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October 4, 2009

Agree its Mumbai.

Wake up Sid….now is the time
Wonder what Ranbir Kapoor starer Wake up Sid has got do with Maharastra elections. Well it does. Some political parties_who are still to prove their abilities in the election arena want to just about grapple on anything that comes their way. So while they cry hoarse and shout from rooftops about being the real and only caretakers of Marathi Manoos, the slightest use of the name Bombay and not Mumbai as per the `Mahrastrian pride’ in the movie has them going on a rampage.
Their inflated egos are however satisfied when it makes headlines in the media and apologies are tendered by the celebrated producer of Bollywood Karan Johar and they call it their victory in having being able to restore the Marathi pride.
Such parties or political dramatists are really not bothered to look into the conditions of the likes of scores of Kalavatis who are also Maharshtrians_these Marathi Manoos do not even get two square meals a day. They are not bothered about the Marathi Manoos image being battered when television channels are booming with pictures of the same Marathi Manoos dying of hunger or not being able to repay their loans and committing suicide. Such parties do not have much on their manifesto as well, for the sake of Marathi Manoos they say they are ready to sit with even the rightists with whom they have been separated by birth because of struggle of power.
It always does not take the separation from a dynasty to exhibit our political skills and your overwhelming love for the community, it can be done even without being a part of the system. But by that you do not gain mileage nor do you earn publicity.
So does it always mean that rampage and demanding of quotas will bring you to the limelight? No there are others ways as well. Even the so called political novice have shown the way that you work and you get your due recognition and force people to follow you. To gain sympathy and be the real torchbearers you always do not need to make headlines in the media. You can simply work and convince people to follow you and show your sympathy and care for the restoration of Marathi Manoos. Not just by convincing producers to add an apology slide for using Bombay instead of Mumbai before the show begins.