Brand Regionalism

‘Which side are you on?’ – The IPL tagline juts out of the umpteen hoardings lining the flyovers. The banners full of flashy colours question your choice. For a country knit together with different coloured yarns…

The MNS Issue

They beat up people who were not from the same region.They are heavily criticized.Their leader is almost a hero for the youth of his region.The attacks on North Indians by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) last year were condemned, criticized and written off. Raj Thackeray, the young leader and president of the MNS

Is Raj Thackeray right?

Violence, death and vandalism. Raj Thackeray has caused all of these in Mumbai. What he is doing may be wrong and he should be punished for it…

IS THERE SOME MERIT IN RAJ THACKREY’S ARGUMENT?

The human nature is a very deep mystery which is simple to understand. When we, as a collective society, denounce something or someone; we denounce everything associated with…

Filthy Politics at its Best in Maharashtra

The last month has seen a huge amount of turmoil in Maharashtra. It has seen violence against North Indians, death of several labourers from UP, a shut down situation in Mumbai and Pune and on…

Please Let Us Love Our Mumbai

“Arrest me and be ready to bear the consequences….you will have to regret it.”
“If Raj is arrested, Maharashtra will be set on fire”.
These two statements will make you feel that Raj Thackeray is the biggest political figure in the country. Unfortunately, that is not the case. But the attempt to pump the same in the mind…

Differences in Maharashtra

All those who have not been getting their rights due to the scarcity of resources, which should have been the prime concern of the state first, resort to fights and creating riots, setting up disputes and mob acts. Thus, we forget or deliberately sideline the root cause, which is the creation of employment facilities for the people…

The Arrest of Raj Thackeray

Raj Thackeray, after a fall out with Shiv Sena Chief and his uncle, Bal Thackeray, started his own political party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in March 2006. Though the party has maintained a rightist stance like the Shiv Sena but Thackeray has claimed that his party will be more moderate, unlike the hardliner Hindutva stand of the Shiv Sena…

Divisive Politics of MNS

On Saturday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray had verbally assaulted Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan for being more interested in Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra. Thackeray said that although Bachchan had gained the superstardom status in Mumbai, his heart was more disposed towards Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra…

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