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| Feb 07, 2008 6:44 am |
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re: Aamchi Marathi Mumbai!!!! |
Shalaka Paradkar
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No one is denying that Bihar is mismanaged.
Nobody wants to make Maharashtra into Bihar.
But loving Maharashtra and Maharashtrian culture does not equal hating people of any other state, or beating them up for no reason.
Being proud of being Marathi does not mean that you will let rapists and molesters go unpunished because they are Marathi.
Instead of Girgaon, let's talk about Girangaon -- the place which has made Mumbai what it was and was the centre of Maharashtrian culture in Mumbai.
Did the Shiv Sena ever take up the cause of the thousands of mill workers who lost their jobs, committed suicide, became alcoholics, or returned to the Konkan and died in abject poverty?
And what was the reason the mill strike went on for so long and destroyed so many poor Marathi families? Because Shri Datta Samant, another great Marathi manus, refused to give in and see that the strike was going nowhere.
Did Raj Thackeray ever ask about the suffering of these Marathi people?
No, because the Thackeray family and all the other politicians were too busy getting fat on kickbacks from the sale of mill lands.
Once the mill lands were sold, did the Shiv Sena (so called representatives of the Marathi manoos) arbitrate and get settlements for workers?
NO.
Shiv Sena leaders were busy building their own private hotels and clubs all over Mumbai. And who are the majority guests and members of these places? Not middle class Maharashtrians for sure.
Please look at the hypocrisy of these leaders. On the one hand, they beat up the poor migrants. On the other hand, they don't have a problem in taking money from rich migrants to run their own businesses.
My point is this: in a free market economy, please do not expect to be given any extra privileges on account of your caste and mother tongue.
Those who work hard, work smart and take advantage of opportunties are the ones who will be rewarded.
It's not the Biharis and UP-ites who are milking Mumbai dry; it's our BMC, police and politicians. Since being set up in 1960, Maharashtra has never had a non-Marathi chief minister. Our great Maratha leaders have steadily emptied the state's coffers. Isn't it the responsibility of the chief minister to ensure that the state is well-administered? Then how can you blame north Indian politicians for problems within Maharashtra? Please do explain this.
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