None of Rajeev's articles are complete without a reference to China. He somewhow tries to drag that country from nowhere. Quite a talent he has after all. However, he has hit the right note when he said that the Brahmaputra Delta and Kaveri Delta produced 25% of the agricultural output. Why would that offend any telugu speaking people. This is beyond me. If the statement is false, by all means show statistical evidence to say so. If you have any other means to establish the fact about Godavari Delta, then show it. Where is the scope of getting hurt owing to anti-telugu sentiments? Anyway, Thanjavur has for sometime been known as the rice bowl of india and is in the kaveri delta area.
It doesn't matter what the westerners think about India. It is important what we think about ourselves. Invasion and destruction has always been part of mankind. Haven't we seen islamists ruling India for over 800 years. Likewise british ruled india for 200 years. The only country whose kings have not ruled other kingdoms is India. Even within India, haven't we heard of Magadha kings and many others at war. Emperor Ashoka destroyed Kalinga before becoming a buddhist. His invasion has led to those oriyans migrating to Lanka and creating Sinhala language. We still take pride in the fact that Rajaraja chola had a powerful navy which invaded the malayan kingdom of shri vijaya because of the pirates problem. Wars and invasions have taken place forever. Why blame the british, it is natural after all.
