2 states !
I often seem to be forgetting the number of states in my country these days. It was 25 when I was in class V(at least my Geography book said so). Then Delhi graduated from an Union Territory to a state. That is 26. So did Goa. So 27. Or did it? Back to 26. Then we got Chattisgarh, Uttarkand and Jharkand. 26+3=29. But well, is Andhra +1 or +2? What the fuck? Two things are unfortunate here. When someone asks me the number of stated in India, I end up answering "Late twenties or Early thirties", as if I am some novel writer telling the age of my lead character. And my kids(who are a decade away from birth)will have to learn the things I learnt in my Geography, in their history. Well, not a big change when the number of planets in our Solar system change. Little would have Potti Sreeramalu known when he died 57 years ago, that the state he gave birth to would be fighting itself to get split in less than 60 years. His death lead to one of the biggest events in the Indian history.