Almost a month ago i saw a discussion on a News channel. It was about Raj Thackeray and his Right Wing ways. I think it was on the eve of the Legislative Assembly Elections. Raj Thackeray was being interviewed by many News Channels which also included Arnab Goswani's channel. He insisted on answering in Marathi. When he was asked why he does that, he said that if you go to any other state like Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala; they would insist on conversing in State Language. For the time being all the interviewers shut their trap. They were like, "Ok, whatever, he has a point and all" but this Marathi Right Wing debate continued throughout the day regardless of his interview.
The only weapon Raj Thackeray has is his rhetoric skills/ arguing skills. He makes everyone shut up in verbal arguments.
However, everybody goes up and arms whenever Raj Thackeray takes up the Marathi Manoos agenda.
What is it really? His party and that of Shiv Sena has seen its worst defeat in twenty years
Nobody takes Raj Thackeray seriously because he insists on frivolosity. These two parties are always missing in action when there is a crisis. They only surface when things come back to normal.
However, this is a known fact that the members of these two parties work all year round. They help students in school/college admissions, they solve local municipality issues etc. They have some nice hard working people in their party.
Where they go wrong is the overall political agenda.
First of all, Raj and Bal Thackeray are very brash in speech.
Udhav is better
This is a community stereotype that Maharashtrians are meek people. Community wise they dont have any charm like Punjabis and Sindhis. They dont have any glamour like Gujaratis.
Maharashtrians are perceived as fighter cocks. These are community stereotypes, not necessarily based on fact since it is a generalisation.
So what happens when a person decided to take up a cause for one community?
It becomes a big flop
Because the issues that maharashtrians have, should be dealt with some what on a personal level
There is no reason to bring it into the political arena.
Aso if Raj and Bal dont change their aggressive, fiery ways, they will never be taken seriously
What they are doing is fighting a battle for say 2000 people on a stage where battles for 2000 crore people are fought
Ae you getting my point?
The only weapon Raj Thackeray has is his rhetoric skills/ arguing skills. He makes everyone shut up in verbal arguments.
However, everybody goes up and arms whenever Raj Thackeray takes up the Marathi Manoos agenda.
Fair enough.
But then, it is easy to Tweet, blog, report and have fiery discussions over coffee mugs on Raj Thackeray.What is it really? His party and that of Shiv Sena has seen its worst defeat in twenty years
Nobody takes Raj Thackeray seriously because he insists on frivolosity. These two parties are always missing in action when there is a crisis. They only surface when things come back to normal.
However, this is a known fact that the members of these two parties work all year round. They help students in school/college admissions, they solve local municipality issues etc. They have some nice hard working people in their party.
Where they go wrong is the overall political agenda.
First of all, Raj and Bal Thackeray are very brash in speech.
Udhav is better
This is a community stereotype that Maharashtrians are meek people. Community wise they dont have any charm like Punjabis and Sindhis. They dont have any glamour like Gujaratis.
Maharashtrians are perceived as fighter cocks. These are community stereotypes, not necessarily based on fact since it is a generalisation.
So what happens when a person decided to take up a cause for one community?
It becomes a big flop
Because the issues that maharashtrians have, should be dealt with some what on a personal level
There is no reason to bring it into the political arena.
Aso if Raj and Bal dont change their aggressive, fiery ways, they will never be taken seriously
What they are doing is fighting a battle for say 2000 people on a stage where battles for 2000 crore people are fought
Ae you getting my point?
