Images of Dombivili — in the news — a North Indian taxi-driver gets the living daylights beaten out of him, while his taxi is destroyed by activists (read; goonda mowalis) belonging to the Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena.
Dear Raj — pray, listen — give me a chance to change your mind –
Maharashtra is a great state — and its people; magnificent and kind, upright and honest. In the form of Bombay, Maharashtra has given India, its economic headquarters. Agreed. Remember however, that this prosperity was not born, merely on the basis of the potent Marathi blood. No. When people from the south and the north, and the west and the east — all worked together, in brotherhood and love, the greatness of Maharashtra was enhanced — the glory of our great state, Maharashtra, belongs to not just the good people of the soil, but it is also the property of the rest of India who participated in its growth.
Let us not deny people from outside Maharashtra, their right to a shared prosperity. Remember, always, my brother — that we are a part of a larger entity — India. And the constitution says that every Indian has the right of dwell in any location of his choice and pursue prosperity and happiness. It would be unconstitutional to deny anyone this right. Consider for a moment, the thousands of people of Maharashtrian origin, residing currently in some other state of our vast nation — how do you expect them to be treated? Wouldn’t you feel your blood boil with a strange mix of fury and shame if images of these people being beaten up by the local people of that state started flashing in the news? Expect that feeling to have been evoked in the hearts of the good people of Uttar Pradesh over the senseless violence that has ensued in Dombivali and other regions of the Thane district and parts of Bombay after your speech.
After your speech — must make you really proud — and a little afraid. To wield that kind of power over the collective destinies of millions. Raj, please use this responsibility with great caution. The lives of many thousand men, women and children hang in the balance. It is not very late to make amends. Start fresh — start with tolerance.
Remember, tolerance was something the great Chattrapati preached — I believe, we have forgotten — its not too late to remember.
Jai Maharashtra. Jai Hind.
Amit
A proud Maharashtrian
Comments
Dear Amit,
I loved this entry. I agree with your 100%. Raj should back off and stop targeting north Indians.
Deepa…
Bhandarkar,
Excellent…thoughts bro..these idiot politician…they dont have any work now a days…simply making a issue out of no where.common guys come and say proudly that we are indian not Maharastara,or UP,or,Bihar….
Hey Raj don’t you think you are wasting your time by giving these comments.
This is nothing but a publicity stunt.Instead of doing this please see the mumbai path holes,go to dharabi and see how your own maharastian people are living there.Have you ever visited to those family who died in Mumabi train blast,mumbai riot.You are talking about maharastra do you know how pathetic the condition of a farmer in Eastern maharastra.Have you ever noticed that.
Common its enough now my bro…come out from that bull shit Up,bihar,hindu ,muslim politics.We are not fool now .
We already saw riots, blast. in maharastra..we dont want any more…its enough now..
Vande Mataram
Sujhalam sufalam malayaja sitaram sasyasamalam mataram…vande mataram
I hope people read it. I hope the thought gets conveyed.
Jai Hind!
-Sunpreet
A proud Mumbaikar.
A proud North-Indian.
A proud Indian.
Raj needs to behave. This is not what the world needs — another version of Shiv Sena!
this is great, why draw a line between maharastrians and non-maharastrians? We are Indians and sud remain cohesive. Jai Hind
Nice one dude.
I dont agree with you. I think Raj saheeb is right. people from UP is creating nusance in Maharashtra. bloody — why dont they stay in UP?
Hey my friend Vilas..who r u to tell people to stay in UP.why dont u think we are indians..a democratic nation..People can go any where..people can stay any where.. people dont need permission from bunch of jokers to come to Maharastra.Come out from ur up bihar thoughts and see the real world.And why u r saying people from UP creating nusance in MAHARASTRA before pointing a finger to anybody first see ur own backyard .Ne ways i am not intrested in those bull shit up bihar issue .I am a proud indian and i say proudly i am a indian.
sukant, you dont know what you’re talking about. all the slums in mumbai are because of people from north coming to mumbai. they hve also increased the crime rate and rate of rape in mumbai. if they are made to leave, mumbai will be a better palce to live.
Politics being the only reason for the entire fracass created by the Thackerey man….
Ok we understand that Mayavati ( demoness ) made the Juhu beach enlighten entire night allowing 1000’s of bhaiya’s and bhaiyani’s ( with due respect) to celebrate ‘CHATH POOJA’.
Politics is way too self centered for this….
Who would have borne the consequences of any mishap / stampede / terrorist activity had to be pumped off at the sight ? - Nothing happened .. we dont want anything as such .. God forbid…
But could we be given the same liberty to celebrate the New Years Eve on Juhu Beach the entire night till dawn
Also, they made Maharashtra celebrate UP Diwas which wasnt reckoned in the UP itself .. another politic ballistic missile to shoot the army of unconsequential opposition.
In constrast , to firm his hold , the Thackerey man , took to harnessing the birth soil by asking 50% reservation in the housing constructions in the land of Mumbai … I guess which builder would not want to sell off his building if all the Maharashtrain’s were capable enough to buy it …
Did anybody think about the average Mumbaikar ? I bet nobody sits in Mumbai idle enough to pull out some unknow taxiwala and unleash the wrath of barbarism.
Its reasonable for the love Guru ( his frolicking young student cum Wife ) from UP to meet up the Thackerey man or the School children of a local school writing a letter to him to rekindle the benefactor of LOVE ….
Regards,
haute AKA SuBoDh
The idea is ideally correct but fundamentally flawed.
“Beech ka Rasta Dekho”….
@Nitin —
“Beech ka raasta”???
Please elaborate…
Dear Raj,
You have lost your senses. Your stupid senseless speech didn’t even touch anyone’s heart. Worth mentioning - ‘Not even the people who belongs to MNS’. They just support you coz they have nothing else to do. Do you want Maharashtrians to get beaten up to hell in other states? As a Maratha, I pity on the poor North Indian Taxi driver who would curse this State and people like you for his lifetime. At least, you could have used your brain before speaking. Utter bullshit !
Amit - You could have made this post even more sensational by hitting it even more harder on Raj Thackeray ! Nice job
@Amit..
Will better do a post on that… so pls check out…