Talk:Such a Long Journey (novel)

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Wikipedia says that "Such a long journey" apparently "vilifies" the Marathi, "the natives of Mumbai and the state of Maharashtra." But the fact is that Bombay is in the Konkan, the land of the Konkani ethnics, not the land of the Marathi, which ends on the west at the Sahyadri Mountains or the Western Ghats. The Konkani are older in their homeland than the Marathi. Hinduism attributes the origins of the Konkan to Parashurama, who led the Brahmin usurpation of hegemony from the Kshatriya rulers, while Maharashtra was founded by Hindu recusants from North India emigrating from Emperor Ashoka Maurya after he converted to Buddhism, described by "orthodox" Hinduism as "malichha" or "unclean."

Bombay has been illegally and invalidly renamed "Mumbai" based on a fraud that it was originally so-named, allegedly after the Mumbadevi Temple. But Mumbadevi was built by a Hindu businesswoman named Mumba, naming it after herself, after she immigrated into the nascent city after the English allowed her in. Prior to that, the Portuguese had seized it from the Arab Sultanate of Cambay by the Treaty of Saint Matthew signed at Vasai, and named by the Portuguese as Bom Bahia or Good Bay... a body of water that the English formally called during their reign, the Front Bay. The Arabs called it "Al Omanis," in its turn the origin of the name "Old Woman's Island" for one of the minor islets in Bombay Harbor or Front Bay.

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I have reverted the two recent edits as they do not conform to Wikipedia guidelines or policies. Though not identified as such, the plot summary is incomplete. I recommend it be reintroduced when complete. The character section contains information on a single character and is also incomplete - like the plot summary, it ends in mid-sentence. "Topics for Discussion" appears to be intended as a teaching aid and is clearly unencyclopedic. Finally, "fixed by sephiroth kills" has been removed as such credits are not permitted on Wikipedia. Victoriagirl 19:56, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

A new character list has been added to the article. --Coolsafe (talk) 23:00, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

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It would be quite a invention to call people from Kokan as non-marathi. People from Kokan speak Marathi or it's dialect as their mother tongue and they also played an important role in the development of the language since the period of Satvahana's when Marathi language and culture develped. Even the original inhabitants of Kokan, like Koli, Katkari, Thakar, Kunbi tribals speak different dialects of Marathi. Perhaps some people misunderstand Marathi people as some kind of a 'race', but in fact it is a geographical and linguistic identity which is held by people from various castes and religions who speak Marathi and reside in the a certain geographical location.

With regards to the claim that Maharasthra was formed by Hindu kings who fled from North due to Ashoka converting to Buddhism. The fact is that Buddhism had a very large following and royal patronage in Maharashtra. The world famous Buddhist caves in Ajanta were commissioned during Satavahana periods, the same kings who patronised Marathi and brought into existence the concept of Maharashtra culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanbostic (talk • contribs) 11:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Such a Long Journey NOT in Oprah's Book Club
Under "Reception" this article states that Such a Long Journey was selected for Oprah's Book Club in November 2001. This is incorrect, it was actually another Rohinton Mistry novel A Fine Balance that was selected for Oprah's Book Club in November 2001. Such a Long Journey was never in Oprah's Book Club. 50.15.247.253 (talk) 14:33, 26 September 2011 (UTC)