tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post3298603651232832375..comments2024-01-25T00:06:57.165-07:00Comments on Passions of the drifting mind: Mr. Gumaste, Belgaum is not about the city onlyVinayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00001179092240729416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post-60818254556696522862012-10-30T14:19:26.755-06:002012-10-30T14:19:26.755-06:00@Sanjana,
I am not swayed by propaganda only. I to...<b>@Sanjana</b>,<br />I am not <i>swayed</i> by propaganda only. I too have relatives in Belgaum, whose experiences shape my opinions. Yes, each state has its lingua franca and everyone should respect it. Again, all I'm saying is a city-based person's view cannot form a view of the whole district. About Vidarbha: yes, the state government has acted correctly for its development. This Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001179092240729416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post-3990148772530633952012-09-27T09:33:04.618-06:002012-09-27T09:33:04.618-06:00Well having myself lived in belgaum for a few year...Well having myself lived in belgaum for a few years, I can vouch for the fact that at the ground level, there is absolutely no tensions between marathis and kannadigas, if at all, the so-called agitation is confined to fringe groups like the MES who were wiped out in the last assembly elections.Regarding your absurd arguments are concerned, each state has its own lingua franca and those who are sanjanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464615974214748372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post-58002974545321445832010-08-06T22:06:57.801-06:002010-08-06T22:06:57.801-06:00Hi Vishwa,
With the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti w...Hi Vishwa,<br /><br />With the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti winning so many elections in the district of Belgaum, I do not think their agitation is completely baseless. Exaggerations may happen, why even the Karnataka govt. exaggerates about what it does for Belgaum, so the talk of propaganda is not of much use. <br /><br />I am trying to point out that a city-based person's view cannot becomeVinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001179092240729416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post-51602906636143227282010-08-05T23:33:43.606-06:002010-08-05T23:33:43.606-06:00Hello Vinay,
Well I am kannadiga born in Belgaum,...Hello Vinay, <br />Well I am kannadiga born in Belgaum, brought up in Nipani. <br />Have a couple of questions for you.<br /><br />1) If Belgaum goes to Maharashtra, do you believe Maha govt would be kind enough to provide the govt. documents in Kannada?? <br />2) Do you have any idea of the kind of propaganda Maharashtra does about so called 'atrocities on Marathi Manus" in Belgaum and Vishwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165974544921529240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post-5527185953921391772010-08-05T20:01:26.638-06:002010-08-05T20:01:26.638-06:00@Kaushik,
If left to the people, they will do busi...<b>@Kaushik</b>,<br />If left to the people, they will do business in whatever language possible. But, it is when you deal with the government agencies that problems start rising. When they insist the form be filled in Kannada or English only? And not in Marathi.<br /><br />With the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti winning so many elections in Belgaum, aren't the people there expressing their Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001179092240729416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430958.post-87513368772737091022010-08-05T11:06:49.819-06:002010-08-05T11:06:49.819-06:00Marathi may be the language they speak, but I don&...Marathi may be the language they speak, but I don't see how making Belgaum a part of Maharashtra solves their problems. <br />Every state border in India has porous languages. That is how we have evolved. People do not restrict their business just to people who speak their mother-tongue or the official state boundary. Business flows irrespective of state boundary and most of the border kaushikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854952659886099080noreply@blogger.com