BY: Sikander Kushwaha
MUMBAI-THE land of 14 million people with diverse culture, the land of finance which contributes 5 percent of total GDP of nation, the land hope, dream, aspiration, glamour. Mumbai is the land of a means of livelihood.
Mumbai is the land of terror, the land of the under world, the land of poverty. Mumbai is the land of slums. Mumbai in all its glory!
These diverse characteristic makes Mumbai the hub of news which attracts headlines of all forms of news medium and Mumbai always in the news. It is also very difficult to keep Mumbai from becoming the news headline for long due to its diversity.
In the past few days Mumbai was in news due to statements of some well known persons. (Shah Rukh Khan’s statement on IPL and his offer to take Pakistani player in his team and Mumbai being called Bombay by Rahul Gandhi) and the reaction of the so called Senas (MNS and Shiv Sena) activist. Moreover, in the next few days, Mumbai will be in headlines due to the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s most awaited film ‘MY NAME IS KHAN’ and the protest of the Senas (Shivsena and MNS).
Prior to these incidents, Mumbai was in the news due to Sena (Shiva and MNS) activists’ act. The way of protesting by the Senas like: beating north Indians and south Indians in Mumbai, cancellation of examination, protesting to players, destroying public as well as private property. In few words we can say law has been taken by the Senas in their pocket.
Now the question arises, what are the Senas trying to prove with these kinds of rubbish acts. These acts prove them as open militants and they are not less then militants who kill the people and humiliate them.
Sena always portrays themselves as a well-wisher of Marathi and Mumbai belongs to them. But do they ever think about the real resident of Bombay, the fishermen, koli and other tribes? Then how can they claim, they are fighting for Marathi manus. Actually they are trying to earn their livelihood in the name of Sena because these people also do not belong to Mumbai. They are also outsiders.
Both the Senas, on one hand claims that they are fighting to save the Hinduism, on the other hand they beat other Hindus mercilessly because they earn their livelihood with hard work of more then 16 hour a day.
In my opinion the Senas are actually spreading open terror, they threaten people and play with the Marathi people’s sentiment. And the state has given silent approval to take the law and order in their hands which is open violation of our constitution and the current state government does not have moral as well as constitutional right to be in government.
Mumbai is for everybody and no one can stop me or any Indian from entering Mumbai.
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