Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Musalman Marathi Manoos

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Few months back, my driver said “नाय साहेब… पण राज बोलतो ते खरा बोलतो…” (Sir… there is truth in what Raj says)… I would have not given much importance to his statement had it been not for the fact that he is muslim… a Konkani Muslim… “ह्या भैय्या मुसल्मानांनी आमचा नाव ख़राब केला” (These Bhaiiya muslims have tarnished our image)…

So I further prodded to realize that a large part of the Konkani muslim community in his locality (wadala) were shifting towards MNS after they started the anti-migrant campaign… “But aren’t parties like Samajwadi and NCP talking about Muslim welfare in all the hoardings in your area?” I protested… “No… they are just interested in migrant votes… Bhaiyya and Bangladeshi”

I was not very sure if this was a phenomenon across the city till I read a frontpager in TOI today morning.

3M feels that all parties seem to have alienated Marathi Manoos giving Raj an open playing field… Deshmukh’s knee jerk reaction of reserving 80% jobs for locals is not going to get back people in the Congress fold… Its high time these parties start serious dialogue with Marathi Janta to assuage their fears and find an amicable solution to the migrant problem.

2 comments:

The Lone Wanderer said...

hmm...read the report.......one thing that strikes my attention that wherever u go throughout Mumbai..u'll find Mns flags.....and very few sena flags......infact even in my locality.....where dagdu Sakpal is the Mla since God knows how many years.....

by the way...what do you think are feasible and amicable solutions to the migrant problem..?

i personally am of the opinion that migration is a way of life..especially in todays Globalised world...but the problem is overmigration ..i mean....thats what major cities in India suffer from....with Up Bihar major contributors owing to the dismal state of affairs there....situation is improving a bit in both states...but not enough to put a check on overmigration......

local reservations do exist in many states..but im not sure whether they are implemented....
i am not even sure whether the term 'local' has been defined or not.....

if u had seen the shobha De interview on Devils' advocate, Karan Thapar mentioned a report which says that locals account for around 60-65% of the labour force..and the reservation for them is 70 %...if the report is to be believed there isnt much disparity......but i think that report is mumbai centric....the situation outside maharashtra maybe different......

Migration is a very sensitive issue as it has the potential to become a state v/s state war. So it requires extra care and long sighted measures. definitely not knee jerk reactions. Beating up migrants will not solve the problem.

the politics from both sides has been provocative which doesnt help either. tomorrow if an essential step is implemented it may be viewed in a wrong manner.

lets see what happens....

waise i have this opinion that there is more to the hatred against north indians than just the assimilating factor...

its the kind of work they do as well and the economic status. Nikhil wagle once said on Tv that the north indians dont speak the local language and live in ghettos....im not sure about that....there are certainly more gujrati, marwadi and muslim ghettos than bhaiyya ghettos...here...also...u dont hear many gujratis or marwadis speak marathi either...
but then they are the rich breed and they do cool work....compared to the bhaiyyas who sell channas and drive taxis.....

i dont intend to genralise but just like there maybe gujratis who speak or dont speak marahi..there are north indians..too...its just that the north indians are larger in numbers....

Anonymous said...

Boss U are born is state of maharashtra and don't speak marathi at all??? go and do this in tamil nadu.. u won't find urself single piece.

this is all because out week polititions who only keep blaming the parties who according to them are pro casteism for everything and then having their on lobby for Chief minister on basis of caste and THIS POLITICIANS WILL CLAIM HOW SECULAR THEY ARE,,

LOOK AT THE POLITICIANS FROM TAMIL NADU AND KARNATAK..

IN KARNATAK THERE HAD BEEN SAME INCIDENT OF BEATING NORTH INDIANS WHO CAME FOR THE RAIL EXAM IN BALGALURU SO THE QUESTION IS WHY THESE ALL ANTI MAHARASHTRIAN NEWS CHANNELS AAJ TAJ, INDIA TV AND ALL ENGLISH CHANNELS ESPECIALLY PAID TO DEGRADE MAHARASHTRIANS TOOK A STANCE Y??

BECAUSE POLITICALLY THE KANNADAS ARE SO SATRONG THAT THEY WILL NOT ALLOW THE PM TO ENTER IN THEIR STATE

ITS THE POLITICIANS

AND TO A LARGER EXTENT THE COMMON PEOPLE AS WELL.

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