Never thought Mumbaikar are so selfish,shameless ,without any self respect. Forgot 26/11 incidence and went to see film of pro Paki so called super star Not having slightest sympathy for family of Karkare and others who lost their life protecting these Mumbaikar. Why Mumbai can not have next terrorist attack if it has pro Paki element to help ISI planned attack?
Re: Mumbaikar
by Rahuldravid Backstabber on Feb 13, 2010 08:35 AM
It has been a solid slap on the face to Sena and their goons cum supporters. Well done Mumbai to shoow that stong-arm tactics dont work in a civilized society.
Re: Mumbaikar
by Ranjan on Feb 13, 2010 08:36 AM
What are you talking about . You got to get your facts together. Never have i seen political parties stooping so low to get into the limelight. It would be better if they used the work force for the betterment of the counrty than for these low political mileage.
Latest news is that there was emergency cabinet meeting headed by full Italian Mother and 1/4 Porki son .It was asked by Mom and Son that all Regular & Paramilitary forces are withdrawn from Pak and China border Naxal Area and immediately deployed to protect Mannat and all Cinema Houses throughout India where SRK film is screened. This will ensure 100% Porki vote for next election.MMS and his impo...team unanimously accepted it .FM confirmed to provide funds by putting additional surcharge for this national democratic secular step even if it result in price rise
in india all movies are housefull in first week. it is no big deal. srk says from nowonwards he will make good movies. so he is admitting he made stupid movies till now. also try to find out how many did not go to watch srk because of his comments. they run into lakhs. but such people dont want publicity. all the guys who watched the movie onfirst day, 75% r eighter muslims r christians or biharis. check it out.
You think those congress workers actually paid money to watch this crap? He knew it was going to flop and can't imagine to face it after 3 idiot success. So he paid up through his nose.
Tragically, the Shiv Sena has never offered a serious social or economic agenda for the future. Setting up the odd wada pav stall in Mumbai is hardly a recipe for addressing the job crisis . Why hasn't the Sena, for example, started training projects to make Maharashtrian youth face upto the challenges of a competitive job market? Why doesn't the Sena give regional culture a boost by supporting Marathi theatre, literature or cinema? The wonderful Marathi film, "Harishchandrachee Factory", nominated for the Oscars, has been co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala, a Parsi, who like millions of other 'outsiders' has made Mumbai his home. Maybe, I ask for too much. Tigers, used to bullying others for years, will never change their stripes.
Post-script: Your charming son, Aditya, who is studying English Literature in St Xaviers College, had sent me a collection of his poems. I was most impressed with his writing skills. Let's hope the next generation of the T company will finally realize that there is more to life than rabble-rousing!
At one level, I can understand the reasons for your frustration. The Congress-NCP government in the state has been thoroughly incompetent: the last decade has seen Maharashtra decline on most social and economic parameters. Yet, the Shiv Sena has been unable to capture power in the state. Your war with cousin Raj has proved to be self-destructive. The Assembly election results showed that a united Sena may have offered a real challenge to the ruling alliance. In fact, the Sena and the MNS together garnered around 43 per cent of the popular vote in Mumbai-Thane, almost seven per cent more than what was obtained by the Congress-NCP combine. Yet, because your vote was split, you won just nine of the 60 seats in the region, a result which proved decisive in the overall state tally.
Your defeat seems to have convinced you that the only way forward is to outdo your cousin in parochial politics. It's a strategy which has undoubtedly made you a headline-grabber once again. Unfortunately, television rating points don't get you votes or goodwill. There is space in Maharashtra's politics for a regional force, but it needs to be based on a constructive, inclusive identity.
Just before the Assembly elections, you had told me in an interview that you were determined to shake off the Shiv Sena's legacy of violence. You spoke of the need for welfarist politics, of how you were saddened that rural Maharashtra was being left behind. I was impressed by the farmer rallies you had organized, by the fact that you had documented farmer suicides in the state. I thought that Uddhav Thackeray was serious about effecting a change in Maharashtra's political landscape.
I was obviously mistaken. Farmer suicides still continue, the after-effects of drought are still being faced in several districts, but the focus is now squarely on finding high profile hate figures. You claim to have a vision for Mumbai. Yet, on the day the Sena-controlled city's municipal corporation's annual budget revealed an alarming financial crisis, your party mouthpiece, Saamna, was running banner headlines seeking an apology from Shah Rukh Khan. You asked your Shiv Sainiks to agitate against Rahul Gandhi's visit to Mumbai, but why have you not asked them to wage a war against the water cuts that have made life so difficult for millions in the city?
I am a little surprised that you chose to question Ambani and Tendulkar though. The Sena has always enjoyed an excellent relationship with corporate India. Why then criticise India's biggest businessman for suggesting that Mumbai belongs to all? After all, no one can deny that Mumbai's entrepreneurial energy has been driven by communities from across India. The diatribe against Sachin is even more strange. He is, alongwith Lata Mangeshkar, Maharashtra's most admired and recognised face. Surely, you will agree that Sachin symbolizes Maharashtrian pride in a manner that renaming shops and streets in Marathi never can.
Of course, in-between some of your local thugs also attacked the IBN Lokmat office. I must confess that initially the attack did leave me outraged. Why would a political outfit that claims to protect Maharashtrian culture attack a leading Marathi news channel? But on reflection I realized that we hadn't been singled out: over the last four decades, the Shiv Sena has targeted some of Maharashtra's finest literary figures and journalistic institutions. That you continue to live in a colony of artists while attacking artistic freedom remains one of the many tragic ironies in the evolution of the Sena.
