Sent on 24 January 2010.
Sir ,
For the last few days local papers are devoting considerable space to the above subject .
Similar sentiments were expressed / developments had taken place in Tamilnadu , Karnataka and other parts of the country from time to time about Tamil , Kannada and local state languages. Apparently it is now the turn of Maharashtra , Marathi & Marathi Manoos. Supposedly wiser and more powerful people like Maharashtra CM , large number of Ministers politicians and not to be left behind Sri Bala Saheb have written and spoken on the subject . I , therefore , I do not intend to write a single word on the subject.
Instead I would like to share a joke with the readers of your esteemed news paper which I had read in the Humour section of one the magazine. It went some thing like this :
When a American tourist returned to the USA after visiting India , one of his neighbour , a IIT graduate who had migrated to and taken up American citizenship, asked him what he thought of India and Indian people . The American replied , India is a beautiful country with tremendous potential to become a super power . About query on Indian people he said , while in India he met Maharashtrians , Tamilians , Kannadigas , Punjabis , Biharis and hundreds of other people , unfortunately he did not meet a single Indian .
It was a joke and it was supposed to make me laugh , instead it brought tears to my eyes !
When oh when will we think of ourselves as Indian first and any thing else as second !!!
Mera Bharat Mahan .
PM Velankar , Nagpur .
Sir,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately very few Indians (or sic.politicians ) understand this joke.