No one really imagined that the state of Telangana would become a reality. Major political parties were sympathetic to the cause but stopped short of actively encouraging its creation. Yet Congress � the ruling party at the Centre and in the state of Andhra Pradesh� by a gross miscalculation created a winner out of a horse it never backed. Two states in the place of one thus came into being �two adversaries who have yet to come to terms with each other. On June 2, declared officially as the day Telangana was born, there was euphoria and wild celebrations all over while the mood in AP was one of dismay and disbelief. Fed and provoked by unprincipled politicians, Telugus on both sides of the divide believed that the other side was the villain.�All speak the same language, so why this division?� cried one. �Thank God, atleast we have realised our dream,� exclaimed the other.
