Yes Vish, that's a great idea...I think I'll start writing open letters to all of them..

Thanks for being here.

Tanushree

Nice post. We in Tamilnadu have our own Raj's. Hope they are not boldened by Raj's.

Tanushree

Good post...the biggest problem is the backwardness in the BIMARU states. Look at the population growth in these states compared to other states in the country. The most corupt politicians -like laloo, mayawati etc are rampant in these states. States like Andhra tamil nadu gujarat etc are growing while all we have in BIMARU states is lawlessness, casteism and rampant corruption.

Should not people in these states owe some responsibility and step up? I am not supporting Raj and his actions who is nothing but a goon and inadequacy of our legal system to prosecute anyone. Thackeray his uncle sits in his home with blood in his hands...

It is time Northern part of the country catches up on various social stratas like rest of the nation...till then resentment like this will happen and they will be at receiving end be it calcutta, assam or Maharastra

 raj cannot understand english, please get atims to translate  for him... and maybe start a series with open letters to amar singh, lalu, and many other black comedy villians of indian politics

Thanks Naresh....
Nice to see you here..
Tanushree

Thanks Avinashjee,
The issue is so hopeless that one has no other weapon to use but sarcasm...
Thanks for being here.
Regards,
Tanushree

Dear atims,
Dil par mat lo yaar! that is all I will say. We all have our opinions and some of us express it rather harshly....What you said makes sense. 
Tanushree

bilkul theek! garib log kahaan jayenge.....hum yahan UP mein baith kar tamasha dekh rehen hain idhar ka...mayawati ka....
Regards,
tanushree

Hi Chandrika,

the ones who lead the nation have no time to bother about the 'Aam Janta'. They have always suffered the most whenever any riots or violence takes place. Guess, it will take a revolution to root out all these ills.
thanks for being here.
Tanushree

Limo, you are right!! That is exactly what I am saying. Let some of the business move out. Let the progress be more even. And though I can see that you mean it as a sarcastic dig at me, you are exactly pointing out what I am saying. 
 I am delighted that Gujarat, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon are developing as new hubs of the economy. You think I want only mumbai/Maharashtra to hog all the benefits of growth? You couldnt be more wrong!!!
Why do you guys take umbrage when anyone talks of inadequate infrastructure? Every growth path has a sub-optimum, optimum and greater than optimum limit. I am not stupid. I can see that Mumbai is the result of the hard work of people from all over the country. I would never claim that the maharashtrians did it alone. But how much can you keep cramming into a city? 

These poor migrants who come here live worse than animals, you know. They are cramped fifteen to a room, they have no access to toilets or drinking water. They work 18,19 hours a day.. they have no choice, they have to do it to survive. I feel bad that they have to do this just to earn a few rupees to send back home. When I talk about even distribution of growth, I talk about decentralisation of business as well as labour. 

Mumbai city is a small, oblong island. As the city sprawl increases, people have to commute four hours a day on a crowded train, hanging on one toe and one finger, and praying that a shove from behind does not take them to their maker. Would you advocate this life, or would you agree with me that opportunities need to be spread out?

Then there is the problem of slums. With land prices being what they are, nobody is able to afford housing. Even I havn't bought a house, i live in one that my father in law had purchased two decades ago. It is too small for our needs, but it will have to do. The migrants have no option but to live in slums. Since the slums are unauthorised, they have to steal electricity from the MSEB lines. They have no water connections, they have to wash their clothes in gutter water. In these conditions, is it wrong to say that if growth were more even, people would have a better standard of living in a less densely popoulated city, if that city also gave them employment?

If growth were more even, they would have more opportunities and would not have to accept such living or working conditions. Is it wrong to say that? 

I am amazed at the attitude of all the people here on Sulekha who are wearing blinds like those horses who can  only see one thing. Raj, obviously, is wrong when he targets what he calls 'outsiders' . Nobody is defending his ways here.

I am looking beyond petty regionalism and saying the problem of Mumbai is that it just cannot absorb anymore. I would not be saying this 10,20,30 years ago. At that time,  it was possible and desirable. Now, it has become counter productive. That is why I feel that people should move out of mumbai. We ourselves are considering Baroda and Belgaum as options. 

I feel sulekhans have shown immense lack of maturity in discussing this issue, refusing to move beyond the 'maharashtrians are creeps, antisocial,etc' slogans. You have also reviled anyone with a contrarian view, or who tries to show you the other side of the picture. 

I think those who cannot see the issue in its entirety and keep on harping about the same damn thing again and again, should first sit down and think . I think advocating that the migrants to keep living in the conditions describe above , instead of seeing that they have more options and better living standards -which you are tacitly doing- is more inhuman than suggesting that the country grow evenly which i am doing

I have had it with this debate. It is no debate, it is lynching by a mob.

Tanushree, I have squatted on your space, sorry for the presumtuousness,and thanks for the hospitality.