This is week #21 of the new edition of the State of the Week discussion threads. These threads will cover all states and union territories of India as listed, in alphabetical over.This week's topic will be Maharashtra. Please post any questions, answers or observations you may have about it here.General Information: StateMaharashtraWebsitePopulation (2011)Chief MinisterCapitalOffical LanguageGDP in crores (2014-15)GDP Per Capita (2013-14)(1.57x National average)Sex ratioPrevious Threads:. Hey, thanks for the great words and your interest in MH.
Mithila Palkar was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 11 January 1993. She lives with her maternal grandparents in Dadar Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her Maternal grandmother and grandfather live in typical Marathi house which is more than 75 years old. Her family believes in Hinduism. Mithila used to eat Non-veg. She has one younger sister.
Much love from Maharashtrians to you too!:-) I'll take up your first 2 questions -Can you suggest some sources to learn Marathi? So far I only know three words - ikde, tikde and bhau. I'd love to learn more Marathi, at least good enough to have a basic conversation with someone.As a Maharashtrian, Marathi is my mother tongue so I don't know where you can learn from. But nowadays - YouTube has tutorials for most languages, I am sure you will find something there. For practising, speak with your Marathi friends or find a sub perhaps.
Sorry I can't help further here!:/On a related note, how popular is Hindi over there? In my travels, I could get by with Hindi, but I don't know MH well enough to know this. Is there an anti-Hindi movement over there?Hindi is very popular in Maha.
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In my travels and interactions through Maharashtra, almost everyone can speak Hindi, thanks to it's similarity to Marathi. It may be crooked or slightly Marathisized, but it suffices communication of basic thoughts. There are different linguistic styles of Hindi, for example the famous Mumbaikar - 'Abbey tere ko kya karne ka hai?' Some of it may come off as rude, but it's not intended to be. That's just the way they speak. Also, some common Hindi idioms possibly unique to Maharashtrians -.Chhaata mat maaro (It means - don't take leave, nothing to do with slapping).Jhaapad padega (It means - You'll get slapped). And many others.
I kind of lost touch, since I left Maha long back. I'm sure others will chime in. On a related note, how popular is Hindi over there? In my travels, I could get by with Hindi, but I don't know MH well enough to know this. Is there an anti-Hindi movement over there?very popular. You can get by on hind in almost all the major cities but in villages you might have some problems.What has MH done right? MH has both a good GDP and a good HDI.
That's pretty awesome and I'd love to know the reasons you think the state has progressed so much.Presence of mumbai mostly along with focus on education from start we have been one of the most educated major states from decades. Midc also has done a great job of aquiring land for good costs from farmers and developing industrial infrastructure on it and then selling it to decent prices to others.
It makes it easier for businessman to just come lease land and start business asap. For low cost you can get land and start working.What's with the political atmosphere over there? Congress had been ruling over there since 1999, what happened this time?
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And is NDA doing good so far? Who do you think would win the next elections?High inflation along with drought and hail storms. Vidarbha voted overwhelmingly in bjps favor with around 44 out of 62 seats won by bjp. Having a Nitin Gadkari and CM Candidate from Nagpur helped in that regard or maybe winning 44 seats helped make Devandra fadnavis the cm candidate i am not so sure about it.If shiv sena and bjp can keep infighting to themselves they can win the next election with an even bigger margin. Fadnavis is doing a great job with jalayukta shivir which should more or less gurantee him rural votes. The pace of infrastructure development is great as well as the recent apmc monopoly demolition is a good steam for increasing farmer incomes.What can be done about the farmer suicides in MH/MP area?
Should Vidarbha be crafted into a new state?Jalayukta shivir is the flagship scheme of the government and has been working well. This one scheme alone has the potential to change the landscape of rural maharashtra if its done with the same energy for 5 years.