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I found this article on dancewithshadows. Its a long running article but definately worth spending time. I feel the article is very correct in all its facts. Most of the maharashtrians may not like all of it .. but in the end whatever is said is reality. read more »
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I know the person whom this happened to.

The MNS agitation is affecting everyone, even the outsiders who are not bhaiyyas.

Have you talked to non-Maharashtrians, the non-bhaiyya, the non-poor guys?

They feel the agitation has been hijacked by local rowdy types.

Read the story, and more such stories about daily life are coming up every day now...

I am not saying any of this is righ read more »
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In lieu of whatever is happpening in our country i sandeep deshpande, have following suggestions for us, Maharashtrian people.

1. Let us take a Vow that we would safeguard the interest of marathi people in all our jobs and business.
2. let us remember not to criticise or put down fellow marathi people
3. Let us enjoy progress made by any one of us and learn from that.
4. Let us promote tale read more »
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As soon as I slowed down, without even bothering to find out who I was, two of the men flung large stones and my windscreen, while a third man smashed the rear screen. But it was the fourth man who left me terrified when he hurled a burning tyre at me. Stunned at seeing the violence so frighteningly close, I revved up the engine and sped away before my car was burned to ash with me inside. read more »
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A 25-year-old man hailing from Uttar Pradesh died after being beaten up on board a local train from Khopoli to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station. read more »
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The Arrest of Raj was a foregone conclusion given the Flak he drew from a United North Indian -UP /Bihari Political Lobby prevailing on Deshmukh/RR Patil regime thru the (in)famous High Command which currently survives on support from likes of Amar singh and Yadav's >Mulayam Singh + Laloo.
This i had predicted as the natural outcome of protests done by MNS activists some time back on this port read more »
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Here is a quick look at the damage done by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists by Tuesday afternoon following the early morning arrest of party chief Raj Thackeray:

One police van torched on the Western Express Highway

38 BEST public buses set on fire in Bandra suburb and surrounding areas

Six BEST drivers and four conductors injured.

One toll checkpost pelted with stones, dama read more »
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youth from Bihar's Nalanda district has died after being beaten by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists in Mumbai on Sunday. His death has trigerred a widespread protest by angry students in Patna and other towns of Bihar on Tuesday.rnPawan Kumar died in Mumbai after he was brutally beaten by MNS workers on Sunday during the attack on north Indian railway exam candidates. He becomes the first read more »
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After days of pressure on the state government to rein in Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief was arrested at Ratnagiri at 3 am today for Sunday's brutal attack on North Indian rail exam candidates by MNS workers. read more »
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The Maharashtra government is under political pressure to act against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. Police already have a non-bailable arrest warrant against Raj, but are yet to take any action against him. The MNS chief, too, dared the Maharashtra government to arrest him after his party activists on Sunday attacked young North Indians students appearing for a railway recruitmen read more »
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राज ठाकरे यांना अटक होताच मनसेचे कार्यकर्ते लगेच सक्रिय झाले. पदाधिका-यांना अटक होत असल्याचे पाहून रत्नागिरीतले अनेक कार्यकर्ते भूमिगत झाले. तर काहींनी राज्यभर फोनाफोनी करायला सुरुवात केली. त्यामुळे मुंबई आणि कोकणात तणाव निर्माण झाला.
मुंबई-गोवा हाय वे वर अडथळे निर्माण करण्याचा प्रकार घडला. कळंबोली परिसरात तसेच निवळे फाटा येथे दगडफेक झाली. त्याचवेळी मुंबईत अनेक ठिकाणी दगडफेक आणि जाळपोळीच्या घटन read more »
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About 200 sacked crew members of Jet Airways met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and urged him to get them reinstated. read more »
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Former PM of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew said the only way to lift Mumbai to international standards is to make it a separate state or province.


Source : Mumbai Mirror read more »
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rnHappy Birthday - Punchtantra. May your life be hairy and bright. happy birthday dude :). Guys come one start the wishes.rn read more »
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Thank you all those, who responded to my article on Open letter to Raj Thackeray. I have following to offer as suggestions after reading thru most of the feedbacks and current endeavours of what Raj is doing last 6 months and follwing are suggestions for Raj and all marathi's who speak marathi as a mother toungue.

1. While Raj and /or the shive sena no doubt is the guardian of Marathi Asmita read more »
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