Whether
we believe it or not, ‘Tulunadu’ is uniquely a separate place or a state at least
in the hearts of Tuluvas. They are not
only proud of their language and culture but also they have a dream of making
Tulunadu a separate state like the new born Telengana state. As we have seen
the report of some local media which quote the words of Kannada Harikrishna Punaroor, a
former Sahitya Parishat’s president,
“Time opportune to carve out a separate Tulu state,” we can infer that there
are some forces working behind making Tulunadu a separate state but it was not pushed
it very hard.
The geographical line perhaps shows that there is
a possibility of dividing it but it is not put into practice. The reasons could
be that people are happy and content without dividing the state but what they
want is ‘an identity’, which is a natural expectation and genuine feelings of
everyone.
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