Demi-Gods...!

Those of you who’ve read the ‘Kitne Pakistan’ by late kamleshwar would be musing over the secessionist cries India is facing. Which part of the country is left untouched with the venom of regionalism, secessionism. It was and still there is in Kashmir, it was in Panjab, it was in North-East and now the latest to join the fray had been the Maharashtra, thanks to its self-proclaimed messiah. He is standing tall (sic) for the cause of the Marathi people; at least he and some of others like him think so. He can challenge the Government of India: catch me and the Maharashtra would burn…oho! What a great show of power. And then his intelligent followers just missed to ask, “But why should Maharashtra burn? Isn’t it the Marathi people who would also suffer…!” But who cares. Messiah ji! You’re really great. You can make the ‘star of the millennium’ bend on his knuckles, you would justify the beating of youth from Bihar and UP when they go to Mumbai for appearing in exams; who cares if one of them died and was the sole hope of his family…! One question Messiah ji, have you ever appeared in any competitive exam to get a job…oho, don’t frown please, let me ask another question: are you educated enough to sit in a competitive exam. If yes, then please do come to any part of India for appearing in an exam and we would treat you with utmost honour not because we’re afraid of you but because we Indian still believe in ‘atithi devo bhav’. And you know why we’re not afraid of your appearing in a competitive exam…very simple, we believe that the talent should be rewarded. Those of you who have been born with silver spoon in mouth can't understand the hardship with which a middle class family arranges for the staudy of its wards and waht hopes they pin on them.
These youths should have been even beaten more, anyone who speaks against you must be crushed. How dare they forget that you’re ‘Maratha Bhagya-Vidhata’. You can use vituperative language against any one. You can spit fire against the Film Actors, claiming that they have earned all their fame and wealth in Mumbai. Should I remind you that Mumbai would have benefited more economically by the work of these actors. Don’t believe me…go to Economics department of Mumbai university and some professor would explain it.
If you’re really well-wisher of marathi people, you wouldn’t have created all this mayhem on ‘outsiders’ coming to Maharashtra and getting jobs. Doing so is simply reducing the competition in the job market and everyone knows what happens when competition is removed from a market. You’ll be left with lesser choice; jobs wouldn’t go to the most efficient but to some one who is less deserving. It is very easy to guess that the overall economic efficiency would be affected adversely and the actual output of the state would be less than its potential output. So, your ‘save Mumbai’ campaign would, in fact, go hurting Mumbai’s interest.
Ok, you may accuse that we’re using economic jargons to frame you. So, you must have gone through, or at least heard of the Constitution of India. You would also be aware that it guarantees every Indian a freedom to live and get job at any part of the country. Now, don’t tell me that you’re an extra-constitutional being…!
I appeal to all the Maharashtrians not to fall pray to such secessionist campaigns. Ask the Messiah what he has actually in his mind. It is not the interest of the Maharashtra-people but a burning desire to carve a niche for him in Maharashtra politics, a la-Thakre mode. He is pursuing the path to political power and finally to economic power. He knows it very well, like all other politicians, that in India, people can be fooled in name of religion, regions etc. damn easily and he is simply playing the region-card.
There is still time. Indian government should take stern actions to check all such voices lest every state would start behaving in the same manner and the national interest, economic as well as political, would be seriously undermined.