Politics of Language part 2

Blaming raj thackeray for gundagiri is not understanding the problem. I wouldnt go about doing this gundagiri, because I have a lot to lose. There are these youths without jobs, they get troubled at their own homes for not having jobs , and then people like raj thackeray come along and... Read More offer these youth a sense of respect in their localities. They make income by taking hafta from shopkeepers. These jobless dalit and OBC youth who make up these raj thackeray coterie's have nothing to lose in invoking violence and that is why you have a breakdown of law and order even in the highest office in the state. Blaming raj thackeray for gundagiri is just pointing at the symptom rather than the disease of uneven growth in india cities.

If marathi's plan to go to tamil nadu and excersie the right to vote in the legistative assembly elections, I don't see it as really wrong to expect the marathi's there to speak tamil. Rajnikant is a marathi and he speaks tamil fluenty. It is a question of culture and not ethinicity.

Also talking about the commando's that were sent to mumbai obvioulsy their sacrifice is respected. The mahar regiment fighters (made up of marathi mahars in those days) had a big hand in sending the pakistani troops back during the battle for kashmir in 1947( sorry if I don't the proper year). General Vaidya who was the head of operation blue star was a marathi. But marathi's don't demand to stand in legistative assembly electins in kashmir or punjab for that matter. They don't demand to go there and vote. Neither do they demand to speak in marathi if they do get elected in to legistative assemblies in these parts of india. One marathi guy had recently got elected in to the karnataka legistative assembly and he was actually given a minsters position, but they removed him from the post once they realize the guy couldnt speak kanada. I don't see anything wrong in their desicion.

The problem with abu azmi is not that he wanted to give his oath in hindi. Please realize marathis in mumbai know hindi too and will speak it like every other person. Its abu azmi's to not say the oath in marathi that is the real problem. It is these bihari's and UP people who want to show their dadagiri and spit at marathi culture that is the real problem.