొడ్డి దారిన delimitation చేద్దాం అని చూశారు. బెడిసి కొట్టేసరికి, మొసలి కన్నీరు కరుస్తున్నారు.

If the BJP were genuinely committed to implementing women’s reservation, it could have passed the bill without linking it to delimitation. It chose not to, why?

Because delimitation was the real goal. Women Reservation was the vehicle.

బెడిసికొట్టేసరికి, సానుభూతి కోసం Opposition ని దోషులుగా చూపించే పని మొదలుపెట్టారు.

Opposition is against delimitation not against women's reservation.

FY 2025–26 shows a sharp year-on-year contraction. #MGNREGA #AndhraPradesh

📉 Year-on-year decline:

Persondays ↓ 23.2%

Registered households ↓ 6.1%

HHs getting work ↓ 8.6%

Workers employed ↓ 10.1% This is a state-wide contraction.

👷 Workforce itself is shrinking:

Net loss of 12.33 lakh workers

4.58 lakh jobcards lost Not just less work — fewer workers in the system.

📉 Access to sustained work collapsed:

HHs completing 100 days ↓ 57.6%

Avg workdays per HH ↓ 16%

💰 Wages increased (₹300 → ₹307), but incomes fell:

Avg HH income ↓ ₹1,574 👉 Because employment declined.

Decline persisted through the year and worsened during transition to the new VB-GRAMG framework.

⚠️ Disproportionate impact:

SC/ST households account for ~40% of income loss (₹484 crore).

This is not a temporary dip — it signals structural weakening of employment guarantee.

Full analysis: https://libtech.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP\_tracker\_FY2025-26\_v1.pdf

Source

• https://x.com/rsliveIndia/status/2044253806612099340
• https://www.instagram.com/p/DXMppVGE_2R/