The fanbase that Raj Thackeray has in our factory is unbelievable.His fiery speeches and views have made such an impact on my colleagues's educated minds ..its amazing.The Marathi manoos topic somehow crops up at the breakfast table every now and then,and even though i was born and brought up in Mumbai i can't help but feel uncomfortable.NP happened to notice this discomfort today."Where are you from?"he asked."Karnataka" i replied.There was a time when i used to say "Maharashtra" but now i've stopped,simply to avoid the flurry of questions that follow including something like"Where are you originally from?".
NP said,"You southies are good people ,not like these guys..yaha pe aake thook ke ganda karke jaate hain"
NP had been bitching about PG,a loud fellow from Mathura known to be rude to juniors and seniors alike, for the last 1o minutes."Do you know he had the audacity to reject the 9% increment that the company had offered him?",he went on."Ek toh waha se aaya phir bhi usko company ne liya upar se aisa kar raha hai "
When someone asked him to chill he shouted"Main idhar ka Raj Thackeray hai..main bolega".
Finally somehow our angry young man managed to cool his temper.
It was 8:45 and time to go.Talk veered towards the German who had come here for a couple of weeks.
An excited NP said"you know what i have struck a friendship with this fellow..will keep in touch with him after he goes back and ask him to search for a job for me over there.Post marriage i'll live the good life in Germany ."I smiled to myself as i got up ..Time for work..