Saturday, February 23, 2008

Rise Maharashtra !

I know, the question on your mind would be 'why Rise Maharashtra' ? Well, because, it's high time Maharashtra wakes up and rises to face the threat from opportunists, invaders[posing as migrants] and traitors. For a long time, we have kept quiet, facing all the insults and humiliations from the outsiders.
Y
ou know, Maharashtra is special. It is different from all other states of India. To qoute Sudheendra Kulkarni, every Indian state, except one, is nomenclatured according to the historical/regional name [eg. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, etc.] , ethnicity [eg. Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bengal] or geographical references [eg. Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh] but only Maharashtra is the state which doesn't adhere to this nomenclature. Everything is in the name, Maharashtra is a greater nation, it has always been a nation, unlike other states which have been regional entities. Maharashtra is the only nation which is neither a part of northern culture nor a part of southern culture. You may argue about Gujarat and Bengal, but both these states have heavy north Indian influence, which is not the case with Maharashtra. Indeed, historically too, Maharashtra and the Marathi populace has been different from the rest of South Asia. We'll come to that later in another article.
Maharashtra is the
only state which was created after protests and agitation in which 105 people attained martyrdom. And these people were killed by the Indian state under the order of the Gujju, Morarji Desai, who didn't want to part away from the golden cow, Mumbai. Still, his hordes have remained in this beautiful city of ours, thinking it is their own. Why does the Marathi populace have more ownership on Mumbai ? Why are Maharashtrians different from others ? Why has the Marathi culture been suppresed in Mumbai and what is the way out of it ? We will come to these disturbing questions, for sure. Everyone's comments, oppositions and suggestions are welcome......

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