It is not a question of creation Telangana. The bigger question is the incompetence of successive governments both at the Centre and in the States. Why Chidambaram is saying that people of Telangana are feeling neglected? If Reddys and Khammams have been exploiting the wealth of AP, what was the Congress Government which ruled the State for the last 50 years doing? Was it blind?
Smaller States make for rapid development is a bogey. What has happened to Uttarakhand, Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand which are recent creations? Goa is the smallest State and not formed out of any other State. It has gained notoriety for prostitution, rape, gambling, murder.
Governments do not function under pressure. If that were so, England would have surrendered to Hitler without a fight. For 8 years, TSR was with NDA/UPA Governments. Persuasion did not work. 11-day old fast unto death did the trick. Before the announcement was made, another agitation has started for Gorkhaland. Then another and then another.
There was another fast unto death that led to formation of linguistic States that sowed the seeds of chauvinism, regionalism, linguistic frenzy, and creation of regional satraps that browbeat the Centre. History tells us that whenever there was weak Centre, country fell apart. If Aurangzeb had not left Delhi, perhaps Moghul rule would have continued till this day.
You are talking of USA. Its area is 9826675 sq.km and population 30.81 crores. Compare India - area 3287240 sq.km and population 11.98 crores. Three times bigger in size and 1/3rd in population. It is so big that it has to have different time zones. It is a fallacy to compare the number of States in USA and India.
Remember that British had three presidencies - Bombay, Calcutta and Madras each under a governor and we had never a problem of Telangana or Vidarbha. Come democracy, election, Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Raj and with it corruption mushroomed. The wealth of the nation went into the pockets of the elected representatives.
Also remember the shortsighted policies of the Government. ULFA, Khalistan, Maoists, Naxals, Kashmir separatism have not grown in one day. In fact, they are growing by each passing day.
We have created one more Satrap today. Tomorrow there will be many more. We call ourselves Indians. Don't we? When we are raped, maimed, looted, fired upon, die in police custody, upper caste burns the dalits, migrant poplation is driven out (remember the spectacle in Maharashtra), we are sermonised right from the PM to Home Minister that law and order is a STATE SUBJECT. When we pay taxes, we are not State citizens.
The fact of the matter is that there is no leader who can keep the country bound together. It is appeasement of one kind or the other. Those who are at the helm of affairs have no administrative skills; they are playing politics. Look at Mamta Banerjee. All her energies are concentrated on becoming the CM of West Bengal. Actually, every Central Minister, left to himself, would prefer to be CM of his State. At the Centre, he is one of them. In the State, he will be the ONLY ONE.
The problem is from where to get men to run the country? Import?
Parting: UPA Government spent Rs.300 crores on travels of its Ministers in 2004-2009 and still counting.