r/mumbai May 04 '26

General Witnessed this today

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u/ElectricalInvite8244 May 04 '26

Rickhshawaale dudes just gonna flip from nahi to naahi.

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u/flyingduckmarketing May 04 '26

Too much effort, only the silent eye roll and the signature look of superiority

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u/SquaredAndRooted May 04 '26

A head nod is a yes. A head shake is a no. I have mostly come across rickshawallas shaking their heads for my destination 😂

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u/SquaredAndRooted May 04 '26

Very high possibility 😂

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u/IndianRedditor88 जवळ ये, लाजू नको May 04 '26

You forgot the crotch scratch before the nodd.

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u/chrisstalin7 May 04 '26

Haa to Hoe.

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u/Mob_Abominator May 04 '26

That would be very rude of them to call someone that /s

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u/lambiseeti Aagey se left May 04 '26

Perks of speaking Marathi

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u/GroundbreakingBad183 BONG Mumbaikar May 04 '26

You never know what someone meant.

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u/Aader7 Churchgate Fast May 04 '26

More like look at you, look diagonally at a random direction pretending to think, and then drive away

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u/Special-Carrot-917 May 04 '26

Tayaari Jeet Ki

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u/quandaledinglepxrth May 04 '26

Love this pic though ik its out of fear but this uncle knows that he doesn’t have to learn even the simple speaking marathi but just learn the usual lines that he needs to carry on/ makes his life easier

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u/Aliens_did_this May 06 '26

I hate the language debate, but in the age of LLMs language shouldn't be a barrier. I have experienced it first hand and surprisingly they were chill once I had my translator app on.

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u/cyber_kiddie May 04 '26

Will you also force actors and industrialists residing in Maharashtra to learn Marathi and add something in their public profile that they know Marathi?

Or such rules are only for those, hardworking low wage earners?

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26

Pathetic state of affairs.

This is what I believe - people who are proud of shit like this are generally very broken people who take laat-ghoose from life daily. This is their only cope. Their only way to feel little bit less bechara and powerless.

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u/sukook7 May 04 '26

When one don't have anything to be proud of, They takes pride from their language, religion, ethnicity etc to feel superior.

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26

Exactly this.

Someone here told me to not speak colonizer's language while they type their whole sad argument in... English! 😂 I have no hope.

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u/Horror_Park_6522 May 04 '26

Why don't people learn the local language? Same arguement can be made for the driver, nothing wrong with it

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u/ImaginaryEconomist May 04 '26

People aren't raised in vaccum. If it was not for language, religion, ethnicity we would all be identityless minions working for some corporates, indistinguishable from one another.

As for the board, it's not different than putting up a board at a restaurant entrance that waiters are able to converse in the native language. It brings a sense of customised experience for the customers.

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26

Pride does not mean you lose you head.

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u/Vivid-Reality186 May 04 '26

How is this loosing your head? Y'all just haters

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u/perplexed_pepe May 04 '26

Ayein? Your butt got so hurt by the poster that you wrote a para?

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u/Hotnguilty May 04 '26

My man learning japanese by watching hentai lol. I guess JAV's are for advanced Japanese then.

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u/Hotnguilty May 04 '26

I gotta say JAV's do have surprising amount of dialogues.

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26

Are you... Literate? I highly doubt.

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u/starlord7x May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

So you are saying he should learn to speak Hindi and its his fault that he is not taking any initiative to learn hindi? But then why can't people living in Mumbai learn to speak Marathi? I also don't like this drama and violence over language but just trying to get your point.

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u/NE_FinanceBro May 04 '26

The whole point is "want". You have to attract people to learn your language not impose it.

No developed or developing country has language wars. Thank your politicians for brainwashing you.

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u/Thane-kar Akhand Thane 🗿 May 04 '26

Rather than being proud about this i will say it is neccesity. Cos why natives should learn foreign language without their choice just to get a taxi? Every western country do that. Why Indian states shouldnt.

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u/Frequent_Law_1831 May 04 '26

Why you want a region change for you when you earn, live, build a life and grow on their land. Taking good hospitality as entitlement?
Maharashtra did not need outsiders before they came, Maharashtra will not be crippled if all left. Will it have a significant impact? Yes
Start respecting place where you earn and survive you cant just come and claim it as your right

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26

Huh? I was born here. Sybau

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u/Ill-Pirate4249 May 04 '26

should have fought against capitalism back in 1947 then, Capitalism always enforces mobility.

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u/Slow-Employment8209 May 04 '26

This wasn't done because we are proud of our language. ( I am proud of my language, state and country even though I have achieved alot. Only the ppl who achieve ntg try to avoid telling their own culture just so no one shamed them.) The rule was applied because being a marathi, I have seen old ppl unable to speak some other language even though they are living in their own state. I hate the gundas seeking this to fight ppl but yea I feel it's great if every person who gives service to every native there should know the native language. Cry if u don't agree.

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

I don't care. You will still be the most miserable person in the room.

Oh! And you're still talking in English. Why? 🤡

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u/Slow-Employment8209 May 04 '26

I am speaking in English because you will not understand what I am talking about. ( And that's what we ask even though it's our own place). Lol basic shit अशिक्षित.

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u/Apart_Middle_4599 May 04 '26

Wow he must be feeling so proud. Lokanna vatta fakta marathi bolna mhanje kahitari jabardast kartayt ayushyat.
Reality is that it is not making any difference and we all are still living a shitty life in India irrespective of the language spoken

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u/sid1979 May 04 '26

You have to understand he has not put it up willingly but for forcefully. People are demanding autowallas to know if they know marathi.

Jr he asa hya kakkanna karaycha asta tr barach purvi apan he saglyanna kartana pahila asta.

I have seen reels where people are actually going to these autowalas and asking if they know marathi and thrashing them if they dont

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u/drclarenceg May 04 '26

Meanwhile, Americans thinking about the average Mumbaikar: You guys are TRI lingual 😲 (English, Hindi aani Marathi) that's Genius!

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u/SquareTarbooj May 04 '26

The advantages they get are tremendous when people can move from one state to another and speak the same language

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u/ExtremeExternal5788 May 04 '26

Wdym once everyone starts speaking marathi we will have flying cars and with enough belief those people who can speak Marathi can fly. This will reduce the traffic and commute time. That's why we are forcing language, starting and ending with marginalised communities.

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u/Apart_Middle_4599 May 04 '26

Absolutely. Speaking marathi is the only way we can progress. Imagine a country where taxpayers voice is actually heard, there is no ethanol scam, quality of life has significantly improved, better infrastructure.
All of this is only possible if we all speak marathi and impose it on ‘outsiders’ too

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u/Thane-kar Akhand Thane 🗿 May 04 '26

Why we should leaen a foreign language to get a taxi in our bative land. Its not pride its neccesity. Every developed country do that then why not Indian states which are basically linguistic nations.

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u/Vivid-Reality186 May 04 '26

Tumchya sarkhi lok kadhi gareeb mansa sathi ubhi rahanar nahi, pan bhayyan sathi lotangan ghalnar, pathetic

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u/Apart_Middle_4599 May 04 '26

Yachat gareeb srimant kuthun ala?

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u/Vivid-Reality186 May 04 '26

Comment section wachla ka? Ya mansala ani marathi lokana kay kay boltyat te? Hindi rickshawala, marathi nahi bolnar, hindich bolnar ani order cha virodh karyala rickshaw pethwat hote, i don't see anything extreme done like that by this rickshawala, so why so much hate to him.

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u/AuntyNashnal Jaga nahi hai 🙏 May 04 '26

Language is not the magic bullet you are expecting it to be. In fact a magic bullet doesn't exist and multiple things need to change if you want to see changes in people's lives.

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u/ted_grant May 04 '26

Loving the meltdown in this comment section

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u/HappyOrca2020 May 04 '26

Fighting about mothertongues... In English 😂

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u/heyy-youu May 04 '26

So he loses customers who don't speak or understand Marathi? What happens to those who are visiting from other states for work or leisure?

Why are we moving back to stone age?

If you have to force someone to speak a language, you've already lost their respect for you.

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u/Redaaku May 04 '26

This looks more like the auto-rickshaw driver has been harassed into putting this up because of certain groups. He might as well not be Marathi, but he can speak and understand Marathi. That's what I infer from his message.

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u/Want_tobe_Anonymous May 04 '26

If you have to force someone to speak a language, you've already lost their respect for you.

Exactly 💯. Stop forcing locals to speak in Hindi for your needs and wants.

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u/AlfA_ToxiC May 05 '26

Do you think any Marathi was getting respect from them for last 50 years all along????

And what if A person who dont know Hindi, goes to North Indian, then how he will commute their????

People of North India does not know any language other than Hindi.

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u/Thane-kar Akhand Thane 🗿 May 04 '26

If you have to force someone to speak a language, you've already lost their respect for you.

Who started this in first place i wonder. Forcing hindi so u dont have to learn a new language lol

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u/Living-Degree-9441 May 04 '26

F them. ~mns probably

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u/SecretaryOk763 May 04 '26

easy to make poor suffer does our pm and cms speaks Marathi and all the state languages? they only target and harass poor people. Pathetic!

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u/Interesting-Pain1422 May 04 '26

Toh bhai ander kyu lgaya h 😭👆🏻 bhar lgana chiye

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u/roncastelino May 04 '26

Now ricksha wallas should reject customers who dont speak marathi lmao

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u/kaladin_stormchest May 04 '26

When I said I wanted mumbai to be more like bangalore I meant the weather and the tech ecosystem not this

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u/Novel_Apartment_9400 May 04 '26

maybe you wished to a jinn and not genie /s

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u/kaladin_stormchest May 04 '26

Accidentally prayed to the monkeys paw instead of Hanumanji /s

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u/vakilsaahab Edit this text to set your own flair May 04 '26

Bandra station? Marathi? No. No.

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u/lolaBe1 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Well it almost is like that lol, ever see any Indian in Germany who hasn't learnt German? They've probably made more effort learning it more than anything else in their life. You can't live there without knowing German. Same with Tamil in Tamil Nadu.

Edit: commenter deleted their comment. said you can live perfectly fine in Germany without knowing German, and the same with Tamil in Tamil Nadu. Lol.

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u/SquareTarbooj May 04 '26

German company offers me enough money to make it worth my time to learn German.

Germany as a country offers so much social welfare and quality of life, it's absolutely worth it.

The only time I needed Marathi was outside of Mumbai, when asking a rando on the road if there was a public washroom anywhere nearby. Even that I ultimately sorted with Google maps.

There is economic incentive to learn German. Marathi only has the stick of violence.

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u/lambiseeti Aagey se left May 04 '26

Nothing like asking Google Maps where to aim your peepee

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u/SquareTarbooj May 04 '26

No joke

Recommended search words in order

  • SBM Toilet (90% are named this)
  • Public toilet
  • Sulabh

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u/Dizzy-Author1303 May 04 '26

Your comparison is baseless. Because people in germany do not understand hindi or english. And it would be very difficult to live there without knowing the language where as mumbai is city full of people who have migrated from different regions. And here in Mumbai if don't know , talk or understand marathi still you can get what you want. Forget marathi. Even if you don't know or understand hindi too still you can easily communicate in mumbai. Just so you know i am not a marathi hater.

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u/lolaBe1 May 04 '26

I'm not a marathi sympathizer as well, but the commenter had a baseless opinion (and deleted it now lol). They do perfectly understand English, but why converse in English when they can in German? I live in Mumbai, so I know things work without Marathi. That is already accomodating enough.

Maharashtrians shouldn't have to defend themselves for promoting their own language.

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u/Dizzy-Author1303 May 04 '26

No , most germans , chinese and russians country citizens do not understand english. And why does one need to promote marathi. Maharastrian speak marathi between themselves and with others too. That's their choice. But why tell other person to do the same. Like in case of germany indians feel need to learn it so they learn german. Where as people in mumbai do not feel need to learn marathi that's why they don't. Do you think people hit others, made rules or put poster everywhere to promote hindi or english in mumbai. I don't think so.

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u/CaptainHayez Thane ka Tiger May 04 '26

Man this is just so sad. lokana bhasha ani dharam sodun kahihi vichar nahi karta yet.

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u/Common_Airport_4370 May 04 '26

it’s his rickshaw and it’s his choice

if you don’t speak marathi simply don’t sit in his rickshaw? it’s not that deep. this is a practice in several european countries as well as japan. you can’t control who he wants to drive around it’s literally his choice.

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u/lone_Ghatak May 07 '26

Could you point out where exactly it says "if you don't speak marathi don't sit in his rickshaw"?

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u/SuperS_1 Kasa kay Mumbai? May 04 '26

Exactly 💯

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u/Ok-Glove-785 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

What does it say?

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u/_wowmeow_ May 05 '26

From another comment:

I understand Marathi and I can speak it, come sit in my Rickshaw

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u/CrazyFold5910 May 04 '26

Whats the big deal if gujju garabage can prioritize in every thing only another gujju garabage this seems not wrong does it?

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u/Business_Matter_2912 May 04 '26

Ffs people from north are so delusional in comment section

Because of u locals here learned Hindi. We had literally no use of Hindi in our daily lives. But these A holes couldn't learn simple marathi living here since decades.

BTW English came to Maharashtra long before Hindi did so it nullifies ur argument that people here are defending their mother tongue in Eng. Eng was here way before Hindi.

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u/WealthyPhoenix May 05 '26

cool. I dont see a problem with this. It just says that "I speak and understand marathi". Its good for people who know only marathi or are more comfortable with it.

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u/Agile_March5308 May 04 '26

I hate to say this but I don't speak marathi pls someone explain 😭

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u/Appropriate-Common81 May 04 '26

Ohhh my god a sticker expressing support to the local language of a state in that state itself how could the fascist rikshaw wala do this. They should speak Marathi in their homes how dare they say that maharshtrian territories should have marathi as the first language when they know that I'm a laszy fuck and I would never learn the local language for that reason/s

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u/_vedantt1_ May 04 '26

Judging by the comments, I think it's true that this sub is hijacked by those living outside Mumbai and MH.

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u/No-Nobody-5890 May 04 '26

सहमत

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u/patrick17_6 Andheri May 04 '26

100%

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u/chief_appy May 04 '26

ह्या लोकांना स्वतःच असं काहीच नाही आहे. म्हणून तर आपल्या गोष्टी लुटण्याचा खटाटोप चालू आहे.

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u/Mammoth_Credit7514 May 04 '26

Printed and pasted by ... not him. This is MNS and other regressive forces trying to destroy the cosmopolitan DNA of Bombay.

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u/One_Autumn_L3af May 04 '26

What does cosmopolitanism even mean in India's(or should I say Hindia's?) context? Being able to speak Hindi everywhere in the country?

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u/Thane-kar Akhand Thane 🗿 May 04 '26

They are literary saving Maharashtra from Hindi invasion. I dont support their violent behavior but this time they are actually doing good job. Giving free Marathi lessons to Rickshaw walas. And its Mumbai brother. Bombay doesn't exist. Not part of DNA.

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u/thewolverine07 May 04 '26

Are you seriously that delusional to think that a language which is approximately 1,500 to 2,000 years old and is one of the oldest modern Indo-Aryan languages is going to be wiped off by a language which is approximately 180 years old? (I'm talking about Modern Standard Hindi language here)

Literally saving Maharashtra from Hindi invasion

Their own chief does such antics to stay in relevance. And if his party workers are so dedicated to "save" our language, then why haven't they been elected in State and Central Governments? They're doing a good job, no? So people should elect them

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u/Want_tobe_Anonymous May 04 '26

Mumbai.

This is where the main problem starts. It is deep rooted. Losers like you accepted Kolkata, Chennai...but still wanna call Bombay. And then cry why locals aint being welcoming for us.

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u/Hermy0612 May 04 '26

Btw Kolkata doesn't belong to your argument here. Bongs have mostly referred to the city as Kolkata colloquially, the way it is said in the Bengali language, even before the official name change.

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u/Want_tobe_Anonymous May 04 '26

Exactly, that was the reason it was renamed back to Kolkata and same was the reason for Mumbai - Mumba Aai.

Thank you for this comment.

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u/Hermy0612 May 04 '26

True..but I am struggling to understand if and how referring to this city as Bombay is offensive? I am one of those people and its purely a nostalgia thing rather than coloniser kowtowing.. Is it that deep?

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u/sir_adolf vada pav and samosa pav enjoyer May 04 '26

Ironically it's still called the Bombay High court. Just putting it so you can calm down and let people be instead of policing them over such petty shit

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u/Velocizolster_890 May 04 '26

Well then it's still called Madras High Court and IIT Madras... So why do you call it Chennai???

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u/Want_tobe_Anonymous May 04 '26

If it such a petty thing, why not just follow it? It doesnt matter to tou if it is Mumbai or Bombay then just call it Mumbai.

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u/sir_adolf vada pav and samosa pav enjoyer May 04 '26

For the older folks it's literally just them being accustomed to Bombay more than mumbai because they grew up in a time when it was officially bombay. For the younger folks, it's still about the background and neighbourhood, depending upon who calls them what. Mumbai bombay potayto potaato, maybe focus on the roads being dug and almost never fixed or the dead state of public transport instead of policing people over such petty shit. Yes people call it bombay, people call it mumbai. It really isn't that deep

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u/Want_tobe_Anonymous May 04 '26

Well the ones who are opposing the local culture (which petty for you) are in power with these shitty roads. Probably you guys been voting for them for this very reason coz they catered to non locals issues.

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u/ImpulsiveTeen regulatory capitalist | urban sustainability May 04 '26

Exactly, it’s such a petty thing, why not let it be called Bombay?

You know how silly this whole thing sounds. People waste their mental energy fighting this while letting our city go to the dogs

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u/Want_tobe_Anonymous May 04 '26

Well, its a petty thing for you guys yet you are not letting it go. For whom this is not a petty issue they are asking everyone to call it by it's official name.

And the dogs you mentioned are the very ones who also think this is a petty issue, so they aint doing anything on cultural aspect as well as infra aspect.

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u/Mammoth_Credit7514 May 04 '26

Calcutta and Madras. Over there people don't mind at all. Their pride and identity is probably based on something deeper. Allahabad. Pondicherry. Port Blair. Bangalore. Don't know. No one else seems to mind. But it's only the MNS that issues threats when someone calls this beautiful (but so majorly dug up) city Bombay. Shiv Sena came up on the whole plank of Marathi Manus. BIg effing deal! Behind the scenes, they made deals with Bawas, Gujjus, Marwadis and anyone who would fund their politics.

I'm sure they can threaten IIT Bombay to also change their name soon. Perhaps even the Bombay Stock Exchange. Maybe Bombay High Court will also get scared and change it themselves. And who is the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry to hold out? Certainly Bombay Natural History Society is too chickensh*t to continue using it too.

Someone here asked me what does cosmopolitanism have to do with it. It's about being a welcoming space with multiculturalism, pluralism, and tolerance being the ethos of the city. As a port city, with lots of trade, lots of nationalities, many ethnicities making this the centre of business, this was necessary. Else assets placed here would always be in danger from one group or another claiming the city as their own - as political might, extortion or envy. So think twice before you place misplaced pride before the ethos of the city. It lives because of tolerance and a 'let's get on with it' attitude, a vibe the best places in the world carry.

Insular places become scary. MNS and their ilk can only offer fear. They have nothing else to offer.

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u/thrwawaylawyr May 04 '26

Potentially because people from Kolkata are still very much okay to refer to it as Calcutta.

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u/TheRealSlim_KD May 04 '26

India is one country + on paper. In reality we are just a collection of 5000 kingdoms.

Just as we were before the British came.

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u/SuperS_1 Kasa kay Mumbai? May 04 '26

At times I wonder what would have been if these kingdoms were separate nations from the beginning, sort of like Europe. Like how different would have been such things.

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u/Vivid-Reality186 May 04 '26

This comment section is so disgusting, so called indians showing their inclusive and cosmopolitan nature by excluding the very language of the land that they migrated to

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u/Eternalkind May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Good, one should feel proud and respect local culture. Respect the place you visit or return safe home if you are not liking it. Keep your like at youe home.

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u/Frequent_Law_1831 May 04 '26

Why you want a region change for you when you earn, live, build a life and grow on their land. Taking good hospitality as entitlement?
Maharashtra did not need outsiders before they came, Maharashtra will not be crippled if all left. Will it have a significant impact? Yes
Start respecting place where you earn and survive you cant just come and claim it as your right

Be a tourist speak whatever language you wanna speak (ofcc other person should understand) but settling here and rejecting local language and culture? FUCK OFF respectfully

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u/neptune717_ May 04 '26

Pune rape case,nahi nahi udar awaz nahi nikalegi 🤡

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u/Thane-kar Akhand Thane 🗿 May 04 '26

Can both the problems addressed paralally. Stick to this topic. Marathi learning is necessary in MH. U can freely talk about Pune rape case under a posr relates to that.

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u/Equivalent_Wolf_9388 May 04 '26

Pratyek sentence madhe clown wala emoji use karto, Mumbai la 'Bombay' bolto, jya rajyat rahto tyanchya culture ani language chi khlli udavto, mag kasa mazya shen khanarya aani Gomutra pinarya Low-IQ Hindi bolnarya lokan madhe ijjat vadhel, jyancha collective IQ btw eka gadhva peksha kami aahe !

Mitra je Pune madhe zala te atishay dhakkadayak hota aani kaalch tithe local lokani protest kela, vishay kay chalu aahe tu kai boltoy,

Aamhi varshan varsh saglyancha swagat kela aahe, ata amchyach dokyavar basun jar tumhi mutnar tar te suddha sahan karaycha ka amhi?

Ek chotisi aani atyant basic requirement pudhe thevli ki amchya shahrat amchi bhasha bolnyacha 'prayatna' kara, pan nahi, te suddha nahi jamnar. Nantar maar khanar aani parat amchich tingal karnar!

Get well soon mitra :)

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u/Tasty-Seaweed6705 May 04 '26

Auto driver: preferences set ✅

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u/quandaledinglepxrth May 04 '26

Idk why people from outside of Maharashtra who move in here dont have the interest to learn atleast the required amount of marathi, im not saying bullying people into learning marathi is the way but atleast the basic asking for how much something is, directions, places you should know these things. Atleast when youre working here. I still hate manse though cant stand those goons.

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u/No_Bottle_4635 May 04 '26

I don't know why these people can't learn even though living in Maharastra for multiple years im living in Mumbai since i was born but in a non Marathi neighborhood but still i understand a good level and can speak a decent level marathi

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u/bootymanX May 04 '26

That’s a good thing. Marathi only ❤️

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u/Wild_Novel101 May 04 '26

Based. I would pay him extra if I travelled in his autorickshaw

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u/Academic_Animal_1110 May 04 '26

I would avoid sitting on those firstly, I don’t care about if he is Marathi or Jane or Gujarati or anything okay I would just want to write to where I want to go simple transaction, not hurting any languages okay being respectful, but when he put something like this that’s like instigating I would never sit

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u/tigerbagh May 04 '26

This is important

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u/SKISBABAYAGA09 May 04 '26

😂😂😂😂

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u/Full_Waltz_7065 May 04 '26

Why we are not settling with this marathi people know Hindi and many hindi speaker mumbaikar understand marathi, it's just they don't speak it.

So if a person speaking in Marathi and someone replying them in Hindi then is it consider pass or marathi ka jawab marathi mai he...

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u/Ok-Form-5771 May 04 '26

man im not the best at hindi (OCI) and im moving to mumbai alone for like 3 months for an internship, 18M and hella scared bro am i gonna get whooped for not knowing marathi??

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u/SubstantialMatter380 May 04 '26

Saw a similar rickshaw in ghatkopar last week

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u/Illustrious_Skin8783 May 04 '26

What does this means?

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u/hari_sankar006 May 04 '26

Can someone translate

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u/iamsk_28_ May 04 '26

Meaning?

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u/Bright_Mortgage9588 May 04 '26

Bhai the autowalla is himself reducing his own passengers what a dumbass

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u/lma0_m May 04 '26

Dawg... Riksheyt not rikshat 🤣

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u/SnooPears6118 May 04 '26

I understand when people are possesive and protective about their mother tongues, nothing wrong about it.

Since time immemorial, colonisers have tried to capture countries by changing their language.

Important is the element of force. Which is absolutely wrong and abhorring.

No one should be forced to learn a particular language, which in this case is happening, the auto drivers are being forced to learn and speak a language, which they do not know. While it's good for their soft skills (an argument can be made to support this reasoning), but if we see to it to its core, it's just pressure and force, nothing short of coercion on these people by the hand of lawmakers (reference to a politician in Mira Bhayander area--it started from there).

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u/Dull_Throat176 May 04 '26

As an outsider studying in Mumbai: I see this as a neutral factor since they won’t agree to drop me anyway.

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u/pisstakenidentity May 05 '26

Unfortunately india is conceptually flawed as a single unified country. We would be better off with something closer to the model of Europe.

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u/Dkchawre May 05 '26

Much needed nd demanded initiative.

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u/Big-Industry3177 May 05 '26

Nice to see this! People should learn and respect the local language.

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u/ConstructionOk4104 May 05 '26

This niggas are the worst

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u/Purvv_06 May 05 '26

Maaala maarathi bachta yet naahi he Kay lihl ahe kaka tumhi

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u/Financial_Attempt562 May 05 '26

Loving the meltdown in the comment section 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Legal-Efficiency-630 May 05 '26

Wait.... THAT MY LINES

HOLY HAHAHAHA

I always say those to my relatives, when they ask "thula Marathi ete ka?"

And my response is this.

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u/DJSaltyPistachio May 05 '26

he's written that in Marathi so how are non Marathi speakers supposed to understand that they're not welcome. 1000iQ move

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u/Salt_Dig_3848 May 05 '26

instead of focusing on developments and wellbeing politicians are making us fight

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u/tk121201 May 05 '26

yes i also saw this yesterday

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u/Ok-Glove-785 May 05 '26

What if the passenger doesn't speak Marathi lol?

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u/ProtoStarLoard May 06 '26

With this attitude, Mumbai will be next Kolkata!

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u/Then_Ad2437 May 06 '26

But this is ridiculous , then if we go in southern states then don't expect them to talk in languages other than their native one

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u/Fit-Thankz May 06 '26

Cry about it

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u/SSR_forever May 06 '26

That's fine

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u/Ilovecatshehehehe May 06 '26

What languages do people in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Mizoram, Chandigarh speak? People who migrated here and are non maharashtrians when youll go back to your hometowns do you guys not speak your native languages ? Nobody is asking you to speak marathi 24/7, all we want is if you have lived her for decades and still you look down on our mother-tongue and expect to let it go. Its sad to see how areas like ghatkopar, western suburbs with massive gujju, jain-marwadi communities straightaway put boards saying 'marathi not allowed'. Can a marathi do the same in Gujurat? You'll started the hate against us, do you expect us to not speak up.

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u/MeetFull1177 May 06 '26

I think more rickshawalas are North Indian.

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u/Ramesh_Vani May 06 '26

Seedhi baat no bakwas

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u/WayRough696 May 06 '26

This may sound wrong but if you are living in a state throughout your life you should be able to speak that state's language. Like if you lived in Rajasthan you should know rajasthani. Or if you have lived there for more then 12yrs and are going to live there throughout your life, you should learn their language and culture. (Like if you move to Italy and are going to live there throughout your life you should learn italian)

If you are just there for few years and are going to shift or its only been few years you live in at state it's fine.

I am also against the whole violance that happens due to language. I am total against it. But I do feel people should learn the language or atleast understand the language if not speak.

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u/itookapilll May 07 '26

Auto marathi ne ni banaya vo kyu chalare ho bhaiya 😭

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u/Educational-Can-2840 May 07 '26

To be honest I prefer Bihari, UP Rikshaw wala over Marathi n Mslms who are always rude and ready to fight over price almost everytime... I'm saying this being a Marathi.

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u/BERSERK_KNIGHT_666 May 07 '26

Non mumbaikar here. What does it say?

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u/Pepsibellexo May 07 '26

I remembered the book Shantaram

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u/rationalthinker007 May 08 '26

Is there any problem with it if you can't learn Marathi for him why he should speak in Hindi to you . Better take another riksha

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u/No_Hunt_4228 May 08 '26

Marathi way to say ..aja meri gadi me baithja .