tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post3326583651561690766..comments2023-10-22T19:44:48.286+05:30Comments on Deepa's Kaleidoscope: A middle class muse on Bal Thackeray<a href="https://fictionpies.com">Deepa from FictionPies</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08190726711949079567noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-485877977916620292013-07-09T21:46:40.688+05:302013-07-09T21:46:40.688+05:30nice piece of information, I had come to know abou...nice piece of information, I had come to know about your internet site from my friend vinay, delhi,i have read atleast 12 posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your website gives the best and the most interesting information. This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new post, once again hats off to you! Thanx a ton once again, Regards, <a href="//betterinspirationalquotes.blogspot.com/2013/04/bal-thackeray-quotes.html" rel="nofollow"> Bal Thackeray Quotes </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313661190126567875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-15697140164530708922013-07-09T21:45:07.475+05:302013-07-09T21:45:07.475+05:30wonderful information, I had come to know about yo...wonderful information, I had come to know about your blog from my friend nandu , hyderabad,i have read atleast 7 posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your website gives the best and the most interesting information. This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats off to you! Thanks a ton once again, Regards, <a href="//betterinspirationalquotes.blogspot.com/2013/04/bal-thackeray-quotes.html" rel="nofollow"> Bal Thackeray Quotes </a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313661190126567875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-53813247365956940822012-12-04T03:44:52.574+05:302012-12-04T03:44:52.574+05:30Thanks D! dont answer the door now.... ;)
Thanks D! dont answer the door now.... ;)<br />Aadilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956012166157921642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-38385089206584563582012-12-04T02:48:48.717+05:302012-12-04T02:48:48.717+05:30Thanks Jas!
Any form of extremism or any non-meri...Thanks Jas!<br /><br />Any form of extremism or any non-meritocratic behaviour is bad for most people in our socio economic group who have had benefits of a good education and a good lifestyle throughout. I would argue it is bad for everyone and would vehemently maintain that the benefits are short lived even for the people who are out throwing stones and downing shutters. But they slum guy who got a job as a salesman in a mall in mumbai because of 'hire-marathis' policy will disagree. So will the landless labourer who got a life better than before due to naxalite terrorism against his oppressors.<br /><br />So either I know better than them whats good for them or I have to make allowance for their disagreement with my beliefs.<br />Aadilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956012166157921642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-73499167534523978912012-12-04T02:29:37.324+05:302012-12-04T02:29:37.324+05:30Bikramjit,
You have a point, but thackerays agen...Bikramjit, <br /><br />You have a point, but thackerays agenda in mumbai has been repeated by almost every politician in india at some level.<br /><br />Parochialism and xenophobia is something that stays politely suppressed in civil society but stays in peoples minds and emerges in private. This also translates to votes being cast in favour of such agendas. All regional politicians know this and make effective use of it. National level politicians support or condemn such policies depending on how the political winds are blowing. Politicians also cut the population pie in various ways depending on what suits their reelection. So for eg: a hindu thakur from UP will find himself the beneficiary of some one political agenda and at a loss from another and benefiting a third one!<br /> <br />In situations that benefit them, citizens call it empowerment and those that dont they cry foul. <br /><br />But for most from the urban middle class, we dont take to the streets in protest not because we are better cultured, but because most issues dont affect our lives enough. <br /><br />Aadilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956012166157921642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-42760052215084033112012-12-03T12:14:30.327+05:302012-12-03T12:14:30.327+05:30Valid point. Who's going to get that across :D...Valid point. Who's going to get that across :D It's despicable that, even after more than half a century years of independence later, the age old concept of divide and rule still continues to haunt us!<a href="https://fictionpies.com">Deepa from FictionPies</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08190726711949079567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-33936113337526122332012-12-03T12:12:35.180+05:302012-12-03T12:12:35.180+05:30:) You have no idea how much back-and-forth I did ...:) You have no idea how much back-and-forth I did before I finally decided to publish this on my blog :D Hope you are still in network :D<a href="https://fictionpies.com">Deepa from FictionPies</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08190726711949079567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-54561785686313266622012-12-03T12:11:34.828+05:302012-12-03T12:11:34.828+05:30Jas, the last few lines were my favourite too! The...Jas, the last few lines were my favourite too! They are what prompted me to publish this as a guest post on my blog! Completely agree about the extremism!<a href="https://fictionpies.com">Deepa from FictionPies</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08190726711949079567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-90804294933332803402012-11-28T09:41:31.684+05:302012-11-28T09:41:31.684+05:30i might be handcuffed for this comment :D
that'...i might be handcuffed for this comment :D<br />that's a good take...<br /> Dhttp://deepakkarthikspeaks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-63401693353774717822012-11-27T18:22:39.847+05:302012-11-27T18:22:39.847+05:30Very well written specially the last few lines. I ...Very well written specially the last few lines. I never lived in Bombay but has seen the terrorism developing in Punjab so I feel any kind of extremism is bad. And that for me is not a neutral ground. There are many Indias within India and that is the fodder for extremists. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527908250630994905.post-22848063293862432832012-11-27T16:06:05.886+05:302012-11-27T16:06:05.886+05:30congress has done that a lot in different states i...congress has done that a lot in different states in Punjab they brought a leader and hence all the terrorism started ... <br /><br />I am fearing that soon I will need a special VISA to enter mumbai if things keep going .. <br /><br />My question is if maharashtra is only for marathis then shudn't all marathis be called back to their parent state and leave all other states... <br /><br /><a href="http://mannbikram.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Bikram's</a>Bikramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320753339263375295noreply@blogger.com