Maharashtra is big state with diverse geography and people. Non-Maharastrians are duffers. I can even call a kashmiri living in valley a ghati as valley means ghati. So all those non maharastrians who use this words and feel they are denigrating us are fools to the core.
Not born, not raised.. March 25, at am. Maharashtrians are not so handsome or well built, most of them in a large number were farm labours, so outsiders were calling them ghati which my remotely mean unpolished. The muslims and north indians pronouncement is so distorted they think other who talk and pronounce correctly are below par.
The say iskul, isto, istool, affasar. October 15, at pm. This is not possible. And keep ur anger within u otherwise someone will put it in ur ass. April 20, at pm. Where it was used by a fictional character? The same case which I thought I wrote […]. June 30, at pm.
Too bad.. I am surprised why Mr. Maybe he will have to take refuge like Rushdie! December 15, at pm. No, word ghati is referred to the people staying in valley Ghat region. There is nothing abusive in the word, but different people take it differently. April 3, at am. April 29, at am. Deepak — It was nice to read your blog. I am a ghati and proud to be one. Its just the way non maharashtrains say it thinking its a derogatory word. It signifies that you are from the valley or region across the ghats.
I think non maharashtrians specially who live in maharashtra should respect that and not use the word in derogatory sense.
July 30, at am. KHUSHii…… its offensive…. Obviously my native place and ancestry is to the coastal side to the south of konkan which is just a kms from the goan border. But people from the coast are actually not ghatis and are very less likely to be called that.
May 23, at am. August 15, at am. First of all, those who used word ghati donot know geography well. Ghati sound as ghatiya in Hindi so the fellow marathi feels it offensive, I heard this at my college in Pune, and i was not surprised as Pune is on the ghats and this is what the people from konkan refer to as.
That boy was a gujarthi from mumbai. I was not surprised, no reactions from me … worth watching his reaction. November 26, at am. I will like to call ghati if the caller have no bad intension of teasing me. If he had a bad intension he has to get fucked off…. Than u. December 5, at pm. Hi Deepak…. I think you got it right and probably missed nothing.
Although I hardly visit my native place, still I would finfld the word Ghati pretty offensive. And I would be the one to whip arse of a guy who does it with a bad intention. September 8, at pm. December 11, at am. They just use it derogatorily like a racist slur. So its use should be stopped. I dont and will not tolerate any statement like this.
NO …and so marginalizing a community is not accepted. They will have it from me really BAD! IF they call me one :p. January 3, at pm. February 18, at am. Feel good to read all these comments.. Do any goan will dare to come into this discussion? August 22, at pm. But when someone you are not acquainted to uses it irrespective of your place of origin it is intended as an insult to demean you or project you as an illiterate.
Somebody who does not know the ways of the city life. Person A: Look at the way person B is staring at the big buildings, cars and hot women on the street. What a ghati. Person A: How was your trip to Udaipur? Person B: Great! You must see Haldi Ghati when you go there. It is being republished since it still remains an interesting topic till today.
I have to make it clear, this article is neither pro nor anti-caste-based reservation system. This is just about the casteism I have seen personally. People outside Maharashtra sometimes confuse Marathi-speaking people as a part of one single caste. Casteism exists, even in a developed city like Mumbai or the so-called socially progressive state of Maharashtra.
Everyone is aware of that but would expect old people who are past their prime to get involved in such things. Sadly, even the youths of the country are getting involved in it. Though casteism in Mumbai is not conspicuous, it still exists. People ask you your last name to make out what caste you belong to. If they are not able to figure it out they just ask you directly. Preferences change, groups are formed, name calling and missed opportunities are the forms of casteism you get to see.
Like casual racism, casual casteism also exists. In reality, it actually means a person who stays in the valley. Maharashtrian castes are not the only ones derogated. These derogatory terms casually become part of our conversations and I personally have used them enough times and feel guilty about it.
There might be even more terms that are disparaging and are part of our conversations and we are not even aware of them. There are some references we make that we did not even know were offensive to some people but still are part of our conversation.
There are more than castes and 90 tribes in Maharashtra itself so it can happen. I have personally seen people making comments and snide remarks onto each other on the basis of caste.
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