Cauvery- a river flowing on polarized inflamed passions
Poor Cauvery/ Kaveri in which ever name called is held hostage to caste/creed/ colour/ language and much more innumerable reasons a man can find to keep the water away from thirsty standing crops in the downstream and thirsty human throats of IT capital Bengaluru and Automotive capital Chennai. This is not to state the greediness of one state Karnataka or the over zealousness of another state Tamilnadu. My interest in Cauvery was kindled by Mr. Arupathi Kalyanam a farmer who has seen the lows and highs of the Cauvery dispute brings out a perspective on the whole issue. First and foremost accords and agreement are signed at the amicable satisfaction of both parties which has been happening since the dam was built and under British the agreements were inked. But as and when states began to be re-organized on linguistic grounds there has been a slow poisoning of regional politicians thinking process with farmers’ interest taking backseat. With power comes great responsibility h