Norren, you have failed to address an important issue in your article. Failure of the political class of some northern States to provide good governance.

By perpetuating backwardness, States such as Bihar and UP have cornered the lion’s share of Central funds. Instead of pretending to be victims of discrimination, the rulers in these States should address the burning issues. True, everyone has the right to live or work anywhere in India. But large-scale migration of people from other States into a city is likely to provoke resentment among the locals

I don`t want Mumbai to be the playground of Biharis and UP bhaiyas. I support Raj Thackeray full-heartedly.

mi maharashtracha, maharashtra maza
raj saheb aage badho , ham aapke sath hai .
ya maharashtra sathi mi aka payavar tayar aahe.
hich yogya vell aahe .
marathi mansa jaga ho .

yes this is where the difference is? but irony is they still blame north indians to take their jobs away , pity for the abomination that they have and likes of Raj Thakerey deserve applause for their hypocrisy or ignorance - what should I call his idiosyncratic behavior, I know not but this is catastrophic thinking and could do...

The last time I went to Pune was around this time in 2003. I too was stuck by the complete shutdown of Marathi-owned shops during lunch time. In fact, I had to ask a few people if there was some kind of an incident.

The best possible way to teach the Thackerays a lesson would be that all north Indians withdraw their investments from the state to develop their own so that the migrant labourers who work so hard can work safely in their own states.

Also, north Indian should boycott watching movies of those Bollywood artists who have voiced their support to the madman Bal Thackeray’s cause.

What I think after watching the whole anti-north Indian and anti-Bihari politics played by Thackeray family that it is battle to grab Maratha votes permanently. I wonder no one says anything against Biharis or north Indians except two kid Thackeray and one Old Thackeray. The family, whi ch has been divided on the question of legacy, is now dividing the country with their unacceptable ideas. Marathi manus cannot survive without going out of Mumbai and Maharshtra. They are back-stabber.

See how Thackerays are losing shine - initially they were against south Indians, then against Muslims, then went against minorities, also went against Pakistani cricket team by digging Kotla gorund to stop the India-Pakistan cricket match, and when party like NCP started wooing maratha voter under the leadership of Sharad Pawar, the Thackerays started using Marathi emotions by attacking north Indians, particularly Biharis. Bala saheb criticised Kalam and Vajpayee also. Someday, they will start opposing India's federal structure and ask for separate nationhood for Maharashtra to become PM of Marathistan. Thackerays should get severe punishment for using deregotary remarks against people of India living in north India.

Senior Thackeray is cartoonist so he nourished well his two children Raj Thackeray and Udhav Thackeray to become good cartoon characters. Raj is big one than Udhav because he has less brain than his sibling. Rajwa ke galwa par char chanta subahwa me aur char chanta sam ke mare ke chanhi tab okar dimag thik hoyi.

Who are Thackeray duo to decide who should stay in Mumbai and who shouldn't? Bihar CM Nitish Kumar should take strong step and Maharashtra CM to book them for anti-national activities.

@ Jonty

You are right. It would be the most effective step, what I can say ’Tit for Tat’ for so-called Thackerays, who vandalized the very concept of nationhood .

What Bal Thackeray has written in 'samna' is his last and weak effort to save Maratha support in Shiv Sena because Raj Thackeray is cleverly overtaking Uddhav in the race. Poor Thackeray..he is too old to help his son to save from his own nephew. What a family fight...

diving people is the best way to rule. I am surprised peace-loving Marathis are watching the drama of these leaders. They are defaming the name of Shivaji Maharaj also.

Bihari leaders are shameless people. They are not coming out strongly because they know better that what Bal Thackeray has written in samna is 100% correct. they have looted Bihar and forced Biharis to go out of the state to earn livings for their family members. Poor Bihari people, they have no father like Thackeray to defend them outside Bihar. Lalu is big joker. He said that he will send more Biharis to Mumbai.. Is this a way to protect your own people, he is big stupid and Nitish Kumar is gutless leader who prefers writing letter to PM every time when Thackerays open their mouth to venom.

Just ban 'dopahar ka samna' as soon as possible.

@ author what do you want to say here? Are Marathi not hardworking people? If they choose not work between 2PM to 4 PM they are lethargic people? stop abusing them like this. The thing is that Maharashtra needs everyone but not in large numbers. the problem with Bihari people is that they can't live in peace and crime and politics are in their blood. They can't live without playing politics even in their locality or in their offices or without hurting people physically. What was wrong if Bala Saheb told them to stay in their state. A suggestion to Biharis - Go and ask your leaders to answer why you are facing such conditions everywhere in India be it Assam, Delhi, Mumbai and Tamilnadu. Otherwise you people would always live life like hell in countless numbers of Jhuggis in metros.

Its strange that no political leaders except some from Bihar are saying anything against Thackerays, I am dead sure if Thackeray would have said against Muslims, no political leader including superwoman Sonia Gandhi could afford to stay silent. After all Muslims are bigger vote bank than Biharis. This is all Indian politics. Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh should be held responsible for what happened in Mumbai and Maharshtra against north Indians.

Raj Thackeray’s idiotic tirade over the northerners called for a rift and anguish in the southern state...the following exodus of the immigrants affected industry operations in the state on a massive parameter. Either way - affected, the state of Maharashtra, and tyrants like Raj live another day for causing a similar ruckus. ’Too many cooks spoil the broth’ has become the irony of our good old county, India. It’s difficult to differentiate Politics from Politicians and vise versa.

Live in harmony and unity, you souls of my land, coz these men have only their own means and meanings to confirm. They have nothing for you and they give me none, shun them, for then they will have nothing but northerners and southerners to confer upon.

Vilasrao deshmukh is a hidden 'Shiv-sainik' sitting in government. He is promoting Thackeray's agenda on the indication of senior Thackeray.

Noreen frankly I have failed to understand what point you have made here...I agree with ur statement that ”the problem is not imagined but a real one and the solution lies not in hate propaganda and violence; the politicians are using this issue as a political gimmick to serve their own ends.”....

But then we simply can’t blame anyone for being more hard working or being competitive, can we? U’ve mentioned that Maharashtrians are happy with their secured jobs but the next point you put is that ”people from other parts have grabbed best opportunities and accrued wealth for themselves” even here i fail to understand that who can be blamed for this or why have u even mentioned this...I am sure many Maharashtrians are big industrialists, heroes with immense fame, politicians of power etc etc...

@ YASH...
I am sure we don’t need to find another Thackeray when people like u exist! How can u say that ”. the problem with Bihari people is that they can’t live in peace and crime and politics are in their blood”, don’t tell me that ur one of the saintly people who haven’t even killed an ant...

And I am sorry to say, if actually every one belogig to other state(s) comes back to his/her native place, not only Maharashtrian Govt will be at loss, but the very heart of India would become a desolate desert!!!

No No Yash You are wrong, Vilasrao is not bloody shiv sainik but a sycophant of Sharad Pawar and dancing on the tune played by Pawar and his men sitting in government. Actually it is conspiracy of Congress-NCP nexus to use Raj Thackeray against Bal Thackeray's popularity among marathis people. This is one of the best example of political appeasement in modern India.

Well said Sumit, completely agreed with you, R u a journalist by profession? Only a journalist can analyze politics behind the drama in Maharashtra. This is all fight for capturing vote bank. let me tell you one thing Marathi people are very calm. They will never cast votes in the name of regionalism but development.

@ Swati don't behave like Lalu Yadav, You just live in group of Biharis and then you will definitely come to my side.

A suggestion to Eliot - find Marathis in Australia and start slapping them just like Raj Thackeray threatened to slap Biharis on roads in Mumbai. And we will search Australians here in India to beat and punch them. Wow! what an idea!! Bal Thackeray and Raj Thackeray deserve noble prize for evolving such brilliant idea in today's global world. I am going to to search any Marathi in my city now and I swear I will beat them without any cause. Its fun really..

OK What a great debate is going on here. I think Raj Thackeray has achieved for what he played all the political and regional stunts in last one month. The whole media is giving him so much space and people are either praising him or criticizing him. This is a danger sign for ‘Marathi manus ke Bhagwan’ Bal Thackeray. That’s why he also jumped in the drama despite calcium-less bones and ‘Indian-ness-less’ brain and wrote abusing remarks against people of Bihar.

After all this is nothing but struggle to survive and to survive a human being can go to any extent. Someone here called Thackeray brothers as cartoon characters nourished by Senior Thackeray and some one even abused Biharis in same tune as Raj T did. This is our weakness since centuries back. We just start fighting without thinking anything positive.

Shiv Khera says – “if someone is abusing and beating your neighbours and you are watching it silently, you are the next in queue to face the same.” So, Yash from Gwalior, this is brotherly suggestion to you dear that people of Madhya Pradesh may similar problem in Maharashtra, Mumbai, Delhi or anywhere else if you support people like Raj T and Bala T.

Just feel the happiness in the writings of Pakistanis like Zafar and Saad. Australians are also talking in same tune against Indians in their own country. This is dangerous trend and it needs immediate check. We should start creating pressure on our state leadership to condemn what Thackerays are doing in Mumbai. The social and political boycott of Thackeray morons is the simple solution of the problem.

It is our constitutional right to be able to live in any part of the country we wish to and practice any trade we wish to. It is as simple as that. Anyone who says otherwise is committing a crime and must be put behind bars. Now only, if only the damn governments had the guts to throw these people in the prison the first time they shout, all this would never have come up. Everyone is too interested in protecting their own vote bank.

@ Eliot
Still hurting from the fact that we beat you ”black and blue” in your own backyard eh? I suppose the CB series defeat still hurts... MATE!

I am sure Eliot was in stand watching both India-Australia final at CB series. He still is remembering killer Sachin's shots and Pravin Kumar's deadly deliveries even in his dreams. Grow up man you are not the boss now, dont forget to salute the new Boss of cricket... Sorry to discuss cricket here but I was forced to do so by this stupid man from Australia.

raj is new Moron of Indian politics, kill him this Dussehara.

just think we indians are one.i am surprise why people are talking about north indians and bihares in such a way?///

I don’t understand why there is so much commotion over this topic. Agreed that Raj T. is mad, or idiot or whatever else you can imagine, but has anyone tried to peek on the other side of the coin?

Just imagine, if every state of India has a commercial hub like Bombay, with lots of job opportunities and positive infrastructure, why would anyone come to Bombay to hear this kind of foul remarks?

There is not an ounce of doubt that every Indian has the right to stay and earn anywhere in India, but then again, if there are good opportunities at their hometown, no one would love to leave their families and toil 1000s of miles away from their home.

We talk about condemning Raj, but why don’t we question the Lords of those states (from where these thousands of migrants are taking off daily for every corner of India to earn their bread) about about the lack of development and job opportunities in their state?

Lalu has the guts to say that he will send more Biharis to Bombay, but he is not strong enough to create opportunities for HIS OWN PEOPLE in HIS OWN STATE!

@ Noreen
>>>>> The other day while I was getting some photocopies done at a shop, I got into conversation with the shopkeeper@ Zafar and Saad
Instead of poking in our internal affairs and presenting your hilarious thoughts, why don’t you make yourself more strong to handle the carcass of your DEAD NATION???

@ Sanyog from Chennai
I appreciate your idea, but I feel we should start from the beginning and take each and every politician of India who has damaged the pride of India.

At the end of it all, I repeat that Raj T’s behavior is not at all recommendable, but he has given us a nice food for thought! The constitution of India says ’Equal right and opportunity for every Indian citizen’ BUT... THIS DOESN’T MEAN THAT WHOLE INDIA SHOULD CONGREGATE AT A SINGLE LOCATION...... IT MEANS EQUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT INDIA. Every Indian citizen has a right to demand opportunities from the government of HIS respective state, and to hold it responsible if it fails in providing the same.

BTW, has anyone ever wondered how the next Lok Sabha would look like???

And, which parties will form coalition with which party????

Which party in Maharashtra will seek official partnership of Raj T’s MNS to secure more seats?????

It will not come as a surprise to us, if one fine day, we will see a coalition government in Maharashtra, with Samajwadi Party and MNS as the main partners!!!!

And the last note goes to the TV news channels...

You can repeat the same old footage of ’that taxi driver being beaten by the so-called MNS activists’ for a thousand times, but what have you done to strengthen the solidarity of India in the last couple of months, or ages in fact????? Is it something to do with TRP???

LET ME TRY ONCE MORE(the following text went missing, i don’t know why, but here it is ..please arrange it inside my earlier comment)
@ Noreen
>>>>> The other day while I was getting some photocopies done at a shop, I got into conversation with the shopkeeper...

...Noreen, I see daily one Bihari going to his native place and bringing 10 with him when he returns to Bombay! Imagine putting 50 eggs in a tray which can hold 20... no doubt the stronger ones survive, but why to act foolish?

raj thakerey is doin fooltics he thinks he will come into power by insulting the north indian. but he is dividing the nation.
all credits goes to north indians who opposedthe incidence constructively. khin aisa na ho ki raj thakerey ka north india me ana band ho jaye.
bravo to biharis and upians
siv sena, M N S bajrang dal jaise org ko india constitution ki avhelna karne ke liye ban kar dena and people like SAAD and JAFAR should be criticised for there narrowminded ness there is no difference in people like saad jafar and thakereys. the only diff. is that they live in pakistan.

Every Indian has a right stay where he wants to, well mumbai is great plce to be live and earn, it has lot of oppurtunities that we wont hav at our local places. Being an north indian I too condemn those acts and want them to be legally punbilshed. They always use to make sarcastic remarks against north indian. Can anyone tell who makes th mumbai, well mumbai is made by outsiders not by these people with little thinking, throw out people from bollywood, most are outsiders from top order to low. These thackeray’s should be taught a lesson on Live and let others live.