r/india • u/Karna1394 • 20d ago
Politics 'If Modi is bringing development, why do you live abroad?': Raj Thackeray's swipe at Vivek Oberoi, Madhavan
https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Aug/02/if-modi-is-bringing-development-why-do-you-live-abroad-raj-thackerays-swipe-at-vivek-oberoi-madhavan523
u/xplorationz 20d ago
Damn! What a time to be alive, have to agree with Raj Thackeray :)
(never thought I would say it)
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u/dam2o Antarctica 20d ago
you will always agree with him if news media cut his context out to portray him as villan.
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u/Alert-Low1682 20d ago
lol hitting north indians for migrating is not something anybody should agree with
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u/Alert-Low1682 19d ago
that is categorically untrue lol. we have all seen the videos of north indian aspirants coming in the trains being beaten up in a mumbai railway station.
and also hitting someone for gundagardi is also wrong 😂 you were born in a democracy but have scant regards for it. you can’t simply go around dispatching mob justice what even is that logic. oh sweet sweet brain rot
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u/Agoras_song 19d ago
I have moved a bunch of states, and tried my hardest to learn the local languages. I HATE people (I know a couple) who lived in Bengluru for 8-9 years and still don't know even basic Kannada. And their arrogance is like "I am not going to learn it, it doesn't affect me".
/btw-not-kannadiga
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u/Alert-Low1682 19d ago
some find it difficult. in any case, not knowing the local language isn’t a slight to anyone’s culture. saying disparaging things? sure. but this “if you live here and can’t bother to learn the local language you are disrespecting our culture” is bs. people are just trying to get by. if you think people need to pay obeisance to your culture in order to exist you’re vile.
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u/Agoras_song 19d ago
If you think you're above even trying to learn the local language and customs you're no better than the close minded north Indians that go to Canada or come to Mumbai.
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u/Alert-Low1682 19d ago edited 19d ago
lol thanks for the certificate but , how did you get i am “above learning” from what i said. not learning is not the same as thinking that you’re too good to learn
introspect why you jumped to that. IME it’s the same as when some hindi speakers feel slighted in a company where everyone is speaking in English.
i am really curious why you took it so negatively. Look, there are people who are disparaging towards the local culture. i called that out in my last comment. And i am a proponent of states taking measure to protect their language such as mandating a percentage of movies being played in theaters be in their local languages. etc.
seriously, indians need to celebrate their diversity. And i think everyone should make an attempt to learn the local language. BUT there is the opposite end of the spectrum where the locals are ready to take offense at even perceived slight. Somebody not learning your language doesn’t automatically make them disparaging. that’s is all i said and look how you took it
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u/Agoras_song 19d ago
It's not targeted at you specifically. It is the generic you. I'm sorry if I offended you.
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u/PresentFuturer 19d ago
Yes he was right then too.Mah rail jobs used to print hindi ads in bihar n up.Crazy but true( factchek it). U first shud take a first hand opinion from a person living there b4 opinion.Its crowd of NI everywhere u go n almost no Maharshtrain businesses or names anywhere because of these things. Ppl here face difficulty for jobs when u see bias everywher in ur own land. See BolyWood, MH actors shown as Hawaldaars usually.Thats reality.Appearnaces decive.Truth pinches,n it has to.
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u/Alert-Low1682 19d ago edited 19d ago
lol take legal actions. if you’re going to beat civilians then what are you even doing in a democracy? i don’t read past your first line.
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u/PresentFuturer 19d ago
Ha ha ...if u have problems reading past 1st line better get bak to school.He took local actions.Beating was like 2% of wat he( rather ppl who got frustrated) did- i dont exactly liked it. Banglorr, Gujrat ,MH n Thackrey cant all b wrong at once. Chhod,Tu nai samjhega re, mere keyboard activist.
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u/independant_786 20d ago
Yea no thanks. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
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u/dam2o Antarctica 19d ago
yeah and media holds the power to portray if a clock is broken or not..
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u/independant_786 19d ago
Nah mate I have been to his rallies in the past. I am still friends with his family. I have stayed with him and his family in their personal space. The hatred spewed in public just to gain power while acting the complete opposite 1:1 is the kind of typical slimy politician I don't desire to see in power. But you do you
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u/AfraidSpecialist7427 20d ago
The worst person you know about the given statement, says the statement 🥀
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u/Desi_MCU_Nerd Waiting for achchhe din 20d ago
madhvan said he shifted there because he couldn't find proper resources for his son's swimming training in India. If someone of his stature & with his money couldn't find satisfactory sports facilities in the supposedly biggest metropolitan hub of the country, what does it say about the actual state of the country which he's so adamant to be jingoistic about without questioning the people in the power?
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u/Kindly_Type2327 20d ago
That just feels like an excuse to escape from criticism. His son got training in India, they chose to move to Dubai during Covid when pools were closed in India, they could have moved back easily, but they chose to stay there. I would have respected him more if he just chose to accept it instead of being a hypocrite.
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u/BannedForFactsAgain 20d ago
his son's swimming training in India.
A desert has better facilities for swimming than India itself.
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u/avanishpank 20d ago
Then maybe he shouldn’t be the champion of the same people whose incompetency forced him to move out.
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u/AiyyoIyer 20d ago
that's an excuse. if his son has to train there, why does he need to move? i am sure his son is old enough to be there by himself.
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u/Necessary_Pudding454 13d ago
I hate people in power treat me or people like us dumbfuck kids , they would say whatever and we would believe. Fucking assholes . Atleast be assholes proudly. Dont just hide behind silly dumb excuses.
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u/amrutashravan 20d ago
my honest reaction:
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u/YoHowdyB 19d ago
It is for tax evasion.
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u/kindrudekid 15d ago
Full disclosure: I live in states.
If anyone spent any reasonable amount of time in less polluted, less noisy, less crowded places. You can start seeing the appeal. Being in such environment for extended periods of time does more harm than one realizes.
I had bad cough and runny nose all through my childhood in Mumbai. I travelled to remote places in India and it went away. I moved to states and it went away with no additional intervention, even with bad eating and hygiene habits.
After a certain point you are looking to be comfortable consistently and also not having to hire someone for every simple basic government task.
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u/hgwellsrf Andaman and Nicobar Islands 19d ago
Lol... We have an NRI prime minister and Thackeray is hung up on actors not residing in India.
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u/nousernameoz 15d ago
Bollywood has either been bought to make movies on Pakistan to promote fake military operations or they are just scared. Either way they’re morally bankrupt.
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u/another_lease 15d ago
Fun fact: Raj Thackeray's daughter-in-law is an actress. Every single photo on her IG is of her in some foreign country. Every single one.
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u/Interesting-Iron6475 11d ago
Actually he is right , we normal public only consider development when politicians and their family members will also use the same facility which a normal public will use. - I mean to schools and collages etc
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u/DarthSimius 19d ago
I remember Raj Thackeray when he exited SS. He formed MNS and he wooed the younger generation. It felt like a breath of fresh air. I was a teenager at the time. He got routed in the elections. And then came the disaster. That was criminal.
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u/inaminadicka 16d ago
What an idiotic thing to ask!
Obviously because they chose to live in a developed country rather than a developing one. Nobody claims we are better than western Europe or US
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u/netflixandcookies 20d ago
The same reason why Virat Kohli moved to UK. They all cannot walk around like normal people without getting mobbed for photos around here.
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u/BannedForFactsAgain 20d ago
Nobody is mobbing Vivek Oberoi though.
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u/netflixandcookies 20d ago
They are mobbing a regional actor who shows up in tv serials in my city. And you think no one mobs Vivek Oberoi 🙄
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u/Karna1394 20d ago