Comparing Andhra, a newly formed state, to a state that inherited Madras City, a colonial presidency capital built over 300 years with the sweat, taxes, talent and resources of people from all across Andhra, North Kerala, Tulunadu, and parts of Karnataka is neither fair nor honest.
Madras was not built overnight, nor by one region alone. It accumulated institutions, industries, ports, universities, administrative power, financial networks and human capital over centuries under a unified presidency.
Despite losing its historic capital, institutions and economic base overnight, Andhra still rebuilt itself from scratch.
That itself is a testament to the resilience of Andhras.
Andhra’s competition is not with anyone else, it is with its own potential. And history has shown time and again that Andhras rise, rebuild and reinvent.
It will rise again.
And all some people can do is watch with envy.
Tamil Nadu GDP is nearly twice that of Andhra
It will take long for Andhra to catch up.
And everyone who underestimated Vijay right from his early acting days ended in dump. He will prove everyone wrong