I chanced upon an interview by Raj Thackeray. Here is the link to the entire interview. Set me wondering about the "nation" we call "India". Some excerpts of this genius's interview
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What do you propose the government should do about the influx into the city?
The government should seal the corporation lands and allow no one to set up illegal houses. Where will all these people stay then? People come here because there is a message being sent out that they are welcome. Why don’t you send another message — that people are not welcome here. What is wrong in local people getting preference? If locals get the jobs then people won’t come here looking for work.
But most of the jobs which migrants do are in the unorganised sector where there is no reservation?
When people migrate for work, they do so for their livelihoods. People go to the U.S. but do they go there and create political constituencies? Now there are no jobs, Indians are coming back. It’s not a dharamshala. I agree people have specialised skills, for instance Rajasthanis make good snacks. But I don’t see Tamilian politicians and those from Punjab coming here and addressing rallies. Only these people do it. They have slogans which make their intentions very clear.
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Wow!!! By his argument then, all marathi speaking people should be driven out of everywhere except Maharashtra, right?? (BTW, I do have some very close Marathi friends and am in awe of the Marathi theatre).
The concept of who a local is and who is not has always confused me. "settled here from time immemorial" seems to be the common answer. What is time immemorial? According to whose knowledge?
