Thanks pallav for ur comments. Very well written. However, I would like to make one thing clear. I am not criticising bhaiyyas just because of their effect on Marathi culture. Their general image is not so very good and i have spoken just in the interest of Maharashtrians. I would like it if you would read the followig 10 interesting facts and then tell me what you feel.
1 > So far 8 PMs (Nehru, LB Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Charan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi,VP Singh, Chandra Shekhar, AB Vajpeyee) have all come from UP.
WHY they could not develop it since independance ?
2> HOW come so called 'communal' CM of Gujrat has been able to achieve highest rate of growth in the country within a span of 5/6 years but not the 'secular' CMs of UP/Bihar who ruled for more than 15/16 years ?
3> UP/Bihar are amongst richest states in terms of natural resources.
WHY then TATAs, BIRLAs or any other industrialists not keen on setting up largeindustries there, even though labour is also cheaply availble ?
4> Amar Singh of Samajwadi Party always accompanies top celebrities /industrialists, prominents being Anil Ambani.
WHY he could not convince them to invest in his state ? Only Anil Ambani is investing something...but that's because he's promised free land.
5> Its a fact that maximum number of Babus (IAS/IPS etc officers) come fromUP/Bihar.
WHY then these states still remain backward ? Because they and thier Netas dont want to uplift their backward state so as to rule indiscriminately.
6> Bihar CM Nitish Kumar claims that North Indians contributed to the development of Mumbai.
WHY they do not contribute for their own state's development ? Why are Patna /Dhanbad the shabbiest cities in the world ? (Mumbai may join them soon)
7> 36 north indians were burnt alive in Assam.
WHERE were Sanjay Nirupam, Abu Azmi, Mulayam, Amarsingh, Laloo, Nitish Kumar at that time ?
8> Bihar had maximum number of railway ministers. (Most IMP point)
WHY then their recruitment is done from Mumbai ?
9> Its a fact that where there's money/oppourtunity, people from different geo/demography rush-in to make fortunes. Mumbai is one such city.
Gujratis, Marwaris, South Indians, Bengalis, Punjabis, Sindhis flocked to Mumbai for obvious reasons. Majority of these communities got into skilled,professional, business areas and propspered, contributing to Mumbai's success.
However, most of the North Indians resort to and take pride in doing unskilled/unlawfull cheap labour such as illegal hawking by occupying everynook & corner of every footpath, station areas as vegetable/fruit/sing-chana/bhel-pani puri vendors, or auto/taxi wallas without licenses.
They bribe local authorities and make life of common people miserable due to congesions and rubbish.
They are ruining the tax payer's money. Ofcourse not to mention about illegal slums.
It is absurd to say that they contributed to Mumbai's development. If anything,they are retarding/deteriorating Mumbai.
CAN our great leaders dare say that Middle-east countries especially Dubai got developed due to labourers from India ?
10> Its not sons-of-soil v/s north-indians. Its good-sons-of-any-soil v/s bhaiyaas
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
What Can We Do??
Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra and financial capital of India, has been under tremendous pressure for the past few days. The reason behind this is Mr. Raj Thackray, nephew of Balasaheb Thackray and the head of Maharastra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
A few days ago, Raj Thackray made a public statement that due to the migration of north Indians in Maharashtra, the Marathi culture is slowly disappearing. He also criticized celebrities like Amar Singh and Amitabh Bacchan, who has made his career in Mumbai, for favouring his hometown (U.P.) rather than Mumbai. This led to political unrest everywhere which led to the arrest of Mr. Raj but after 13 days. Sadly, he was released 3 hours after the arrest.
Now we need to get answers to some questions. Was Mr. Raj right? Do his statements make sense? If yes, was the practical approach correct? Or all of this was just a political trick? Why did it take 13 days to arrest him? Why was he let out in 3 hours if his arrest was going to be non-bailable? Why do his supporters have to resort to violent means? Or are these just rookies looking for an excuse to create violence?
We may never know the exact answers but some things can be speculated. According to the newspapers, the reason that it took 13 days for them to arrest him was their doubt about the decision. His arrest would have made him a hero for his people but not arresting him would have been an injustice. What Mr. Raj says is partly true. Maharashtrian culture has been in great danger due to the large influence of North Indian culture. Bhelwalas, paanwalas have completely eradicated the culture from the streets. But driving people away by scaring and beating them is not the right thing to do. Every man is free to settle anywhere and earn his living. But he should take care as to not affect the people and the culture.
Mr. Raj needs to understand that creating violence and gangwars is not going to put an affect to his idealisms. He has to do something constructive to show his will for his people and his ideas. Otherwise all this seems a dirty political trick or a desperate move to be in the limelight.
I would like to share an incident which happened on the day of Mr. Raj’s arrest. A poor woman, who was not a Maharashtrian, was going through labour. Her husband approached a nearby hospital, but instead of help, he got severly beaten by the people there. The poor woman finally had to give birth to her child in the latrine of a train. She was so scared for the life of her husband and her child went to Patna and vowed never to return to Mumbai. I feel really shameful being a part of the community who was responsible for this. It is really disgusting to see at what level the atrocities of people can go.
But just writing and discussing about this is not going to help. With “Lead India” coming up, we need to DO something to improve the situation. Something to preserve the culture and people, something to show people that there are some Maharashtrians who are humanitarians. But the question is “What can we do?”
A few days ago, Raj Thackray made a public statement that due to the migration of north Indians in Maharashtra, the Marathi culture is slowly disappearing. He also criticized celebrities like Amar Singh and Amitabh Bacchan, who has made his career in Mumbai, for favouring his hometown (U.P.) rather than Mumbai. This led to political unrest everywhere which led to the arrest of Mr. Raj but after 13 days. Sadly, he was released 3 hours after the arrest.
Now we need to get answers to some questions. Was Mr. Raj right? Do his statements make sense? If yes, was the practical approach correct? Or all of this was just a political trick? Why did it take 13 days to arrest him? Why was he let out in 3 hours if his arrest was going to be non-bailable? Why do his supporters have to resort to violent means? Or are these just rookies looking for an excuse to create violence?
We may never know the exact answers but some things can be speculated. According to the newspapers, the reason that it took 13 days for them to arrest him was their doubt about the decision. His arrest would have made him a hero for his people but not arresting him would have been an injustice. What Mr. Raj says is partly true. Maharashtrian culture has been in great danger due to the large influence of North Indian culture. Bhelwalas, paanwalas have completely eradicated the culture from the streets. But driving people away by scaring and beating them is not the right thing to do. Every man is free to settle anywhere and earn his living. But he should take care as to not affect the people and the culture.
Mr. Raj needs to understand that creating violence and gangwars is not going to put an affect to his idealisms. He has to do something constructive to show his will for his people and his ideas. Otherwise all this seems a dirty political trick or a desperate move to be in the limelight.
I would like to share an incident which happened on the day of Mr. Raj’s arrest. A poor woman, who was not a Maharashtrian, was going through labour. Her husband approached a nearby hospital, but instead of help, he got severly beaten by the people there. The poor woman finally had to give birth to her child in the latrine of a train. She was so scared for the life of her husband and her child went to Patna and vowed never to return to Mumbai. I feel really shameful being a part of the community who was responsible for this. It is really disgusting to see at what level the atrocities of people can go.
But just writing and discussing about this is not going to help. With “Lead India” coming up, we need to DO something to improve the situation. Something to preserve the culture and people, something to show people that there are some Maharashtrians who are humanitarians. But the question is “What can we do?”
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