They don’t want to learn, their loss. Our simplicity, culture, sanskar, literature, middle class values, theatre, the quality of artists we produce, our intelligence, versatility, the films we make are more dignified than the vulgarity, crimes and corruption they bring into Maharashtra.
Why should you expect them to learn about our great P. L Deshpande? Our great saints Sant Tukaram Maharaj, Sant Dnyaneshwar, Samarth Ramdas, Sant Namdev, Sant Eknath, Chokhamela?
Where do these migrants get food, groceries, vegetables, milk from? It comes from farms in Kolhapur, Nashik, Sangli, Satara. How they speak to the locals? Hindi! Hindi?
Try buying a piece of land in Gujarat. Rules are separate for Gujarat and the rest of India? There they throw migrants out. 50% Gujarati quota in NM, Mithibai, K.J Somaiya allowed in Mumbai? 50% Sindhi quota allowed in Mumbai’s HR college? Maharashtrians asking for jobs due to illegal hiring/ghuskori through central government, locals who walked the streets indeed were middle class people, but they weren’t uneducated, right?
Maharashtrians being illegally fired via bullying techniques, very silently it’s been done for decades now- nobody dares to talk about it? They are bothered about Americans standing in queue for an Indian Visa. State level issues? Zero attention.
Who migrants need in emergency? Mumbai Police!
Who defeated the Mughals in India? The Marathas, Shivaji Maharaj, Peshwa Bajirao, Sambhaji Maharaj. Shivaji Maharaj knew 13 languages. Sambhaji Maharaj? 16!
Who protected migrants when Mumbai was attacked? Balasaheb Thackrey and local population- majority were Maharashtrians right? We didn’t say we will only protect our people. We accommodated.
Ask them who was India’s first female doctor? Oh now they know it was Anandi Gopal Joshi.
Ask them who is Bollywood’s best actress India has ever produced? Dixitanchi Madhuri. They dance to ding dong ding but when they visit Mumbai they show arrogance?
Ask them who founded Bollywood? Dadasaheb Phalke.
Ask them who is World’s best batsman? Sachin Tendulkar. They love Sachin but they want to disrespect Marathi.
Ask them who is India’s first supermodel? Milind Soman.
Ask them who was India’s first KBC winner? Harshvardhan Nawathe.
Ask them who was India’s first Indian Idol? Abhijeet Sawant.
Ask them who was India’s first Nach Baliye winner? Mr. & Mrs. Pilgaonkar.
Ask them who made India proud at the Oscars- Ashutosh Gowarikar.
Who won India’s first national award for best film? Shyamchi Aai, a Marathi film. The lead actress Vanmala was my grandmother, P.K Sawant’s wife.
Ask them who fights for India at the borders? Maharashtrians are one of the top three contributors of manpower in Indian army.
Ask them who is revered as the Nightingale of India? Lata Mangeshkar. How many languages did she sang in? 36!
Tomorrow they will ask us to eliminate Shivaji’s history from our text books. No.
Why should you expect them to learn about our great P. L Deshpande? Our great saints Sant Tukaram Maharaj, Sant Dnyaneshwar, Samarth Ramdas, Sant Namdev, Sant Eknath, Chokhamela?
Where do these migrants get food, groceries, vegetables, milk from? It comes from farms in Kolhapur, Nashik, Sangli, Satara. How they speak to the locals? Hindi! Hindi?
Try buying a piece of land in Gujarat. Rules are separate for Gujarat and the rest of India? There they throw migrants out. 50% Gujarati quota in NM, Mithibai, K.J Somaiya allowed in Mumbai? 50% Sindhi quota allowed in Mumbai’s HR college? Maharashtrians asking for jobs due to illegal hiring/ghuskori through central government, locals who walked the streets indeed were middle class people, but they weren’t uneducated, right?
Maharashtrians being illegally fired via bullying techniques, very silently it’s been done for decades now- nobody dares to talk about it? They are bothered about Americans standing in queue for an Indian Visa. State level issues? Zero attention.
Who migrants need in emergency? Mumbai Police!
Who defeated the Mughals in India? The Marathas, Shivaji Maharaj, Peshwa Bajirao, Sambhaji Maharaj. Shivaji Maharaj knew 13 languages. Sambhaji Maharaj? 16!
Who protected migrants when Mumbai was attacked? Balasaheb Thackrey and local population- majority were Maharashtrians right? We didn’t say we will only protect our people. We accommodated.
Ask them who was India’s first female doctor? Oh now they know it was Anandi Gopal Joshi.
Ask them who is Bollywood’s best actress India has ever produced? Dixitanchi Madhuri. They dance to ding dong ding but when they visit Mumbai they show arrogance?
Ask them who founded Bollywood? Dadasaheb Phalke.
Ask them who is World’s best batsman? Sachin Tendulkar. They love Sachin but they want to disrespect Marathi.
Ask them who is India’s first supermodel? Milind Soman.
Ask them who was India’s first KBC winner? Harshvardhan Nawathe.
Ask them who was India’s first Indian Idol? Abhijeet Sawant.
Ask them who was India’s first Nach Baliye winner? Mr. & Mrs. Pilgaonkar.
Ask them who made India proud at the Oscars- Ashutosh Gowarikar.
Who won India’s first national award for best film? Shyamchi Aai, a Marathi film. The lead actress Vanmala was my grandmother, P.K Sawant’s wife.
Ask them who fights for India at the borders? Maharashtrians are one of the top three contributors of manpower in Indian army.
Ask them who is revered as the Nightingale of India? Lata Mangeshkar. How many languages did she sang in? 36!
Tomorrow they will ask us to eliminate Shivaji’s history from our text books. No.