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Me Mumbaikar Movement

What’s happening to the city? I thought this was the city where the rest of the country came to, to realise their dreams? Now anyone from outside isn’t welcome anymore because they ain’t Maharashtrians?

Some implications of the ‘only Maharashtra and Marathi in Mumbai’ sentiment that’s going around…

• No more udipi joints to eat dosas et all. That’s not Marathi food.
• No more Hindi movies, i.e. the end of Bollywood.
• No more BSE/NSE/NIFTY/SENSEX - can’t deal in anything that’s not Marathi right? Let’s just demolish one of the most dynamic markets in the world.
• No more Marutis, Hondas, Hyundais, in other words…cars. (Can’t think of a car that’s Marathi made.)
• We might continue to have Bajaj Pulsars, but then that’s debatable. It’s made in Maharashtra, but the company isn’t. (Many of the non-Marathis here today are ‘made in Maharashtra’ but the family is not Maharashtrian)
• We can’t use ACs no more. Wudn’t be enough electricity. “The power supply system in Bombay is linked to the Maharashtra State grid, which in turn is part of the western grid– connecting Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Goa” {Source}. If we disallow whats not Maharashtrian, we can’t let that power in can we?
• We would need to have barriers half way into the ocean, can’t let outside waters into Mumbai. For that matter, lets dome the state. Can’t let outside weather in, Maharashtra’s winds aren’t getting a ‘chance’.
• Airports need to be demolished ASAP. That’s a strict no-no.
• Bye Bye outsourcing. We can no longer communicate with the outside world. No longer will our economy thrive.

That’s just some of the things I can think of.

For the fear of my own safety, I am not saying I am against this movement. I am just enlightening people on what we need to be ready for.

So lets get ready people. For thy votes sake, we need to make a sacrifice!

[P.S. Surprisingly, I don’t see too many bloggers writing about this topic that is now haunting Mumbai. I wonder why…]