Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Do the Thakre Brothers want to delink Mumbai from rest of the country?Should Mumbai be seized with barbed wires to stop the continuous influx of outsiders?Should Mumbai be ejected out of Railway, Air and Sea maps so that only Maratha Manush would be

Do the Thakre Brothers want to delink Mumbai from rest of the country?Should Mumbai be seized with barbed wires to stop the continuous influx of outsiders?Should Mumbai be ejected out of Railway, Air and Sea maps so that only Maratha Manush would be allowed to live there and others not?


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I had to be in Mumbai and returned from there just last day.I have very intimate relationship with the people all over Maharashtra and always feel at home in Mumbai. No, Mumbai has not changed, neither the Mumbaikars nor the rest of Maharashtra. But intense hate campaign against outsiders branding them as unwanted, roots of all trouble, terrorists and illegal migrants have injected insecurity amongst the people based there and working away from their own states. The behaviour of the masses has not changed a little bit, nor the cosmopolitan character of the city varied otherwise. Mumbai remains the best of job market in the country. Despite hostile politics played by politicians to enhance their vote bank equations, people do rush to Mumbai from each and every corner of the country daily. All the Railway stations remained busy despite late monsoon amidst Thakre brothers aggressive hate campaign. Moreover, exodus of northeast students from Bangalore,Pune and Hyderabad seem to have no impact on Mumbai.

Mumbai remains the commercial and industrial capital of India. How the politicians do try to change this awesome status of Mumbai.Should Mumbai be seized with barbed wires to stop the continuous influx of outsiders?Should Mumbai be ejected out of Railway, Air and Sea maps so that only Maratha Manush would be allowed to live there and others not?Do the Hindutva forces want this situation. Mumbai should learn a lesion from North East experience which is alienated from the rest of country just because of power politics banking on hatred against the people from rest of India. Guahati is a beautiful city which could have been the gateway of south east asia and it would have made Guahati the second most viable commercial and industrial hub even ahead of Kolkata! Mind you, Kolkata lost its pioneer position in industry, commerce and job market just because of suicidal power politics and monopoly of Bengali Illuminati since independence! Should history repeat itself once again changing the status of Mumbai alike Kolkata? These questions need to be addressed immediately.

I always supported the identity of Maratha Manush. I always supported the rights of the Bhumi Putras, the sons of the soil. It is  a  justified demand to have share of the progress on the part of local people. It is justified not only in the case of Mumbai or Maharashtra, but it is quite a relevant demand in any part of the country.But the problem roots in the free market economy and the corporate model of development. Thakre brothers support the free market economy as well as the corporate development. It is the same case with each one associated with poltical class and market dominated comunities, the flag bearers of Hindutva, an anti national nationalism.Since free market has set the fire in production system, killed the scope of traditional livelihood and made refugees within the country, local employment is quite impossible anywhere in the country. Agriculture is destroyed while the economy could not throw a sustainable alternative. India is not industrialised as yet.Industrial production is zeroed down. We do live on service sectotor only. We need hard cash as purchsing capacity to sustain ourselves in a market turned society which is controlled by corporates in every sphere of life.Exclusion and excommunication make up for fiscal and monetary policies. No land reform.No economic empowerment. No social inclusion. Governance, legislation and administration run by corporates and MNCs. How do you expect that the people should be stopped to throng around the job markets, specifically Bg cities while they are subjected to be displaced from land, livelihood and even citizenship. It is the real problem. Which is not addressed at all. First stop displacement. Ensuer local employment everywhere. Speed up land reforms. Ensure implementaion of rights under fifth and sixth schedule. Ensure social justice and equity.No body wants to live anywhere branded unwanted away from home. But it has not to happen.


Mharashtra has maintained its status as industrial as well as agrarian state. Slowdown has not any impact whatsoever on Mumbai.Even large scale suicide by peasants every year in Vidarbha has not changed the agrarian character of Maharashtra. Thus, local employment for the Maharashtra people is still quite possible. They have not go around for job or livelihood. But the situation is changing on superfast speed. agrarian crisis has gripped Maharashtra as well. Indiscriminate  industrialisation, urbanisation, SEZ drive, industrial coridors, NIMZ and nuclear power plant clusters have to displace many more people in the state. maharashtra also tends to become yet another Bengal, bihar or Uttar Pradesh, mind you. As most young leaders, Thakre brothers should have the vision of future and behave accordingly.

Fearing reprisals against Maharashtrians residing in northern states due to MNS chief Raj Thackeray's 'agenda of hatred', RPI leader Ramdas Athavale  appealed to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to protect Marathis in his state.

Athavale whose party RPI (A) had fought Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, held earlier this year, in alliance with Shiv Sena, said dalit workers will take to streets to protect north Indians in Maharashtra and also the Hindi news channels--who are at the receiving end of Raj's diatribe.

"Maharashtrians who are living in northern states will be in trouble if Raj continues his tirade against north-Indians. I am afraid that there will be retaliation against Marathis and Raj will be responsible for this. I appeal to Nitish Kumar to protect Maharashtrians living in Bihar," Athavale told reporters here.

Demanding reining in the MNS chief, Athavale said the state government must stop him from spreading hatred across states.

Outdoing his cousin Raj, Shiv Sena working president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that a permit system be implemented for Biharis who want to live and work in Mumbai.

Raj Thackeray had threatened to brand Biharis as "infiltrators" and force them out of Maharashtra if authorities in Bihar take legal action against Mumbai policemen who picked up one Abdul Qadir – in connection with Azad Maidan violence - from Sitamarhi district without informing their counterparts in that state, evoking a sharp rebuff from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Kumar said the action was unjustified as there was a procedure laid down by the union home ministry that the police of a state must inform local police and seek its cooperation for arrest of an accused from other state

However, Uddhav has backed Raj, he said that if the Mumbai police need Bihar government's permission to act then we should implement the permit system for people coming from the state to Mumbai and Maharashtra.

The estranged cousins have come closer over the last few months, especially after Raj was seen by Uddhav's side when the latter was admitted to hospital for a heart surgery.

In an interview to Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna, Uddhav said that instead of questioning Mumbai Police, Nitish Kumar should have congratulated them for their action as the arrest had prevented Qadir from fomenting more trouble in that state.

He also termed Bihar chief secretary's letter to the state government as 'meddling in law and order issues'. Defending city police, he said, "There was no need for the Bihar chief secretary to meddle in the affairs of Mumbai police and he should focus more on his state's administration."

Terming Qaidur as a traitor, Uddhav said, "Even God cannot save this country if political boundaries are going to come in the way of arresting a terrorist from Bihar.

In an interview to the DNA newspaper, Uddhav said that on August 11 Bangladeshis and pro-Pakistan Muslims ran amok over Assam violence.

"The Mumbai Police did a good job by nabbing the accused in Bihar. The Bihar government must have kept quiet or taken a strict stand against violence. However, they got a bout of love for Bihar and warned our policemen," he said.

On the stand taken by Nitish Kumar and Congress leader Digvijay Singh, he said, "These useless people have ruined the country for vote-bank politics. The focus was unnecessarily diverted from Bangladeshis as the perpetrators to (a fight) between Maharashtrians and Biharis. The Bangladeshi infiltrators must be laughing at how two sections of our countrymen are at each others' throats."

The official website of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (www.manase.com) says Raj Thackeray's grandfather, Prabodhankar, was born at Panvel in Raigad district. That's as close to Bombay as it gets. But that is also as close to a lie as can be told.Sujata Anandan,writes in Hindustan Times:

Bal Thackeray's father travelled from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra in search of work and at least the Thackeray patriarch made no bones about his origins in his autobiography --- Mazhi Jeevangatha (My Autobiography).

The MNS, to suit its own anti-north Indian agenda, would have us believe that the `Thackeray' family name was actually `Panvelkar'. But Prabodhankar's father wanted his son to call himself `Thakre' because they were originally `jagirdars' (rich landowners) from Dhodap, near Nashik and so were really `Dhodapkars' before they became `Panvelkars' and then `Thakres'. The last, of course, as everyone knows, was modified to `Thackeray' by Prabodhankar who was a great admirer of the India-born British writer, William Makepeace Thackeray.

All of this beggars belief in the absence of historical records to prove the same. Clearly, there is a lot of Bollywood inspiration in this story spun around Prabodhankar, who himself never gave, well, himself any airs. The attempt to convince us that Prabodhankar's father named his son `Thakre' after the `jagir' in Nashik sounds very unoriginal, smacking suspiciously of screen depictions of zamindars with `jagirs', and all named `Thakurs'. As romantic and fanciful as it gets, this seems an attempt, quite lacking in subtlety, to rewrite family history. Even Balasaheb never tried to give himself a background he never had: perhaps, because he knew well enough that even he is not an original `Mumbaikar' (original residents were Koli fishermen).

The family's background is that of Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus (CKP), traditionally a community of scribes (or Kayasthas) whose origin, as is well known, is in Uttar Pradesh from where they travelled all over the country to act as scribes to various kings and rulers (maybe that's why the Thackerays are all writers and cartoonists to this day). In fact, I am told, when the prominent Marathi historian of those times, VK Rajwade, challenged the upper-caste Kshatriya status claimed by the CKPs, Prabodhankar wrote a fierce critique denouncing that theory as casteist. His essay outlined the identity of the CKPs in Maharashtra and their contribution to Chhatrapati Shivaji's empire even before the Kshatriyas of Rajput origin had joined him and Brahmins/Peshwas continued to revile the Maratha warrior king.

In his autobiography, Prabodhnakar was honest enough to admit that he was lower-middle-class (not `landed') and migrated to other cities from Madhya Pradesh, finally settling in Bombay, in search of livelihood – just as hundreds of Biharis and Uttar Pradeshis are doing today.

However, it might not suit Raj to acknowledge his `uttar bharatiya' background as he searches for a new identity towards political gains. But when he first started his anti-north Indian agitation in 2008, Professor Hari Narke, head of the Mahatma Phule Chair at the Pune University, had written in `Rashtrawadi', the Nationalist Congress Party's magazine: "Raj should read the autobiography of his grandfather... Prabodhankar studied in Madhya Pradesh. He has written about how he travelled to other states for livelihood. This proves that the Thackerays, who are not original inhabitants of Mumbai, came to this city in search of a livelihood."

Narke ought to know. After all, he was instrumental in getting Prabodhankar's writings published by the Maharashtra government in 1995, when the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance was in power. "Who gave those who came to Mumbai two generations ago to earn their livelihood, the right to beat up others who also come here in search of jobs?" the professor questioned. "It does not behove people who live 24 hours a day seeped in history to forget the history of just over two generations."

Not surprisingly, there was not a peep out of Raj or any of the other Thackerays against Narke who, obviously, knows his onions. Now, of course, Uddhav Thackeray has also raged against Biharis after Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh's comment that the Thackerays are originally Biharis – but that is just Singh confusing the issue by overstating the fact of the Thackerays' north Indian origins.

So, I believe, Raj Thackeray is doing a great disservice to his own forefathers by his anti-north Indian agitation: clearly there could be a lot of country cousins among his victims. And some of that blood spilt by the MNS could well be traced back to the Thackerays!
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/sujataanandan/For-a-few-votes-more/Article1-924828.aspx
It is quite alarming that India's industrial production barely grew in July, with the anaemic pace of expansion suggesting broader economic activity remains weak and offering little relief to embattled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's as state elections loom.Thakre brothers should have taken notice, I hope.The data is very disappointing as it bodes ill for GDP growth in the current quarter. Worse still, it was the second straight month of manufacturing contraction (down 0.2 percent YoY).The data highlights structural weaknesses of the economy, with poor domestic demand amid political gridlock and contracting exports. It may lead to renewed expectations of a rate cut this month, although we believe that odds still favour the RBI to stay put before cutting in Q4.The data should have a modest negative impact on the INR, equities and lead to some downside for the INR OIS curve.

It is quite intersting that at the outset, the last few weeks' developments in which Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) raised the toll issue and opposed Pakistani artistes performing in India, clearly showed MNS chief Raj Thackeray stealing the show from his cousin, Uddhav, by taking the centre stage.But even before its effectiveness could die down, Raj has appeared to have gone on a complete back foot, thus giving his political rivals as well as sympathisers a chance to question his confused veered politics.

On Sunday, Raj went a mile ahead and shared the dais at a Thane function with those very private players against whom he had raised a revolt, accusing them of seeking high toll from people.

There cannot be any ambiguity that people initially supported the MNS cause on the issue of toll payment. However, the extreme position adopted by the MNS, appealing people to boycott the toll payment without considering the far-fetched ramifications, have exposed the shortsightedness of the leader.

The irony is that othres in Maharashtra politics, dare not to address the real problem. No body dare to speak against monopoly and allow Thakre brothers to continue their crusade against the commoner, who come from other states to eanrn livelihood. After getting flak from leaders of north India for being too 'soft' against MNS chief Raj Thackeray's anti-Bihari diatribes, Maharashtra's law and order machinery attracted criticism from its coalition partner NCP as well.

Meanwhile,a Haryana court on Wednesday directed Hisar police to book MNS chief Raj Thakre in a sedition case for allegedly making provocative statements against migrants from Bihar in Mumbai.
The decision came from the court of Ashwani Mehta, sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM), Hansi, who directed the city police station accordingly, while disposing off the complaint filed by Rajat Kalson, a lawyer.

Mind you,Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray recently took potshots at Hindi news channels and said that he would shut them all down if they did not stop misquoting his speeches.

"People from Hindi channels dole out news without understanding the issue. Such channels should discontinue doing this, otherwise we will do what we can to stop this game," Thackeray declared.

He then joked about how the channels would run "breaking news" about his "threat".

"I am sure these channels will be running "Breaking News"... "Raj Thackeray threatens to shut down Hindi news channels," he said, gesturing wildly with his hands, mocking the news channels.


Speaking about the cases filed against him and the coverage of it in the media, Thackeray claimed that he knew the law.

"Don't issue me threats claiming that you will file (criminal or defamation) cases against me. I know of several laws that are broken every now and then. Should I also go to court and sue those guilty," he questioned.

Lashing out at Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's remark that Thackeray's family too came originally from Bihar, he said, "Digvijay Singh says anything that comes to his mind, however irrelevant. He is someone the Congress keeps, to take the brunt of all criticism."

Thackeray, in a slapstick manner, retorted to Singh's remark with a question: "So is Digvijay Singh's family from Sulabh Shauchalay (public toilet)?"

Last week, Thackeray had called Biharis in Maharashtra "infiltrators" in reaction to reports of a letter from the Bihar chief secretary warning Mumbai Police against picking up suspects from the state without first informing local police.

"How come most offenders are from Bihar," Thackeray asked, adding that there was no need for Bihari politicians to teach Maharashtra the rules.

Bringing up the matter of the cinema wing of MNS's threat to disrupt shooting of a television programme featuring Pakistani artistes, Thackeray said he did not favour the inclusion of Pakistani performers.

"I stand by my views. It is wrong to entertain Pakistani artistes when we are not welcomed in their country," he said.

Asha Bhonsle is also a part of the show titled "Sur Kshetra" to be aired on Color and Sahara channels.

Last week, when Bhonsle said that she does not understand politics, and that she considers guests like god, Thackeray rebuked the singer saying he wondered if the real reason she participated in the show was "Paisa devo bhava" (Money is god).

MNS chief Raj Thackeray earlier demanded the resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil at a mass rally called to denounce the Aug 11 violence for which be blamed Bangladeshis. The state government is yet to decide on whether or not MNS chief Raj Thackeray should be hauled up for his "inflammatory speech" at Azad Maidan on August 21. The legal opinion sought by the state government suggests that the MNS chief cannot be prosecuted for his statements.

"Experts who examined Thackeray's speech have told home minister R R Patil that the MNS chief cannot be prosecuted," said a senior home department official.

"He has not threatened anyone, but has warned that his party will not tolerate attacks on policemen and media houses. Thackeray's entire speech will not stand in the court," he added.

According to senior officials, Patil has asked the home department to examine the speech and find a way to rein in Thackeray. "However, the opinion given by experts is not a final recommendation, but the outcome of a preliminary discussion on the entire row," the official added.

On August 11, some Muslim organizations organized a rally against the ethnic violence in Assam. However, a section of the protesters attacked media vans and policemen. Irked with the August 11 mayhem, Thackeray had a held a protest march against the incident on August 21 and blamed Bangladeshis for the arson. He also warned that his party will not tolerate attacks on policemen and media.

Immediately after the incident, home minister R R Patil said action would be taken against the MNS for organizing a march without police permission.

State Congress chief Manikaro Thakre and some leaders demanded stern action against Thackeray for his speeches "against the north Indian community residing in Maharashtra".

Meanwhile, political observers feel the ruling combine is using the MNS to rein in the Sena.

"The Congress is making use of Raj Thackeray to counter the Sena's influence. However, the MNS has grown so strong that the ruling DF government is finding it difficult to frame Raj Thackeray. They may be hesitant in taking action against Raj as it would make him a hero," said an expert.

The show of strength that brought some 50,000 supporters marching to the Azad Maidan - the very site of the earlier violence that left two dead and dozens injured -- defying a police ban.

Speaking in his usual aggressive style, Thackeray warned that similar outbreaks of violence, blamed on Muslim groups who were protesting against attacks on Muslims in Myanmar and Assam, would not be tolerated.

Besides Patil, Thackeray also called for Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik's resignation for failing to foresee the violence of Aug 11 during which mobs attacked police personnel and journalists.

Some policemen were critically injured while there were attempts to molest policewomen. Police officers later said there would have been a bloodbath had they allowed police personnel to open fire at will.

Thackeray flashed what he said was a green colour passport found at the venue Aug 11 purportedly belonging to a Bangladeshi, and said the Aug 11 gathering had many outsiders who dared to attack police and the media.

"This will not be tolerated and limits cannot be crossed. We will not tolerate anybody who dares to take on Maharashtra," he thundered, drawing huge applause.

The MNS founder leader pointed out that many Muslims came prepared for violence that day armed with iron rods, bamboos and stones. He asked both Patil and Patnaik to resign.

"If they have an ounce of shame, they should immediately quit," Thackeray said to widespread applause from the gathering.

But he underlined that the MNS show of strength was not directed against any religious group but was called to express solidarity with the ordinary Marathi policemen and policewomen and the Mumbai media.

He denied that he had a Hindutva agenda.

Thackeray also sought a probe into Raza Academy's record, saying its gatherings usually ended in violence.

He did not spare other politicians including Samajwadi Party state chief Abu Asim Azmi, who he said won elections from two constituencies as these housed many Bangladeshis and Pakistanis.

Thackeray also ridiculed the Republican Party of India (RPI) and other parties for not speaking against the Aug 11 violence.

"Except demanding Indu Mills land, what has (RPI chief) Ramdas Athawale done? Does he want to construct a bungalow there?" he asked sarcastically.

After the speech ended, a policeman in uniform handed Thackeray a rose flower -- to show his appreciation of the MNS leader.

The NCP put chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on the defensive for not taking a tough stand against the MNS chief. These sentiments were echoed during the second meeting of the coordination committee of the two coalition partners on Monday. "With the government keeping quiet, the message that goes out is that it is willing to give Thackeray a free run," said a senior NCP leader.

At the meeting, senior NCP leaders, including deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, state unit chief Madhukar Pichad and union minister Praful Patel, questioned Chavan's 'soft stand'.

Pawar also asked how Thackeray got to lay his hands on vital state documents like the recent letter written by Bihar's chief secretary to Maharashtra government. He said that as Chavan did not respond to Thackeray's antics, it encouraged him to open fronts against north Indians, Pakistani artists and singer Asha Bhosale.

The Congress panel, represented by state party president Manikrao Thakre and in-charge Mohan Prakash, did not shy away from trading charges. It blamed Pawar for constantly interfering in their departments. The Congress leaders accused Pawar of taking decisions at will and without deliberating with other stakeholders.

Recently, the government announced a Rs 50 crore package for Yavatmal, which was affected due to heavy rains. However, when Pawar visited the region and announced the relief package, he took potshots at the CM, Congress members pointed this out at the meeting.

"Similarly, without consulting the agriculture minister, he changed Parbhani Agriculture University's name to Vasantrao Naik University," said a Congress leader, pointing out that the four medical colleges which were approved recently are all in western Maharashtra-NCP stronghold, and none in Vidarbha.

The coordination committee was set up after NCP chief Sharad Pawar threatened to pull out of the UPA government citing lack of coordination. The committee was set up at state level too so that most issues between the two partners could be sorted out through dialogue.

Maharashtra's law and order machinery has come under criticism from leaders of the cow belt for being too soft against Raj Thackeray's latest anti-Bihari diatribes. Now coalition partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) too has pushed chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on the defensive for not taking a tough stand against the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief. These sentiments were echoed during the second meeting of the coordination committee of the two coalition partners on Monday. "With the government keeping quiet, the message that goes out is it is willing to give Raj a free run," said a senior NCP leader.

During the coordination committee meeting senior NCP leaders, including deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, state unit chief Madhukar Pichad and union minister Praful Patel put Chavan in the dock for his 'soft stand'. Pawar went as far as questioning how Thackeray gets to lay his hands on vital state documents, such as the recent letter written by Bihar's chief secretary to Maharashtra government. The NCP leader alleged that since Chavan did not respond to Thackeray's antics, it encouraged him to open fronts against the north Indians, artists from Pakistan and singer Asha Bhosle. The Congress panel was represented by state party president Manikrao Thakre and in-charge Mohan Prakash.

In return the Congress members did not shy away from trading charges and blamed Pawar for constantly interfering in their departments, taking decisions at will without any deliberations from all stakeholders. Recently heavy rains in Yavatmal made the government declared a Rs 50 crore package. However, Pawar visited the affected areas and announced the package seemingly taking potshots at Chavan, angry Congress members pointed out in the meeting. "Similarly, without consulting the agriculture minister he changed the name of Parbhani agriculture university to Vasantrao Naik university," said a Congress leader, who pointed out that four recently approved medical colleges are all for Western Maharashtra, the NCP stronghold and nothing for Vidarbha.

The coordination committee was set up when recently NCP chief Sharad Pawar had threatened to pull out of the UPA government citing lack of coordination. The committee was set up at state level too so that most issues between the two partners could be sorted out through dialogue.

The data, released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday, showed output at factories, mines and utilities grew an annual 0.1 percent, helped by a recovery in consumer non-durables. That was slightly lower than a forecast of 0.3 percent growth in a poll, but an improvement nonetheless on an annual contraction of 1.8 percent logged in June.

Wednesday's data also provided an insight into the economy's performance in the quarter to end-September. The economy has grown 5.5 percent or less in the last two quarters, a far cry from the 7-8 percent growth seen in the preceding period.

But inflationary worries mean the central bank has resisted lowering interest rates despite the sharp slowdown.

The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to leave its key lending rates steady when it reviews its monetary policy on Monday, in sharp contrast to many other G20 central banks that have been easing conditions to support growth.

The data highlights structural weaknesses of the economy, with poor domestic demand amid political gridlock and contracting exports, said Dariusz Kowalczyk, senior strategist at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong.

It may lead to renewed expectations of a rate cut this month, although we believe that the odds still favour the RBI to stay put.

Indian markets showed little reaction after the data. India's 10-year benchmark bond yield fell around 1 basis point to 8.18 percent from levels before the data, trading flat from its previous close.

The rupee held on to its earlier gains after the output data, trading at 55.24/25 versus its 55.34/35 close on Tuesday, while India's benchmark BSE stock index also retained its gains, trading up 0.5 percent.

SLOWDOWN STARTING TO BITE

The latest economic report offers little respite for Prime Minister Singh as he struggles to escape the aftermath of corruption scandals that have undermined his authority to push ahead with bold and politically unpalatable economic reforms.

I don't think the Reserve Bank of India would change its stance going by today's factory output reading, said Rupa Rege Nitsure, chief economist at Bank Of Baroda In Mumbai.

India's problems are primarily structural and require structural solutions.

Underlining the challenges facing the government, HSBC on Wednesday downgraded Indian stocks to underweight from neutral, citing the government's lack of progress in fiscal or structural reform as one factor in its decision.

With the economic slowdown beginning to bite India's middle class, Singh faces the uphill task of reviving the economy before his government faces the polls in a series of state elections starting this year and leading up to a general election in 2014.

Manufacturing, which accounts for the bulk of industrial production and contributes about 15 percent to overall GDP, contracted 0.2 percent in July from a year earlier compared with a contraction of 3.1 percent a month ago.

The sector is battling weak demand in both overseas and domestic markets. Annual merchandise exports have fallen in four of the last five months, while domestic car sales posted their first annual decline in 10 months in August.

With the manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) easing to a nine-month low in August, the outlook for the sector does not look promising.

Capital investment in the economy grew a meagre 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012 from a year earlier. Capital goods output, a key investment indicator, shrank an annual 5 percent in July. It has grown only once in the past 11 months.

23 Aug, 2012, 12.33PM IST, Nauzer K Bharucha,TNN
Is Raj Thackeray really Mumbai's Dark Knight?

MUMBAI: Moments after Raj Thackeray's rabble-rousing speech at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Tuesday, a colleague with a tinge of excitement and shock, announced that her mother-in-law supported the fire-brand politician.

Indeed, the chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and estranged nephew of Bal Thackeray struck a chord with not only his Marathi Manoos (sons of the soil) constituency, but surprisingly, even amongst the city's generally indifferent well-heeled class.

The provocation for Raj's rally, which attracted over 40,000 people, was the senseless violence in the city on August 11. A Muslim mob brutally assaulted policemen, molested lady constables, attacked journalists and damaged public property including the Amar Jawan memorial outside the civic headquarters in south Mumbai. Muslim groups had called for a peaceful demonstration to protest "atrocities'' against their brethren in Assam and Myanmar. But a section of the mob went berserk before being quelled by the police.

In a 20-minute speech, the young Thackeray stirred up emotions of the public, lambasting the state's home minister and the city's police commissioner for intelligence failure and the latter's inability to rein in the mob. While many say he channelised the citizens' pent up anger against the August 11 mayhem, the question arises if Raj really is Mumbai's Dark Knight.

Scratch the surface and he emerges as one of the many city-based politicians with huge stakes in the lucrative real estate market. The reason for his political existence may be his avowed love for the Marathi language. But in his avatar as a businessman, money's the language he appears to be most conversant with. In 2005, his company, Matoshree Infrastructure, purchased a prime defunct mill property in the heart of Shivaji Park, for a whopping Rs 421 crore in partnership with the Shiv Sena's former chief minister Manohar Joshi's Kohinoor Group.

Interestingly, barely months after the mill was sold, Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam had called a news conference where he alleged that funds stashed in Madagascar were used to fund the purchase (Joshi later countered the charge, saying it was financed by banks and private investors and threatened to sue Nirupam for defamation).

In 1996, Raj was one of the suspects in the death of a Matunga resident Ramesh Kini. His wife, Shiela had accused Raj of being involved in her husband's death. Kini was found dead outside a cinema theatre in Pune under unexplained circumstances. Though a bottle of acid was found on his person, he had not consumed it. However, an autopsy revealed that he had been severely intoxicated at the time of his death. It was alleged that he was killed by Shiv Sainiks hired by the landlord of his Matunga building and that Raj knew about the murder. The police and CBI later gave him a clean chit.

Tuesday's successful rally may help Raj to consolidate his hold over his core constituency and undercut his uncle's party, the Shiv Sena, from which he broke away some years ago. After all is said and done, Mumbai's future is not in safe hands with demagogues like these.
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Sons who soil

Raj Thackeray's anti-Bihari invective, in the same vein as his rant against 'outsiders from north India' at the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena public meeting in August, should surprise no one. After the Bihar police protested at not being taken into confidence in the arrest of an Azad Maidan rioter by the Mumbai police in Sitamarhi, Raj threatened to brand all Biharis as 'infiltrators' and throw them out of Maharashtra if the Bihar government posed any impediments to the investigation. He also demanded registration of all migrants — read people from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar. The call was quickly endorsed by his cousin Uddhav in the Shiv Sena, who revived the demand for a permit system to keep out 'Bangladeshis'. The MNS has got away with worse, beating up students from the north appearing for railway recruitment examinations and Bihari taxi drivers and shopkeepers in Mumbai, apart from pouring vitriol on all migrants. After all, the MNS has learnt its political style from the Shiv Sena. Its portrayal of the Bihari or "bhaiyya" from Uttar Pradesh as dirty and criminal is reminiscent of the way "Madrasis" were once caricatured by the Shiv Sena. While nothing better can be expected from the two Senas bent on capturing the Marathi vote bank, what is inexplicable is the consistently limp response of the ruling coalition in dealing with these threats.

Bal Thackeray's father Keshav Sitaram Thackeray or Prabodhankar, who encouraged his son to form the Shiv Sena, wrote in his autobiography that the family hailed from a place near Nashik. He went to Kolkata for his studies, after which he moved to Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh before arriving in Mumbai, all in search of livelihood. That makes it plain that Prabodhankar was no less a migrant than the tens of thousands arriving in Mumbai every day. India's commercial capital owes much to the sweat and toil of migrants. Over the centuries the city has welcomed them and benefited from them. Both the MNS and Sena should know that without its multi-ethnic workforce drawn from all corners of the country, Mumbai would not be the metropolis it is today. It is the constitutional right of every citizen to travel and live in any part of the country; it is the state's duty to secure this right. Unfortunately, the Congress lacks the gumption to tackle the chauvinism of the Senas. Political expediency might be the reason the Prithviraj Chavan government lets the MNS get away with its provocations, but it can continue to play this game only at great risk to the social and economic fabric of India's biggest metropolis. It is time the Maharashtra government stood up and showed that the state has not withered away.
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India's Unemployment.Edit

India has faced constant problems with their unemployment. Unemployment can be classified as a person unable to find a job even if he or she is completely capable and willing to work. Unemployment in India is described by underemployment (Underemployment occurs when people are not specifically classified as being unemployed, but their work income is very low) or disguised unemployment (unemployment of workers that is not shown on statistics). These are government ideas in order diminish unemployment and solve the problem by giving financial help to the government, businesses, public sector, etc. [1]

Ninth Five Year PlanEdit

One of the main problem of unemployment is India is it does not have the necessary resources to find jobs for such an immense population. According by a national report by 2020 around 716 million people will be without a job. [2] India's government created a Plan called Ninth Five Year Plan which ran through 1997- 2002 in order to increase decrease poverty, increase human development and industrialization. The main objectives of the plan were:
  • Create liberal Market
  • Generate employment opportunities
  • Stabilize prices in order to accelerate economy
  • Check population increase
  • Prioritize agriculture and increase rural development
  • Education, safe drinking water, energy and transport [3]

India's Labor ForceEdit

However, it has fallen short of target. India's labor force is growing at a rate of 2.5 % a year but employment just grows at a rate of 2.3%. In consequence, India has the test of not only absorbing workers to the market, but also clearing the buildup. Around 60% of India's labor force is self-employed which many of them are very poor, 30% are casual workers earning very low wages and just 10% are regular workers. Also around 90% of the workers work in unorganized sectors meaning they do have the privilege of social security or other benefits. [4]

India's Unemployment RateEdit

The rate of India's unemployment this year has decreased this year from 8% to7%. Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that is very difficult to measure the unemployment in India due to the high levels of disguised unemployment [5]
  • Year...Unemployment rate...Rank.....Percent Change....Date of Information
  • 2003................8.80 %.........110...........................................2002
  • 2004................9.50 %.........105..............7.95 %..................2003
  • 2005................9.20 %..........83.............-3.16 %...............2004 est.
  • 2006................8.90 %..........91.............-3.26 %...............2005 est.
  • 2007................7.80 %..........92............-12.36 %..............2006 est.
  • 2008................7.20 %..........86.............-7.69 %...............2007 est.
Index Mundi [6]

Outsorcing ServicesEdit

India has become one of the best places in the world for Provide Outsourcing Services in IT companies. Companies are now developing the latest technology in order to provide improved outsourcing services. The job pays very well but it is extremely demanding, it is a 24-7 work environment. However, it has help in order to provide an incredible source of employment. Many international businesses maintain the outsourcing process in India such as customer call services in order to keep the cost down during business. [7]

Causes of UnemploymentEdit

Various situations have caused the problem of unemployment in India. Some of them are:
  •     Age
  •     Vocational unfitness and physical disabilities
  •     Enormous increase in the population
  •     Often bad companies close their door making employed people unemployed
  •     The increase of technology and computerization casing problems on job opportunities
Some of the remedies in order to solve unemployment in India are:
  •     Augmentation of productivity and income of the poor and the creation of opportunities for self-employed [8]

Works CitedEdit



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Marathi nationalism

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Marathi nationalism refers to a nationalist stance applied to Maharashtra and the Indo-Aryan ethnic Marathi people who inhabit the ethno-linguistic region of Maharashtra,[1] which was created after the linguistic reorganization of provinces in India in 1956. Samarth Ramdas is considered as the Spiritual Father of Maratha nationalism and Shivaji was its political promoter.[2] Hindavi Swarajya was an ideology espoused by Shivaji to consolidate Maratha empire by piecing together several marathi speaking Deccan kingdoms[citation needed]. The defence of culture, country and religion were the war cry used by Shivaji to rally together Marathi Hindus.[3][4] One of the famous saying of Shivaji was "This is not a kingdom of Shivaji; it belongs to Dharma" [5] MAHA (महा, Great) RASHTRA (राष्ट्र, Country/State) is generally associated with a desire for greater, better and progressive state. The defence of Maratha culture, religion, country and freedom to the Marathas is what inspired the Maratha warriors in defeating Sultanate of Bijapur and Mughal Empire and free the marathas and there land from occupation and creation of the Maratha Empire.[citation needed] In modern context, it furthers the ideology of preservation of maratha culture, promotion of marathi language and progress of marathi people. Mee Marathi (मी मराठी, I am Marathi ) are two words that have always inculcated Marathi pride.[citation needed]

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History

The first strands of a modern Marathi nationalism were elucidated at least as early as the beginning of the twentieth century[citation needed]. However, Lokmanya Tilak merged this with a contemporaneously emerging pan-Indian nationalism during the build-up period to the Indian independence movement.[6]

Movement for Maharashtra State

Main article: Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti

After the Independence of India in 1947, regional administrative divisions from the colonial era were gradually changed and states following linguistic borders were created. The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 created states along linguistic lines. States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala were created on 1 November 1956 for Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages respectively. However, despite being the fourth largest spoken language in India, no Marathi-speaking state was created. Bombay Presidency remained a bi-lingual state shared by Marathis and Gujaratis. Marathi-speaking population remained divided between the Bombay Presidency and regions of Hyderabad State. Moreover, the Marathi-majority district of Belgaum was removed from Bombay Presidency and added to the newly formed Kannada-speaking state of Karnataka, which remains a disputed issue till date.

A massive popular struggle was launched for the creation of a state for the Marathi-speaking people under the name Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (roughly translated as United Maharashtra Committee). The Gujarati politicians of Bombay Presidency demanded that in case of a separation, the city of Bombay (now Mumbai), a Marathi-majority area and the economic capital of India, should be transferred to Gujarat. In January 1960, a peaceful demonstration of the Samiti was fired by the police at Flora Fountain in Mumbai, on the order of the Gurarati Chief Minister of Bombay Presidency, Morarji Desai. 105 people were killed in the firing. This subsequently led to the division of the presidency into two linguistic states, and two states of Gujarat and Maharashtra were formed on 1 May 1960. Bombay (now Mumbai) was included in Maharashtra and became the state capital.[7] In addition, Marathi-speaking regions of Hyderabad State were amalgamated with Maharashtra, making it the third largest state in India. Flora Fountain was subsequently renamed Hutatma Chowk or "Martyr's Crossroads" in the memory of the demonstrators who were killed.

However, Goa (then a Portuguese colony), Belgaum, Karwar and adjoining areas, which were also part of the Maharashtra envisaged by the Samiti, were not included in Maharashtra state. Inclusion of Belgaum into Maharashtra remains an unresolved dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Rallying points

Modern-day Marathi nationalism has found an idealogue in the Hindu Maratha Empire, an independent Maratha nation established by Maratha warrior and King Shivaji Bhosle after he defeated the Sultanate of Bijapur to free the Marathas and there land from occupation. Shivaji's call for freedom and to fight and live like free men was an inspiration to the marathi people which not only help protect the Maratha Kingdom from the Mughal Empire but also led to the expanision of the Maratha Kingdom into Maratha Empire by capturing non-maratha parts of the Mughal Empire.[original research?]

Support for Marathi nationalism from non-Marathi people

MN Singh, Mahesh Bhatt and Alyque Padamsee have said there is some legitimate grievance to give credence to some form of a Marathi nationalism. Padamsee thought that a "Marathi manoos is a good idea" as "nobody has given any importance to the language." Singh added that the political parties which bank on the support of the Marathi manoos do so rightly so "as they has been able to protect the interests of the Marathi-speaking population in the state." He added that "Maharashtrians have a justified grievance. Outsiders have not been able to identify with Marathi culture. Bhatt chipped in that he supports, in addition to the Marathi manoos "the whole Marathi culture, the Maratha pride." Adding that "in the age of globalisation, that this culture is being overwhelmed. Let me give you an example: This city has been the source for thousands of Bollywood films, but does anyone bother for the indigenous people, the local people of Film City, who are suffering?"[8]

Contemporary sub-nationalism

In the past few decades, Mumbai and sometimes larger Maharashtra have witnessed a growing resentment towards South Indians and recently towards migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. There is also a recent movement towards compulsory use of Marathi language in Mumbai in places including the Municipal Corporation. This "Maharashtra for the Marathis" sub-nationalism or regionalism[9] has been condemned by mainstream political parties such as Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan has assured protection for both North and South Indian immigrants.[10][11] Much of such trouble has been created by the concept of Three language in Govt. of India. Three Language concept says that all offices of Govt. of India have to use Hindi, English and any other regional language. Regional languages are encouraged but at the same time use of Hindi and English is imposed on workers forcing them to learn additional languages. Class-iV workers find it difficult to learn additional languages while they can work efficiently in mother tongue Marathi. At one point Marathi and Hindi share same grammar rules as they are derived from same ancestral language Sanskrit .[12] And one who knows Hindi can easily learn Marathi and vice-versa. This language war has been exploited several times and is used by several political parties to gain some easy hold on citizens and eventually hold on vote bank. For several years now, even use of English is opposed by mainstream Marathi nationalists which is always opposed by English speaking non-Marathi states.[13]

Support for Marathi Workers

Mumbai, in many ways is an economic capital of India. In early 60's there was a increasing flow of South Indian white-collar job seeker migrants to the Mumbai city.[14] In 1960 Bal Thackeray, a Mumbai-based cartoonist, began publishing the satirical cartoon weekly Marmik. Through this publication he started disseminating anti-migrant sentiments in support of local marathi workers. On June 19, 1966, Thackeray founded the Shiv Sena as a political organisation. At the time of its foundation, the Shiv Sena was not a political party as such.[15] The political approach of the Shiv Sena was centred around the concept of bhumiputra (sons of the soil), the idea that Maharashtra inherently belonged to the Marathi community. The Shiv Sena was thus born out of a feeling of resentment about the relative marginilization of the native Marathi people in their own state by people whom they perceived as outsiders.[16]

Shiv Sena set out ideological declarations which encouraged Maharashtrians not to eat in Udupi restaurants, not to sell their properties to non-Maharashtrians and Marathi businessmen employ only Marathis.[17] The Shiv Sena especially attracted a large number of Marathi youth. Shiv Sena cadres became involved in various attacks against the South Indian communities, vandalising South Indian restaurants and pressuring employers to hire Marathis.[18]

Anti-Migrant Sentiments

Attacks on South Indian migrated workers

Shiv Sena party was formed in 1966 to fight for the rights of the marathi people. Thackeray started his political life by intimidating and sometimes attacking South Indians who worked as clerks and owned small restaurants as they were taking away local jobs.[19][20] South Indians were derisively referred to as yandugunduwalas and lunghiwalas.[21][22]

South Indians were his main targets as he claimed that they were taking away jobs from Marathis. He lampooned "Madrassi" in his writings and drawings. Udupi restaurants and homes of Tamil and Telugu speakers were attacked.[23]

However other political parties in the state have been more conciliatory in their approach towards South Indians.[24]

Attack on migrated workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Main article: 2008 attacks on Uttar Pradesh and Bihar migrants in Maharashtra

The attacks on immigrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Maharashtra began on February 3, 2008 after violent clashes between workers of two political parties—Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Samajwadi Party (SP)—at Dadar in Mumbai, capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The clashes took place when workers of MNS, a splinter faction formed out of the Shiv Sena] (a major political party of Maharashtra), tried to attack workers of SP, the regional party based in Uttar Pradesh, who were proceeding to attend a rally organised by the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA). Defending his party's stand, MNS chief Raj Thackeray explained that the attack was a reaction to the "provocative and unnecessary show of strength" and "uncontrolled political and cultural dadagiri (bullying) of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar migrants and their leaders".

Promotion of Marathi and Anti-English Sentiments

In a growing movement towards promoting Marathi in public life in Mumbai, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai headed by BJP-Shiv Sena alliance passed an order to make all communications only in Marathi. Marathi has been an official language in the corporation since 1971, however English and Hindi were used for distribution of information.[25][26][27] After his campaign against north Indians, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on 14 July 2008 asked English medium schools in the state to make Marathi a compulsory subject from first standard and shopowners to put up nameplates in Marathi.[28] On 27 August 2008 around 50 activists of MNS were arrested in south Mumbai for forcing shopowners to put up Marathi nameplates instead of English signboards . Despite the arrest of the activists, MNS spokesperson Shirish Parkar warned that the protest will continue and that the deadline of August 28 will not change.[29]

See also

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Notes

  • Benei, Veronique (2008). Schooling passions nation, history, and language in contemporary western India. Stanford University Press.

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