Thursday, February 4, 2010

Rahul Thackeray vs Uddhav Gandhi !!



I am an Indian who lives in Maharashtra. I may have lived in Maharashtra since my birth, but still I am an Indian first. For all my school life I had said it every day in the school's morning assembly that India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters. I wonder why so many people seem to have forgot that now. Why are people starting to hate fellow Indians just because they hail from some other place in India?? I'll never know that, nor understand that, may be because i am an Indian first.
By writing this i do not want to challenge any shiv sainik nor Uddhav Thackeray, nor Raj. I deeply support their cause and do express my concern. But there's no way that i can support the means through which they intend to achieve their goals. I don't feel there's any wrong in the little Gandhi trying to move against him. But the furore and the hype it has created does attract many eyes. I am just one of them.
To begin with, I do understand that Marathi people who have been here are getting subdued in work by workers from other parts of India. So, does this mean that you should beat them up and throw them out of trains!!????!! Let norms be made so that work permits be given to migrant workers. Let their be an inquiry to find the reason why migrant workers are preferred, and they'll find (as i have) that the workers here are lazy and demand full day wages even if they haven't worked so. The migrant workers seem to working harder ( this i have come to know after talking to some local contractors). So why is the Shiv sena not taking steps to improve the quality of workers in Maharasthtra.?? If the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena does want some navnirman then they should try improve the worker's quality rather than beating out the others.! It seems to be absolutely ridiculous to threaten fellow Indians to run away or face dire consequences just because their presence would force local workers to work harder!!
Lets move ahead. I understand that Pakistan is politically India's enemy, but are Pakistani cricketers the same.? Then why not allow them to play on Indian soil.?? This is what Shah Rukh Khan meant when he said that he would like to see Pakistani Players play in the IPL. But what has happened to the Shiv sena.!?? They now call SRK a pakistani and ask him to go Karachi if he wants to see pakistani players!! What's more they even pull out posters of him starring in a movie!! I dont think the Pakistani players bat with AK47s or bowl with hand Grenades, they are just civilians like us who play good cricket!! None of them wants war or has links with terror. I would join the Sena if any pak player is caught in India involved in any terrorist activity.
For all this time i truly believed that Shiv sena had the ability to develop Maharashtra the way Gujarat moved ahead. But what they have done now seems no less than desperation and anger at being lost out for the second time in the elections and that too due to a fellow Marathi. The recent war of words with the little Gandhi seems no less. If Sena was truly concerned about the Marathi then they would have ignored him and looked at bringing in new ideas for the ruling govt. Who knows, that could help them in the next elections!
By doing all that they have done now, all they are doing is earning hatred from all others. "Don't interfere in Marathi affairs" itself seems to be a call against everyone who is not a Marathi!!! Why is the Sena in such a self-destruct mode!!?? If the little Gandhi has raised his voice, some day the whole of Maharashtra would, and if the sena continues what it's doing now, will it be able to face that call?
The day when the whole of Maharashtra shouts," I am an Indian who lives in Maharashtra"

4 comments:

Sid said...

at first i thought i cud pounce on u lyk a shiv sainik...

bt then found out its perfectly written!! Awesomm!!

i wish to blog soon!

Unknown said...

Bahut hi badhiya yaar.!!!!

Malini said...

indeed a gud write-up!! i agree wid every single line of this article but do pity some who r 4getting that we r Indians first n all da rest follows...the feeling of oneness is depleting n da day is nt far when our country will b known 4 internal rivalries rather than an epitome of 'unity in diversity':-(

Krupal said...

Good one !!!!


Keep it up!!!!

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