Little folks, little states
Time was when any King worth his name would seek to expand his kingdom through conquest to become an emperor and gain what they thought would be everlasting fame. It is another matter that most of them ended up as just ciphers in the march of time. In modern democratic India, we have the curious spectacle of everyone demanding lesser things. Take the case of caste based reservation itself. Of and on, there is a clamour for being included in most backward classes list. For a people who consider "loss of face" as the worst thing that could befall a person, it is indeed strange to see that so many sections are prepared to lower themselves to any extent to grab a piece of pie on offer. Similarly, the demand for smaller states by insignificant politicians. They have discovered that fellows who cannot win even a municipal election could become the Chief Minister through this route. Otherwise how could Chandrashekhar Rao, whose TRS party was soundly thrashed in the elections ma