Why in the world is the govt. seeking legal advise in the first place? It is an open and well-known fact that Raj Thackeray has openly threatened people, attacked the folk who were doing their daily jobs, and created unrest in Maharashtra by unleasing his posse of goons. If any of us had done this, would the govt. have waited for someone's opinion to arrest us..? As a matter of fact we would have been arrested, locked in prison and forgotten all about. Raj Thackeray and his ilk should understand this is a free country (we don't need visas to go from one state to the other); they should stand-up to fair competition if they have the guts. These spineless troublemakers should be punished to the fullest extent of law for all the trouble they have created.
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by AlarmedAquarian on Feb 08, 2008 06:20 AM Permalink
People who think like Raj and Bal thakre should be publically stoned to death. But Maraharsta pulic is acting as if they work for Raj thakre. Fogget about people from other state. What will happen to people from Maharastra when such people will do same with Marathi people.
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by Konkan Putra on Feb 08, 2008 06:14 AM Permalink
Raja please accept a daily load of 4000 Hindi speaking Illietarte Bhaiyas from UP-Bihar in Tamilnadu every day. withing 10 years Chennai will again turn in MADRAS. Hindi would be the language spoken on the streets. Tamilians would be a minority. lets talk aftar that.
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by Raja Subramanian on Feb 08, 2008 09:38 AM Permalink
Hello there Konkan, this really is not about someone speaking Hindi, Tamil or some other language in a place. Had that been a concern, where according to you, languages could erode a culture, you should take substantial steps to overcome the problem. Set up schools, have signages in Marathi and so forth. But to attack common folk on the street is not a sign of democracy - it is akin to what Hitler did to the Jews last century, we should learn from there. One more thing, my family is from Tamil Nadu, and we migrated to Maharashtra several decades ago - I was born here, had my education here, and speak fluently in Marathi. I've always worked here, and have paid taxes to the Maharashtra govt. I rarely ever think about Tamil Nadu (Chennai for you!), and the only thing that remains is my name. Mumbai is full of millions of people like me (I consider myself a Maharashtrian if not a Maratha), and we have learned to survive. So what does it make me..? You should have logic in your thoughts and deed, and focus on this issue first as a human being, and then as a countryman belonging to Republic of India... farewell and good luck.
