It has been seen recently that regional patriotism, then be it in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,Punjab or even Gujarat has grown tremendously. Glad to see that individual states are taking pride in their own culture, but one do have to remember that we all are indians first, but we do have to maintain our individual state's cultural identity, since our diversity lies in individual states, so do not erode that. I feel proud to tell everyone that we have languages representing each state, lets keep it that way
RE:Has regional patriotism risen?
by Milind on Jan 06, 2008 01:58 PM Permalink
Not just in India all over the world it is the same... the locals always get the preference and it has to be like that to keep the harmony of the society...
RE:Has regional patriotism risen?
by GN on Jan 06, 2008 02:34 PM Permalink
milind, when you talk about maharashtra i will agree with you. As every state give preference to the locals.
Even in kerala they dont allow even traders or employees from TAMIL NADU, irrespective of the fact that 60% of the keralites are working in other states or countries.
Compared to that , maharashtrians are the most tolerent among all INDIANs, who dont throw outsiders out of maharashtra like others do. the Request to all outsiders is to respect the local culture and be one among us.
But I strongly disagree with the concept of Throwing away all non marathis out of MUMBAI. !!! thats very shameful attitude being supported
RE:Has regional patriotism risen?
by Prince Roy on Jan 06, 2008 02:52 PM Permalink
abe india mein regionalism, religionalism, communism, terrorism sab kuch hai. Sirf humanism ki kami hai.
