One may paint Ambedkar Saffron or Blue but if one fails to understand that the awakening he fought for all his life is deep within - to strive hard and succeed by getting educated despite whatever hurdles life gives us - it certainly would not be a sweet smelling color.
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Telangana lost its opportunity to host its first Indian Science Congress (ISC). The 105th session of the prestigious ISC was scheduled to happen in Osmania University (OU) in Jan 2018. Unfortunately, fear of dissent and student protests made OU back out - the first time in the history of ISC - and Manipur University got the honor of hosting it this month.
In 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, TRS had 34% vote share and won 63 seats, while Congress had 25% vote share and won 21 seats. Out of these 21 Congressmen, TRS poached 7 MLAs who shifted from Congress to TRS. In the ongoing budget session, all the remaining Congress MLAs were either expelled or suspended on the very first day of the session. This is killing democracy one step at a time.
Come November, the world would look towards Hyderabad. Our city is going to host Global Entrepreneurship Summit from Nov 28-30, for which Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the US President, will lead the U.S. delegation.
With incessant rains and battered roads, is Hyderabad prepared for such mega events of international scale? While Telangana state government has allotted Rs 500 crore for improvement of roads, traffic junctions, beautification, and sanitation, the big question is when and to what extent are the funds going to be released? More importantly, how prudently will these funds be deployed to build the historic city's infrastructure?