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[h=1]Cauvery water dispute in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka: Like Rajinikanth, actors too feel the heat[/h]
On Friday, as Karnataka logs out for a state-wide bandh over the Cauvery issue, the 52 Tamil satellite channels will be off air in Kannadiga land. Like it was in 2008, when cable TV operators pulled the plug on Tamil entertainment networks for days at end.
Tamil movies have already been removed from theatres in cities like Bengaluru and on Thursday, Tamil actor Vikram'sIru Mugan did not release across the Cauvery. Films have always suffered collateral damage whenever Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have gone to war over Cauvery.
Look at the irony of it. Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa was born in Mandya district, the ground zero of the anti-Tamil Nadu protests in the Cauvery delta in south Karnataka. Her films with MGR were well received in Karnataka as well. Yet the two states find it politically convenient not to talk to each other and pit Kannadigas and Tamilians in eyeball to eyeball confrontation over river water sharing.
She said in Kannada: "Cauvery is ours, we will not let it go. Why should we give water when we don't have any? Come out for the struggle, stand with the farmers. I am supporting the farmers, you too should.''
Whatever be the circumstances the message was recorded under, it was irresponsible on Ragini's part to pander to her constituency in Karnataka at the cost of public order.
In the last three days, farmers have raised slogans against two actors-turned-politicians from Mandya, Ambareesh and Ramya. They burnt posters of Sudeep-starrer Kotigobba 2. It had the desired effect. Sudeep tweeted his support to the Karnataka stand on Cauvery.
Superstar Rajinikanth for Bengalureans is Namma Rajini (Our Rajini), having spent his formative years working as a bus conductor in the city, before he made it big in the Tamil film industry. Yet when Cauvery witnesses fireworks, he has to make a choice — this side or that side.
Siddaramaiah fiddles while he watches the more militant among the farmer groups take over. The Karnataka chief minister and his irrigation minister were guilty of upping the ante, making it appear as if they won't spare a drop of water to Tamil Nadu. They failed to communicate that river water sharing is law in a federal structure. Now when 15000 cusecs of water is being released everyday after the Supreme court order, the situation at least in south Karnataka districts is volatile. Karnataka farmers are behaving as if the water is going from their bucket and that they are doing Tamil Nadu a favour, annoying farmers in the lower riparian state no end.
Into this already inflamed scenario step in Kannada actors. Under pressure from protesters that they have not publicly supported the Karnataka stand on Cauvery, actor Ragini Dwivedi put out a video message on her Twitter handle with the hashtag #FightforNammaCauvery, openly calling for defiance of the Supreme court order.She said in Kannada: "Cauvery is ours, we will not let it go. Why should we give water when we don't have any? Come out for the struggle, stand with the farmers. I am supporting the farmers, you too should.''
Whatever be the circumstances the message was recorded under, it was irresponsible on Ragini's part to pander to her constituency in Karnataka at the cost of public order.
In the last three days, farmers have raised slogans against two actors-turned-politicians from Mandya, Ambareesh and Ramya. They burnt posters of Sudeep-starrer Kotigobba 2. It had the desired effect. Sudeep tweeted his support to the Karnataka stand on Cauvery.
On Friday, as Karnataka logs out for a state-wide bandh over the Cauvery issue, the 52 Tamil satellite channels will be off air in Kannadiga land. Like it was in 2008, when cable TV operators pulled the plug on Tamil entertainment networks for days at end.
Tamil movies have already been removed from theatres in cities like Bengaluru and on Thursday, Tamil actor Vikram'sIru Mugan did not release across the Cauvery. Films have always suffered collateral damage whenever Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have gone to war over Cauvery.
Look at the irony of it. Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa was born in Mandya district, the ground zero of the anti-Tamil Nadu protests in the Cauvery delta in south Karnataka. Her films with MGR were well received in Karnataka as well. Yet the two states find it politically convenient not to talk to each other and pit Kannadigas and Tamilians in eyeball to eyeball confrontation over river water sharing.
She said in Kannada: "Cauvery is ours, we will not let it go. Why should we give water when we don't have any? Come out for the struggle, stand with the farmers. I am supporting the farmers, you too should.''
Whatever be the circumstances the message was recorded under, it was irresponsible on Ragini's part to pander to her constituency in Karnataka at the cost of public order.
In the last three days, farmers have raised slogans against two actors-turned-politicians from Mandya, Ambareesh and Ramya. They burnt posters of Sudeep-starrer Kotigobba 2. It had the desired effect. Sudeep tweeted his support to the Karnataka stand on Cauvery.
Superstar Rajinikanth for Bengalureans is Namma Rajini (Our Rajini), having spent his formative years working as a bus conductor in the city, before he made it big in the Tamil film industry. Yet when Cauvery witnesses fireworks, he has to make a choice — this side or that side.
Siddaramaiah fiddles while he watches the more militant among the farmer groups take over. The Karnataka chief minister and his irrigation minister were guilty of upping the ante, making it appear as if they won't spare a drop of water to Tamil Nadu. They failed to communicate that river water sharing is law in a federal structure. Now when 15000 cusecs of water is being released everyday after the Supreme court order, the situation at least in south Karnataka districts is volatile. Karnataka farmers are behaving as if the water is going from their bucket and that they are doing Tamil Nadu a favour, annoying farmers in the lower riparian state no end.
Into this already inflamed scenario step in Kannada actors. Under pressure from protesters that they have not publicly supported the Karnataka stand on Cauvery, actor Ragini Dwivedi put out a video message on her Twitter handle with the hashtag #FightforNammaCauvery, openly calling for defiance of the Supreme court order.She said in Kannada: "Cauvery is ours, we will not let it go. Why should we give water when we don't have any? Come out for the struggle, stand with the farmers. I am supporting the farmers, you too should.''
Whatever be the circumstances the message was recorded under, it was irresponsible on Ragini's part to pander to her constituency in Karnataka at the cost of public order.
In the last three days, farmers have raised slogans against two actors-turned-politicians from Mandya, Ambareesh and Ramya. They burnt posters of Sudeep-starrer Kotigobba 2. It had the desired effect. Sudeep tweeted his support to the Karnataka stand on Cauvery.