One question Peter.who told you that story about Maharashtrain Women?
I dont know which part of the country you come from? whatever it is, a child raised by a Maharashtrian brahmin women wont have that kinda mentality towards any other women from from any community.
So, clearly you have not been raised by a Marathi women and your mother (with all due respect) has failed in the job of raising you up. Though I think she is a wonderful person.
My two cents to you would be to stop using such derogatory statements about any women from any community(especially Indian....this being an Indian forum), be it any inferiority complex/problems you incur.
