Mi "Marathi"

What can i say about this day! On one end, we hear news about the successful lauch of India's First lunar mission- Chandrayaan and take pride that India has also joined the league of America, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and China.

And on the other end, we hear that mumbai- one of India's most strategically important city is burning !

It feels sad that mankind has stooped so low that for selfish reasons the peace and harmony of a nation is impaired. I just read Mr. Amitabh Bachchan's blog and these 4 lines were quoted in his latest post that aptly bring out the irony of life:

“A seed while growing makes no sound.

A tree while falling makes huge noise.

Destruction shouts and the creation is always quiet.

This is the power of silence.”

Well, coming back to the issue at hand... it was high time that made a blog entry on the so-called issue of 'justice to marathi manoos'.

I am a maharashtrian, born and brought up in this city of dreams- Mumbai, and so are my parents as also my ancestors but i completely abhor what 'some people' are doing in the name of caste. I was talking to a friend of mine this morning and he jokingly mentioned that whatever is happening is for the good of my community... so i should be happy! Not that i took his words seriously, but just that most of us tend to have a generalised opinion about a 'basket of mangoes' even though only a few 'mangoes' in that basket are rotten. Reiterating my point- the way every muslim is not a terrorist, every maharashtrian isn't a part of the corroborative network of these peace-invaders.

The problem with our country is that the politicians are so involved in crusading for personal grudges, they barely notice what the commonman ever wants! Everyone knows that Bihar is one of the most corrupted states in our country; it, therefore, wouldn't be surprising to know that the railway examination papers are leaked to the students of Bihar. It was reported that out of 54000 students who took this exam- only 2-digit figure 'maharashtrian' students cleared whereas a thousand-digit figure of bihar students cleared this exam. Similar cases were registered for other states of India; however, these cases weren't blow out of proportion (or should i say- brought to the notice of commonman) the way the case about 'mararashtrian' students was! My point here is, the problem is about corruption (leaking of exam papers) and not that 'a certain community is never given a fair chance'. Why can't these politicians concentrate particularly on this point? Why does this peace-invader 'leader' (rather- misleader) need to keep the gun on the shoulders of 'maharashtrian' man and shoot at his target? Just because he wishes to drain out the votes of a rival party (which happens to be formed and run by his own family), do WE need to suffer???

And the best joke is - the father preaches that everyone in mumbai must practice 'marathi' as their language of communication; the signboards, hoardings, billboards, etc. be written in bold-face marathi and the son of this great leader(misleader) opts for German over Marathi as an optional subject in college! People are such hypocrites!

'He' is fighting for the rights for the maharashtrian men claiming that the boot-polishwalas, the taxiwalas, the rickshawalas who mostly hail from the north-indian states have all usurped the jobs of maharashtrians... what does this fellow want?? A maharashtrian to work as boot-polishwala? taxiwala? rickshawala?? He has basically even forgotten the nitty-gritties of his protest...!

And above all this lies the point that who has given these peace-invaders the right to kill, burn and torment innocent people? We- the commonman- struggle,toil and travail day-in and day-out to set up shops,to set up our businesses, to buy a car ... just so that all these objects of our hardwork are reduced to pieces by inhumane activities of some nonsensical followers? What is the use of violence?? Why do we all forget that above all, we are one nation-we are INDIANS. The essence of Indian lies in the Diversity with Integrity and why is one Indian trying to kill another Indian in the name of caste, religion or creed? If all states in our country start fighting similarly, India will not remain India- every state would want to proclaim itself as an independent nation... it wouldn't take too long then for some more "kashmir"s to be born where a beautiful heaven would get converted into an atrocious valley of death!

Our country definitely needs better, responsible, level-headed leaders who can show the path of harmony and equality than squabble over impertinent, impudent issues.

It isn't about - "mi marathi" ... it's about - 'Us Indians'!