This attitude of hating others is nothing new or isolated behaviour to Marathis - can tell you from personal experience. I did my graduation from a University in Maharashtra - yes, i wasn't good enough to get a seat in my home state - half the students in our college were from different states (literally Jammu to Kerala); the other half reserved for Marathis. The pass percentages were in 75 to 80% among other states' students and 40 to 45% among Marathis. It is another matter that preferencially liberal awarding of marks in practical exams (by local professors to local students) also couldnt do much to increase their pass percentages. The locals were always rude to outsiders. Am not talking about Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, etc. - its a remote town which benefitted a lot economically, by the other state students coming in to study at different professional colleges and still they were always treated like unwanted outsiders. Raj Thakeray is the peoples' leader and only expressing their views. This is not a publicity stunt or something, it is in their blood to blame others for their inefficiencies.
It is the same Maharashtra that gave us leaders like Tilak, Gokhale and Ambedkar but lost its direction now.
