Thursday, March 13, 2008

"You" and "We"

The identification of subject is quite obvious these days for people living in Mumbai. Subject was very flammable and full of community hatred. Provoking words were raised to create an identity among masses , to create a foundation for lost identity,to create an influence over people and above all it was an attempt to create a dividing line. Dividing line with a background and a foreground based on ethnic foundation.
I have two things to say:
One is , there is not doubt that mumbai is fed up of people and she has become a collection these days. Due to that public sector services are getting worse day by day. Which is resulting in form of lesser healthy living environment. Also it is affecting the voting system because 60-70 % people are not from Mumbai or Maharashtrians. Marathi has lost its meaningful ground among the ghetto of these English, Hindi or other language speaking people. So the issue was valid but raised in a wrong tone or voice and with dirty intentions.
Secondly, the dust of community divide is quite allergic and it create a divide in certain communities. India is made from states but it has identity of her own which is created from diversified culture of each individual states. It is nonsense to propose a dividing line between between communities or states in the time of globalization across the boundaries of nation.

Two things are obtrusive to me. People used to took 'Marathi' word carefully in crowd and 'Thakre' surname comes with delirium in my mind.