Are ruk jaa re bande......

In Mumbai, I was feeling very hungry and wanted to eat something.....What better than a bhelpuri in Mumbai rains......so we stopped at this Bhelpuri waalah and enjoyed bhelpuri....Every thing was very normal until I notice the slogan "Jai Maharashtra" written on the utensil he was using.....Even that was not abnormal....It is quite normal for an Indian to love any state or city of India....But I sensed something fishy about it...I asked the bhelpuri waalaa bhaiya from where he was...he named some obscure little place in UP...
He was living in mumbai since the last 10 years and earning his living without doing any harm to the city. He loved the city. One day some over zealous self professed guardians of Mumbai (the same brave young men who were nowhere to be seen when the terrorists struck Mumbai) attacked and threatened him...after which he had to publicly proclaim his love for Maharashtra....
It was not PDA (public display of affection---a phrase which became common after the moral policing incidents) but an instrument of survival.......
This bring us to a question......do we have to paint our forehead every time we visit one or the other state of India (all being home to me and a billion other ppl).
This reminded me of a song of the Indian ocean musical band which featured in the movie black friday criticising the communal rights which applies here tooo::::::" Are ruk jaa re bande.........Ye Kudrat Has Padegi...."
However in the scenario of prevalent cynicism and insanity a few examples keep the hope alive......Like that Maharashtrian doctor who died working for the flood victims of Bihar and Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan (a Keralite who belonged to Bihar regiment) who died fighting the militants who attacked India (only Mumbai for Raj thackeray and co.)( Ironically Bal thackeray chased away the south indians and raj thackeray is chasing away the north indians).
Only love and harmony between the people is a perfect antidote to this cynical politics of hatred..!!!