"You must know to differentiate between the Indians and the terrorists. We both hate different groups of people. The terrorists hate the Americans. The Indians hate each other." joked Russell Peters in one of his stand ups to a multi ethnic audience who were laughing their heads off.
The grim reality of a great nation hidden (read unhidden) in his verses. It is evident from the Mumbai scenario that we are not racist, but are regionalist. Regionalist to the core that we beat up peoples of other region who come to our region to make a living.
Many would sideline these incidents as dramas of political parties to derive political mileage. If that's the case, how would one explain the confidence these politicians have on the society to acknowledge their drama. They wont be giving it if we refuse taking it. It's the society that demands these kind of dramas from them.t's the society that gives birth to these kind of politics and politicians. Then wouldn't it be the society to blame?
It is obvious that there is a small sense of hatred towards these so called IMMIGRANTS for all the wrong reasons. They feel that these immigrants steal their jobs, jeopardize their culture and are misleading their community towards destruction. Well think again. Mumbai is the financial capital of the nation and haven't these immigrants played a part in it? Imagine a Dalal street without Marwaris and Gujaratis. Speaking of Gujaratis, has anyone forgot the 1986 Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries attended by more than 35000 people at Cross Maidan? They are people who made the erstwhile Bombay to the present Mumbai.
Why Navanirman if all you want is to deconstruct Mumbai to be like in the puranas? When will Mumbai truly be “Aamchi Mumbai”?
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