Mumbai

Am enjoying a holiday today..Should i say a forced holiday....
This morning when i started from my home, the streets were deserted and i could not find an auto rickshaw! Strange for a city where its hard not to collide with people when you walk outside.At first i thought it was some local strike..And then i received a phone call from one of my family members saying Raj Thackerey has been arrested and i should get back to home immediately..
So here i am..... tracking the situation live on tv,talking to friends and family on phone and with some time on my hands to blog and write how i feel about the whole situation..Kind of an input right from the middle of action!
If anyone would ask me honestly i am indignant. Indignant at fingerpointing to a place where i can trace my roots. In a sense its true that states in the north are backward and they ought to do something about development very badly.And it feels bad when someone else brings home the point in such a humiliating way......
But what is it about discrimination and political vendetta regarding the same? What has Raj Thackerey done for the development of the poor of his own state so that they do not have to migrate to the cities to find jobs? Instead of their socio economic development, he incites them to an anti north indian drive to achieve his own political ends! The unemployed play to this appeal to their own insecurities....They do not find any other way to vent out their own frustration..Their own administration and political leadership doesnt provide them with any...

But what do they stand to gain from this? No one gains out o f this except for the vested political interests.
Nobody succeeds by suppressing and oppressing anyone. Neither we northindians(we oppress people on caste..one of my south indian friends recently mentioned because of his dravidian looks, he was denied food in canteen when he was working in Lucknow..i did not like that either) nor anyone else can.
I do not want a backlash either.I just hope north indian leaders would show some maturity and instead of flexing muscles would do some retrospection so that such a situation should not occur..

After all its all about balance....If Maharashtra had a significant amount of investment and workforce in U P and Bihar, Raj Thackerey would have had thought thousand times before uttering a word against northindians!
And if some marathi actor was a superstar in U P, Amitabh Bachhan would have had a more peaceful existence in Mumbai !!!!!!!!!!! Amen........