the attacks on dalits because in many attacks brahmins may be involved says pranay krishan who teaches hindi at allahabad university as the country heads for general elections the situation will become more complicated says krishan because the bjp will try to regain lost ground and the congresssp combine will try to snatch muslim votes from the bsp yogi adityanth of bjp has been travelling in the azamgarh and mau areas trying to communalise the situation you add caste tensions to communal strife and you have an explosive situation adds krishna battle for trifurcationthe demand for three new separate states harit pradesh bundelkhand and poorvanchal adds fuel to the fires already burning in up western up is all lush green fields but bundelkhand is nothing but dust and poorvanchal a godforsaken area lost in a time warp having failed to develop these areas properly in the last six decades parties are now selling the people a pipe dream of smaller states to what purpose more states mean more governments and more money and more corruption says a bureaucrat who doesnt want to be named today if you say up should be divided into smaller states because it is too big tomorrow someone may apply the same logic to india too big so divide it the state may or may not allow its trifurcation but communal and caste issues are already striking at its heart reducing up to a mere awadh the old men of old lucknow have probably sensed this that is why they wallow in nostalgia when the present is tense and the future uncertain the only thing to do is visit the past real or imaginary it may be a denial of reality but at least it saves you from seeing your world collapse in front of youshobhansaxenatimesgroupcom