Extending the Shiv Sena’s Argument Further

During the past week, I got a few forwarded e-mails with the subject “Bal and Raj Thackeray’s Point of View”. Since I have no interest in reading the views of these “exalted gentlemen”, I kept ignoring the mails. But finally when the surge continued, some coming from people who I knew to share my abhorrence for Shiv Sena politics, I thought of reading it. The content turned out to a logical, even though outrageous, extension of the Shiv Sena’s political rationale, if they have one.  So here is the text of the mail….read and enjoy!

We [as in the residents of Maharashtra] all should support Raj Thackeray and take his initiative ahead by doing more….

1. We should teach our kids that if he is second in class, don’t study harder, just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the school
2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi
3. Prime-minister, President and all other leaders should only be from Delhi�
4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay, only Marathi
5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and staff changed to local men
6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals
7. Lord Shiva, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state as they belong to north ( Himalayas )
8. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only and Gateway of India should be renamed “Gateway to Maratha land”�
9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India, so why should it be given to someone in Maharashtra?
10. Let’s support Kashmiri Militants because they are right to killing and injuring innocent people for benefit of their state and community
11. Let’s throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH Maruti
12. We should STOP using local trains. Trains are not manufactured by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bengali
13. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without ever stepping out of Maharashtra, only then shall they become true Marathi’s

Though it may sound funny and ridiculous to many of us, Shiv Sena might have an explanation for all the above. What is folly to some, is ingenuity for others.