Maharashtra is undergoing or has undergone a revolution which is only richly valuable to the 'Marathi', I repeat the word 'Marathi' and not the other languages like bihari, malayali, gujrathi, parsi......(the list is too long). The latter can only comment upon leaving aside the rich values and creeping thus in to hot discussions, debates, verbal abuses and political uproar. Look what has been done!!! The conspirer who conspired this game long ago has finally won. He sits on a couch of his house sipping 'chaha' and watching the two monkeys of the 'same land' fight and cut each other’s noses. He brewed venom in his words which today has made the wound to a lump of virus infected chunk.
When Lakshmi mittal decided to build a steel factory in Rajasthan (which so far appears to be his home town) the rajasthanis were proud of him. well I do not think the US commented upon it as biased or unwelcome. Poor Amitabh bachan must be thinking of a peaceful solution to the abusive remarks the MNS workers thrusted upon him. A credit at least goes to a place where he spent his childhood. Spent those years where neighbours and friends sat with him and shared his emotions, smiles and laughter or the whiff of the air which made him feel it’s his. As a great actor he has contributed a lot to the Indian cinema, again I repeat ' Indian cinema' and not Marathi cinema. He enacted a song with parveen babi '"much gaya shore sari nagri re" a scene that reflects a bit of Marathi in it. As an actor he has made millions of maharashtrians smile or admire this song. Now that’s his contribution. Money has got nothing to do with it. It’s the politicians who should contribute by fair means.
If Mr Birla told the newsmen that 'the Taj will open very soon despite the attacks of the militants," he wasn’t just thinking of the marketing stunts to make for the losses to his hotel rather a patriot's voice was heard to all millions who carefully were listening and appreciated his words abroad as well.
Ask any "Indian" I repeat any 'Indian' and not maharashtrian what they think of Mumbai as. I’m dead sure every Indian will say it’s a cosmolitan city, a business capital, a bollywood town... well its true we all are not clear about the history of Maharashtra when it comes to speaking of great endeavours by shivaji or shivajis battle with the British or Mughals, but is Mumbai in any way connected to the greatness of Marathas or a capital that runs successful by its 'multicultural domain' I again repeat dear readers 'multicultural domain' by more than two cultures. Count the personalities in Mumbai who are noted all round the nation and tell me how many are maharashtrians who have contributed more than them in any way. Mumbai is a city of dreams.
Rani lakshmibai was a maharashtrian no doubt but she was respected by the state which was not her so called “janmabhoomi" as many politicians speak of it. Imagine what she would think if she existed today. Nevertheless she exists or shivaji exists in our hearts, stories not because he was a maharastrian or a Maratha but because they were great warriors and fought to seek freedom.
My dear readers Mumbai is no doubt an important part of Maharashtra but let’s not forget the reality that it is well bound by many cultures staying at its heart for hundreds of years. And one last truth or reality or fact or even a sarcastic remark that you may attribute to my words is that " Only marathis will be seen or heard or read supporting the so called rich valuable political historical ethos by our only hard core patriot who cried buckets when apart from our martyred police officers who were killed in the recent Mumbai attacks there was a ‘ maharashtrian ‘ but a non-Marathi army officer" who’s name till date doesn’t find a place in alignment with those who laid their lives on ‘their cultural land’.
When Lakshmi mittal decided to build a steel factory in Rajasthan (which so far appears to be his home town) the rajasthanis were proud of him. well I do not think the US commented upon it as biased or unwelcome. Poor Amitabh bachan must be thinking of a peaceful solution to the abusive remarks the MNS workers thrusted upon him. A credit at least goes to a place where he spent his childhood. Spent those years where neighbours and friends sat with him and shared his emotions, smiles and laughter or the whiff of the air which made him feel it’s his. As a great actor he has contributed a lot to the Indian cinema, again I repeat ' Indian cinema' and not Marathi cinema. He enacted a song with parveen babi '"much gaya shore sari nagri re" a scene that reflects a bit of Marathi in it. As an actor he has made millions of maharashtrians smile or admire this song. Now that’s his contribution. Money has got nothing to do with it. It’s the politicians who should contribute by fair means.
If Mr Birla told the newsmen that 'the Taj will open very soon despite the attacks of the militants," he wasn’t just thinking of the marketing stunts to make for the losses to his hotel rather a patriot's voice was heard to all millions who carefully were listening and appreciated his words abroad as well.
Ask any "Indian" I repeat any 'Indian' and not maharashtrian what they think of Mumbai as. I’m dead sure every Indian will say it’s a cosmolitan city, a business capital, a bollywood town... well its true we all are not clear about the history of Maharashtra when it comes to speaking of great endeavours by shivaji or shivajis battle with the British or Mughals, but is Mumbai in any way connected to the greatness of Marathas or a capital that runs successful by its 'multicultural domain' I again repeat dear readers 'multicultural domain' by more than two cultures. Count the personalities in Mumbai who are noted all round the nation and tell me how many are maharashtrians who have contributed more than them in any way. Mumbai is a city of dreams.
Rani lakshmibai was a maharashtrian no doubt but she was respected by the state which was not her so called “janmabhoomi" as many politicians speak of it. Imagine what she would think if she existed today. Nevertheless she exists or shivaji exists in our hearts, stories not because he was a maharastrian or a Maratha but because they were great warriors and fought to seek freedom.
My dear readers Mumbai is no doubt an important part of Maharashtra but let’s not forget the reality that it is well bound by many cultures staying at its heart for hundreds of years. And one last truth or reality or fact or even a sarcastic remark that you may attribute to my words is that " Only marathis will be seen or heard or read supporting the so called rich valuable political historical ethos by our only hard core patriot who cried buckets when apart from our martyred police officers who were killed in the recent Mumbai attacks there was a ‘ maharashtrian ‘ but a non-Marathi army officer" who’s name till date doesn’t find a place in alignment with those who laid their lives on ‘their cultural land’.
I have read books being written on the late police officers especially by our Marathi authors......is there any Marathi writer who wrote a book on this southindian officer who was the only son a young one rather of his parents who are also 'mumbaikkars'!!!!!!!!!? and who laid down his life too fighting valiantly against terrorists.
