I have found Marathi people in Varanasi, Indore, Jhansi, Kanpur, Gwalior, Panipat, Surat, Rameshwaram, Hyderabad, to name a few places outside Maharashtra. They have been rulers, celebrate Ganesh festivals and carry their culture at the place of their residence. Local people like them and admire them. They have been academicians, film makers, artists and have excelled in many fields. President of India is a Marathi. The spread of violence against non Marathis is instigated, planned, systematic, hatred is being spread and political. No Bihari or UP-wala has snatched any job or any opportunity from any one least of all from a Marathi. They have occupied a space vacated by the Marathi Manoos. Regional parties survive on the oxygen of hatread and nationalism is the first casualty.
