"A patriot is someone who loves his country. A nationalist is someone who hates other countries.” - German Thinker
WE ARE PROUD of India for its Unity in Diversity. But it is again the time to watch the effect of illness of regionalism. The unleashed violence against north Indians by Maharashtra Mavnirman Sena (MNS) in Maharashtra is an unfortunate event in the history of India and to find the Modus Vivendi is the dire requirement of the country.
MNS which can be seen as an emulation of Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena was born out of a feeling of resentment about the relative marginalization favoring increase influence of Marathis in Maharashtra. Though, it may not be fully constitutional, I support what they demanded. The local people should not be neglected whether it is job opportunity or anything as far as the state is concerned. It is the primary duty of any state to work for the betterment of its people which in turn is the betterment of the country. Later it turned towards Hindutva ideology to turn the table in other states as well. They took some of the controversial moves against the Muslims and Pakistan to prove their stand.
"The Marathi sentiment was weakening so MNS went to experiment with something new. Raj Thackray, the estranged nephew of Bal Thackray with inflammatory remarks, is provoking the local people against the north Indians particularly Bihar and UP people. They were not allowed to celebrate their festivals and businessmen were asked to use Marathi in hoardings etc, people were forced to leave Maharashtra out of the abyss. It’s not a matter related to common people but celebrities like the legend Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan were not excused. Should we be limited to our state? This is against the constitutional right to equality and right to freedom. But ironically, no effective steps were taken by the state as well as central government.
It’s not a matter of favoring UP and Bihar, criticizing MNS. It’s a matter of nationality. Now who will define nationality??? Is the use of forces to keep the situation under control enough? We can’t change the hatred in the minds of the people in that way. It’s our time for the introspection and to go with the right track. We should not encourage this kind of emulation or emergence of Hitlers otherwise this may be a preface for tomorrows many MNSs in other states too creating many Indias.
Hey Ram! Kabhuliwala!!
10 months ago
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I live in Maharashtra. I was born in Mumbai. My parents both spoke Marathi fluently as do I and my younger brother who also has lived in Maharashtra. I am a Tamilian and speak, read and write Tamil fluently too.
I have not found the slightest discrimination here.
These are problems created by Political Parties. Mumbai is where the money is. Political Parties from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh want to come into Mumbai and build vote banks from among the Biharis and people from UP.
This is not acceptable to the homegrown Political Parties. Till the Northern Political Parties came into the picture, there was no problem whatsover.
The root cause, my young friend, is once again the totally unthinking and crude political class. The people are not responsible. These parties know how to mobilize mob frenzy. Both sides do it.
Till Indians treat the Politicians and Government Servants as precisely that, servants, this will not change.
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