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Take the Managing Board or key executives of any MNC or Large Indian Company today and you will find that mostly the top slots backed up by all key posts ,are occupied by South Indian's in most cases or by Bengali's in some cases. Iam not dwelling upon larger aspects like how Maharashtrains must compete with Gujju's and Marwari's or Punjabi's in Doing or starting business as thatwould take t read more »
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Dear friends,rnMaharashtra has very good network of railways,which is not only economical but comfortable and ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY,rnyet I hardly find Maharashtrians who travel in Maharashtra,rnthey travel all over,but hardly know their own state,just speaking in marathi is not enough,we must spend some cash for our own people,rnIf you travel by railway with circular ticket for sleeperr read more »
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Sena is having talks with jumbo king vada pav for genrating employment opportnities among young maharashtrians. Sounds little confusing, isn't it? How many of us would be happy replacing vada pav gadi with jumbo king corner .. i doubt. Besides that will this really solve the employment problem or take away the only opportunity they have. read more »
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A group of north-Indian activists from Thane on Sunday burnt the effigy of Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav at the Wagle Estate Junction for making "provocative speeches" against Maharashtrians and leaders of maharastra.

According to them this speeches pollute the atmosphere here, while the north Indians have been living cordially in the state. read more »
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AP MLC's appointment to Women University in Karna withdrawn
BANGALORE, FEB 7 (PTI)
Amid mounting protests from Kannada protogonist organisations Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur today withdrew the appointment of an Andhra Pradesh Legislator as syndicate member of the Women University in Bijapur.
"The appointment of Dr Rajalakshmi, MLC from Andhra Pradesh stands cancelled", an official read more »
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Is there something for the MNS to learn from this? Perhaps the MNS can learn from this?

And also-does it not prove what the SS always said-that job recruitment notices of the Railways were always placed in Hindi newspapers in Bihar and not local newspapers? Everyone always said that this charge was baseless and actually Maharashtrians were too lazy to apply-but now the same thing has happend i read more »
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After more than 35 years of service at the Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital (Sion Hospital), Dr Nivedita Moulick, 55, professor and head of the medicine department, did not expect to be labelled an "outsider" who has "no business practising in Mumbai."

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Raj Thackeray and all Maharashtrians living in Mumbai, who think that North Indians are outsiders, should hear this one from Suresh Kalse, the chairman of the Vesawa Koli Sahkari Society. Kalse says, “The Koli community is the native Mumbaikar. The “outsiders” who must leave Mumbai include Maharashtrians from other parts of the state. Ironically, those wanting the North Indians to leave the city read more »
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Hi All,
I am Suren from Aurangabad. Doing job I Pune.
We are Maharashtrians but I wonder how many of us see the Marathi movies in Theater.
If you really want to do something to help our Marathi movies, then please watch at least one Marathi movie every month.

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Basically, Thackeray has asked for 50 % flats for Maharashtrians.

I have two points to make:

1. Thackeray and Sena will forget this statement in 24 hours.

2. If Thackeray insists on this, this is a perfect solution to make Mumbai a Maharshtrian city (and drive IT jobs, BPO services jobs, employment, industry to other states.

Reason for poi read more »
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To: The Government of Maharashtra, Private FM Channels operating in MaharashtrarnThe FM radio channels currently operating in Pune are providing their programmes primarily in Hindi. Radio Mirchi provides about 10 - 15% of non prime time entertainment programmes in Hindi but announcements & advertisements are not in Marathi. Radio Mirchi provides no entertainment programmes in Marathi but annou read more »
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I've always wondered what can be done to make Maharashtrians more competitive, raise their standards and raise their profile i.e. make them more visible in all walks of life. We need to be a more visible community. How can we do all this? rnrnHere are my four suggestions: read more »
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Dear Mr. Majumdar:

Allow me to start off by expressing appreciation on SIBM’s successful expansion into Bangalore and Hyderabad. This is the first time that a Maharashtra-based institute has spread its wings outside the state. God willing, there will be Symbiosis campuses in cities through out India. As a Maharashtrian myself, I will be happy to see Symbiosis’s rightful expansion into a truly read more »
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Constructive Ways to Promote the Marathi language

1. I went to a hotel near JM Road in Pune. I ordered in Marathi and he arrogantly replied – No Marathi. Only Hindi, English. So I told him the order in English. Then asked him how long he was in Pune. He said, "5 Yrs". So I asked him how come he doesn’t know Marathi. He again replied arrogantly "Because i read more »
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MAHARASHTRA NAVNIRMAN SENA president Raj Thackeray has warned Maharashtrians for remaining unwary of their aim and said it clearly that he would target north Indian people living in Maharashtra. He also recalled the hostile events and movements organized by his estranged uncle and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray against south Indians in the 60s. read more »
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