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From: PRADEEP DESHPANDE <npdeshpande@vsnl.net> To: toieditorial@timesgroup.com <toieditorial@timesgroup.com> Sir, I do agree with Mr.Dharker's version ' no Indian can be an ousider in his own country' appeared in BT dated.28th Nov.The crux of issue is Rastraa V/s Maharastra.It goes without saying that this Nation belongs to everyone born and living.The Indian Constitution has ensured this in clear terms. It's true that the 8 crore plus jobseekers in India includes figures from maharastrians as well.The problem with Maraathi manoos is he or she is quite reluctant to leave the state in search of jobs in other states.They either love to live here or fly to West for job prospects.Fortunately, the Maraathi speaking professionals in Computer World have chosen placements and settlements in other states.The share is too small.Still the major job seekers have developed preference to jobs in organised and service sectors which have their own limits. However Airlines, Railways, Posts etc are the national sectors and these sectors can not give stepmotherly treatment on any ground thanks to Indian Constitution on the score which upholds national integrity in the first place. In fact the true credit for mantaining national integrity goes to Railways . You can travel from any point to any point in this widely spread out nation.It's also the largest Public sector undertaking that provides largest employment both direct and indirect.The zonalisation of Railways in seven zones has been undertaken to decentralise the work load but it has also created rooms for job discriminations in the course of time.Though you find good No.of officers and staff in Mumbai's Rail Offices from other states there is no reason to think that this has been accomplished to take on Marathi speaking job seekers'dreams.The problem is a Bihari and Bengali or Keralite is ready to go to other states on jobs, transfers and promotion but marathi manoos will never want it. The so called sons-of-the soil in fact is a politically motivated phobia that feeds on persons possessed by guilt and insecurity who are taught to take pride in what they don't have at all.This is nothing more than a fascist move that crowls on hatred ;may it be in any form eg. Religion, Language, place of origin, culture and state within a republic like India.And there are leaders and groups that survive and strive on this hatred. Love to Hate and not live and let live is the permanant direction.This direction killed Gandhi, created communal tensions and also attacked Bihari youths appearing for Tests and not for jobs in Railways.It they were youths from marathwada or Vidarbha regions even such maraathi speaking youths would have been ragged and sent back. The marathi manoos has never been against non marathi ruling/moneyed class.Even the communists could not fully wake up their working class manoos to get against capitalists/mill owners during last sixty years, forget capitalism. Incidentally some of the well known maraathi writers and others have wide opened their otherwise closely shut mouths to speak out for marathi manoos when SS took up the issue in its usual style. Sons and daughters of most of upper caste marathi mouth speakers stay abroad who never showed least interest in maraathi manoos from deprived sections within state.They are also not concerned with what SS does.But if you ask them they sure would vote for SS! This is what " I am proud of my guilt " really means. And we have lot of such mental blocks around us that themselves have shut doors to progress outside.One can only hope this intelligent and hardworking maraathi manoos may someday in near future overcome the guilt that has let him down ; through unkown past glories, literature and communal politics and fascist leadership.. Pradeep Deshpande npdeshpande@vsnl.net |
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