Well...i dont need to explain too much into why i write this post...i hope i can be the voice of every true MUMBAIKAR.....
With all this hooplah-hoo about whose mumbai is it anyway...i wud just like to say both Raj Thackarey and Amar Singh are idiots....this is neither the land of maharashtrians nor of UP-Biharis...this is the land of the Koli's...the original inhabitants of Mumbai...wen they have no issue with the influx of non koli's into the city who the hell is raj thackarey to object...
People shud stop claiming Mumbai as their own..this city is the melting point of a lot of cultures,religions,languages and traditions....and i think that is the USP of the city...it accomadates every person and braces them as their own....
I have lived in Delhi for nearly a year and i cudnt feel more out of place...though a highly cosmopolitant city with an amazing infrastruture to its credit, i cudnt feel more homeless....i guess being born and brought up in mumbai u fall in love with the city and its people...My native land is Kerala and i cant connect with tht state either...i will probably never feel connected to it except for the fact tht it is my native land...
It pinches wen you see morons on the roads playing a thug of war for my city....it does not belong to an individual or religion or caste or language...it belongs to anyone who wants to fall in Love with the city...anyone who is willing to absorb himself/herself into the city's culture and pace...
if not ur not welcome to my city.....be it north indians, south inidans ,west indians or east indians...
If only the city could talk....its exact words wud be 'BUG OFF!'
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True. Very true. MY thoughts exactly.
"it belongs to anyone who wants to fall in Love with the city".. nice words!! hmm that does sound like an offended mumbaikar's voice.. though i think delhi wala dig was .. ahemm.!! but u right Ms Mathew.. i wish ppl who mark and re-mark needless boundaries would go take a sabbatical!
mumbaikar or no mumbaikar i feel that this agitated girl had a lot to say...however coming back to my favourite topic delhi and the space it provides...for all those who want to accomodate
((ppl. take the cue))
i feel one can njoy wherever they go....and dency this incident is a perfect example of how hospitable ur city is...i knw explanations will follow but all i can say is that a coin always has 2 sided...so like delhi like mumbai
:-)
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I agree with what u said abt these incidents in Mumbai. Its not originally 'Maratha Land' so either these ppl first need to go take history lessons or just simple plain Humanity wud do. No land can Hate or Love ppl, its the natives who hv tht power and the natives of Mumbai are Mumbaikars...no Marathi , No Bihari n no Upite.
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