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Outsider Debate
by sajansajan on Feb 28, 2008 01:32 AM

The outsider debate is an old one. IK Gujral's wife once commented in a social gathering "Delhi was a cultural village when we came to settle. Lahore was the Paris of east" to which an old timer Delhite commented "If you didnt find culture in the city of Ghalib and Auliya you should have gone to Paris." The lady made hasty retreat from the party. Old timers Delhites have always regretted loss of Delhi culture to mean Punjabis. The Gorkhas couldnt digest Bengalis. There was agitation in Assam against Biharis. Then why does everyone blames Maharashtrians alone?
Fact is Marathis are original people of Mumbai. 100% of them live here. But from other states only the more educated ones land in Mumbai get jobs and then comment Marathis are good only for mean jobs. How many people back in your village do these mean jobs? (if these jobs at all exist). Does nobody in your village sell fish? Ofcourse they cant be gutter cleaners because there are perhaps no gutters in your village and everyone uses fields

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