Saturday, October 25, 2008

SARKAR RAJ

Four questions – to the man himself, and all other people who sympathise, empathise and root for this lone warrior in today's mean mean world.

1. What are you going to do when the other nerve centres of the India story – Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad – with indelible contributions from the Marathi Manoos - begin throwing them out of their respective cities?

2. Going by your campaigns, you would be dead against outsourcing – so what are you planning to do, to support the millions of Indians (which would include lakhs of Maharashtrians as well) who are going to be
thrown out of the US, since, quite obviously, we are not sons of their soil.

3. As the old adage goes, charity begins at home. So, if Bombay should become Mumbai, then Thakre should never have become Thackeray.

4. And yes, we have also heard that your son opted for German instead of Marathi….[Read More]

P.S:1. I hate the way throwing out sounds – the usage is only in keeping with what has been happening in the past few days.

2. I am a South Indian. It's high time we began identifying ourselves as Indians first.

3. Crimes sadly figure in tthe Key Achievements portion of a politician's resume even today. I was overjoyed when Raj on founding the MNS began speaking about development and nothing else. I was actually wondering that he would herald a new era in politics that would bring about a change in the ethos of the Indian Politician.

4. Today's state of affairs say a whole lot about the maturity (or should I say gullibility) of the Indian Voter. We are probably as much responsible for what's happening.