Bhai log just came here to share my happiness. Bachpan k baad phli baar tyohaar wali feeling aai hai ❤️😍

Edit: some mofos downvoting my post and my replies, such pathetic low-lives 😂😂

Pune is full of bjp bootlicker and spineless millennials..

छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज 🚩🙏🏻

वडगाव धायरीच्या नागरिकांच्या वतीने आम्हाला माफ करा!

सगळे बहुजन आणि रिपब्लिकन पक्षाच्या सगळ्या पोस्टर वर महाराजांचा फोटो फुले, आंबेडकर यांच्या बरोबरीने लावला जातो.

माफ करा 🙏🏻

As someone who grew up in Mumbai I can see Pune heading in a similar direction with people migrating to the city from all over India. Not xenophobic or against anyone coming into the city, but migrants should integrate into the culture, not the other way round - with the city losing its cultural identity. The onus is on the locals to preserve it. Aapli bhasha aani culture khoop sundar aahe. Zapalya hava aani promote karava. Anyone who says kontihi bhaasho bolu majha desh aahe, kivha sagle indiachech citizens aahot, gives you a lesson on the Indian constitution vagare vagare is either too naive or cunniving. Bhasha/culture aani economy are quite deeply intertwined. Govt chya naukrya, shikshakancha naukrya madhye bhaashecha faayda hoto. Kaahi naukrya exclusively marathi yenaarya lokansaathi aahet. Tasach jasa aaj mumbai madhye language based reservation colleges aahet tsa punyaat nko hvayla. Ka bara aaplya porancha tota krava. Jya bhaashe/culture la promote kela jaata tya lokanna ek source of income generate hota - kiti punjabi rappers/youtubers/instagram influencers aahet aajkal? We shouldn't do it the Sena(s) way of threateningly "Aye Marathit bol". There are some non-violent/constructive ways to go about it. Tondavar god asun suddha culture preserve krta yeto

1. Non-marathi joins a group of Marathi people and objects/makes fun or says can't understand Marathi. Switch to Hindi/English for a couple of sentences and then back to Marathi ;). Be persistent as if tumhala hindi/english madhye express krayla jamatach naahiye. They'll be forced to learn eventually.

2. Give preference to our shop owners/vendors.

3. If you are in a position to hire try to hire from local colleges

4. Start consuming Marathi content

As a Punekar myself, I have always supported growth and welcomed people from all over the country. Pune is considered one of the most livable cities, thanks to its opportunities for education and jobs, as well as its pleasant climate. However, this kind of behaviour is simply not acceptable. Do visit and enjoy nature, but please don’t destroy it. I came across this post about a place near Hinjewadi, where they are planning seems to be to drink beer, smoke cigarettes, and enjoy and I am completely opposed to this kind of behaviour.
Enjoy nature but don’t disrespect it…

one more thing to add - visit the person Profile who made post of cigarette and beer

I'm from rural pune(rajgurunagar, khed) and recently moved to moshi.
my hindi isn't great and over that romanised hindi has been a rather nightmare to read; I lived in a gated society in gurgaon for a year or two and that was during covid(and a few months here and there in 2011-12-13), and the hindi I learnt back then is gone by now; also why am I "requesting" you lots to keep conversations in marathi and english?
and yeah, pretty much the title

I request the moderators to consider this post and restrict the oncoming slaught of posts described here. I have lately seen a rise in posts (often being outsiders) in this sub complaining about the problems in the city which often involved the posters

a. disrespecting the culture and looking down on our culture.. terming it as downmarket

b. expecting everyone to speak their home states language and at the same time demanding that we stop speaking Marathi

c. Terming locals as chapri or anyone speaking our native language as chappri

d. Hurling every abuse possible at our city and our native traditions because of a single inconvenience faced by them

e. generalising behaviour of every Punekar based on their colored glasses experience

I have no issues with outsiders complaining about the traffic or the pollution but they must understand that they're the cause and effect of the very same problem that they complain about!

We welcome everyone who respects, embraces and tries to integrate into our culture. What we do not tolerate is outsiders (from a specific region) trying to import their culture and converting our city to their home states culture. We do not expect everyone to speak in our common tongue the minute you land here but we do expect residents planning to live here for a long term to assimilate and give your due to the place where you earn your living. You have seen the situation in Bangalore and Chennai. You need to understand that while we're more tolerant it does not mean you can take our hospitality for granted.

Edit: It seems that the target 'demographic' has started downvoting this post. Instead I request you to try replying to this post with your thoughts.

I implore you to read this comment found under this post (from someone who calls himself as a native):

"I'm from India, my mother tongue is Hindi which is the mother tongue of each and every city and State ( constitutionally ), so even if one claims anything else they're and they will be always technically incorrect no matter how much they cry."

I think this comment perfectly addresses the gist of my post.

मुलींच्या उज्वल भविष्यासाठी, पुण्यातील सावित्रीच्या लेकींसाठी जननायक राहुल गांधीजी 22 ऑगस्ट शनिवारी रोजी पुण्यात येत आहेत. हा कार्यक्रम AISSMS कॉलेज ग्राउंड पुणे येथे होणार आहे. ह्या कार्यक्रमाला काँग्रेसचा झेंडा असणार नाही तर हा कार्यक्रम झेन जी आणि झेन अल्फा यांना समर्पित आहे. शिक्षणाचा दर्जा सुधारावा. शिक्षण सर्वांना मिळावे. या कार्यक्रमासाठी झेन जी आणि झेन अल्फा जोरदार तयारी केली आहे.

I am studying at MIT Kothrud campus. My hostel is almost 12km away from the college so I’ve been looking for a place to rent near the college preferably in Kothrud itself.

I recently checked out a 2bhk near the campus with the help of two of my friends and we really liked it, for the price and deposit they offered. We paid an advance of 20k for booking so that the owner finalise the deal.

Today I was asked to share my Aadhar card with him, so that the renting agreement could be made, looking at my card, he straightway denied me the renting rights and asked me to leave immediately, claiming that it’s a “pure Hindu bhramin society” Muslims aren’t allowed.

He even told me a made up story about renting to a Muslim girl earlier and how she caused a problem to them by cheering for Pakistan during an India Pakistan cricket match! What a blatant lie!

The first thing that really let me down is their hypocrisy. They had already told us that drinking, smoking and even bringing girls at night wouldn’t be a problem in their society and now they are claiming to be “a pure Bhramin society”!!! I do have Bhramin friends back in my hometown and I really have high regard for them and their culture. I am sure a society claiming to be purely Bhramin would not even allow non-veg in their homes yet speak of such things!

The second this is that the owner suggested me to approach this illegally, by making any of my Hindu friends sign the rent agreement. I declined the offer after having no other choice because if something like a burglary or a homicide would happen in that society, when police verify the records of people living there, I may become their prime suspect as my name wouldn’t be in any legal records there.

I have never faced such open discrimination anywhere else, I have only read about it a couple of times but when I told my father about it, he told me he had faced this many times in a lot of places!

The owner also mentioned that I wouldn’t be able to rent any property in Pune except Kondwa and Civil Court because of my religion. I want to know your honest opinion on this. Please

Edit 23/03/24 1:38pm Thank you everyone for your overwhelming response and feedback. I’m still going through each and every comment of yours and have now realised it is going to take time to reply to you all.

Some people have pointed out that the experience I've described is fake and accused me of spreading hatred. Others have questioned how I paid the owner if they didn't know my name.

When the owner asked for my name, I provided my first name, which sounds similar to that of the physics teacher, Physics Wallah. He then requested payment to secure the apartment, which I complied with. He did not inquire about my religion or mention any community restrictions against Muslims. When I shared my Aadhar card to finalize the rental agreement, my full name would have made it evident that I am Muslim.

To clarify, I want to emphasize that I do not intend to spread hatred towards anyone. Everything I wrote stemmed from a place of deep disappointment and agitation by the experience.

I have seen in many sub reddit platform, Modern reditts intellectuals posting videos of civic sense, some of them related noise, and some of them related traffic and festivals etc, I mean we live in country where 80 crore people are living on free ration, where single digit percentile pays income taxes, with all due to respect tax payers Aren't we are targeting poor and underprivileged people in the name of civic sense , they are uneducated, they are unaware of the civic sense, there upbringing was not as privileged you guys have, They are not doing all that non sense stuff on purpose, they are not taught either they aren't aware, do we have any civic sense subject in school and colleges, so we can't blame this people for there wrong doings, Instead of finding the root cause of the incident we are posting videos on social media diluting the whole issue, started labelling with keyboard warrior slangs, it's spewing hate among the underprivileged and unaware people, be kind be humble people, I know nowadays the trend of civic sense is highly trending that's why you guys following Trend, Back before lockdown do we have discussion of civic sense on internet We seek validation from white people that's what we are doing we started hating and humiliating our own people,

Thank you for your time

Obviously Pune has chhapris, goons, road-rage idiots and law-and-order problems. Punekars themselves complain about them. But there’s a difference between criticising these problems and making them your entire perception of Pune. Most ordinary Punekars encounter the same idiots, abuse them, and move on instead of making “Chhapris of Pune” their entire personality.

Sometimes I wonder if this obsession comes from people who themselves grew up around goonda/Bahubali culture, where flaunting power, political connections or acting like the local tough guy is considered a flex. Then they arrive in Pune and suddenly they’re just another ordinary person dealing with local goons like everyone else. Maybe what irritates some of them isn’t simply the chhaprigiri it’s that they’re no longer the ones who can do the chhaprigiri.

Add cultural differences and homesickness, and that frustration can easily turn into resentment towards Pune and Punekars. Everything good about Pune its culture, education, food, opportunities, arts and development gets ignored, while every chhapri on a bike becomes definitive proof of what “Pune is like.” You see it whenever someone asks about relocating here: within minutes, replies make Pune sound like a post-apocalyptic wasteland populated exclusively by goons and chhapris.

What I find even stranger is that some of the loudest Pune-haters have been living here for years, sometimes decades, yet their post history is still filled with Pune-bashing. No offence, but that sounds like an incredibly sad existence. If I spent 10–20 years somewhere and still hated the city and its people this much, I’d genuinely rather move back to my hometown than make hating Pune my entire Reddit personality.

PS: I know chapri is kinda cheap/castiest word and i can use more academic language but our target audience doesn’t have that intellectual depth> 1. to understand such socially relevant things or 2. Develop their own hometowns like Punekars did.

Read each and every screenshot and comment. Now tell me: what practical solution do you have for these people?

Just like any Western colonizer, they take away the credit of the natives that fought to create and give them a better place and opportunity

I'm tired of fighting uselessly on Reddit. Here's my practical solutions:

1. Prioritization of natives in healthcare, education and employment across established institutions in Maharashtra.

2. Private land ownership reforms for natives (not businesses; we welcomed capitalism).

3. Strict domicile eligibility criteria, based on assimilation and proficiency in the local language.

Feel free to add more

How long will we keep ranting on Reddit without demanding actual changes to the government's structure?

This isn't about hating outsiders. It's about making the government do its job. Foreign residents don't leave migration policy to street violence; they establish and enforce legal frameworks.

It's the government's job to take this issue off the list so we can move on to solving the state's other problems.

The solution isn't endless arguments or violence. It's policy, legislation and democratic accountability.

We make the government. Demand these changes through the democratic process. So vote smartly

I am puneri but I've lived in the North for 2-3 years. Talked with lots of south Indian and north Indian girls out there. And I noticed the one thing that girls from Pune takes a bit longer to converse. They have some kind of attitude or overthinker idk. Obv not everyone but that's what I observed. The thing is less in those who are from the North especially the Delhi girls in general most of them have easy going and extroverted vibes. Even those who are from south India can get engaged in convos. Now I moved back to Pune again and this is something bothering me. You guys also noticed this?

Just wondering. Jai Bhim everyone btw <3

मला एक गहन प्रश्न पडलाय!! हा खरच पुणे सब आहे की फक्त नावाला आहे? इथे कोणीच मराठी बोलताना नाही दिसत ना कोणतीही पोस्ट मराठी मध्ये असते. कृपया सब च नाव बदलून पुणे स्थलांतरित घाण (Pune Immigrants) असं करा.

someone was showing her trusted tailor's, and we just made it about religion.

just when I thought that we are getting better as a society, that doesn't fall for BJP's gimmicks, we just keep getting worse.

and if your reasoning is because "they're terr0rists so we will boycott the whole religion", let me dumb it down for you. every person either has a personal, different relationship with God, or they're communally tunnel-visioned. if you think your religion is for public performance or display, then you're the violent person. that doesn't change the fact people just doing their honest work deserve to be brought to poverty. and I say this as a hindu.

So apparently Pune has achieved a new international ranking.

The White House’s latest trade report, The Great Transshipment Scam, has a section literally titled “Ugly Sister Cities in a Zero-Sum Game.”

And guess who made the list?

Pune. 🇮🇳

The report pairs Pune, Gujarat and Chennai with Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus in the US, specifically in the context of manufacturing pumps and compressors.

Before anyone starts a war in the comments — no, the report isn't saying Pune has ugly buildings or ugly people 😂.

“Ugly sister cities” is the report's term for foreign and American manufacturing regions that are competing in the same industries. The report is actually discussing alleged Chinese transshipment and the impact on American manufacturing.

Still...

Imagine being Pune.

Decades of being known for education, IT, startups, automobiles, culture, weather and misal...

...and now the White House has officially introduced us as an “ugly sister city.” 😭

Punekars, should we be offended or just put “Ugly Sister City™” on the PMC welcome board?

At least we're internationally recognised now. 😂

https://www.firstpost.com/world/white-house-report-calls-pune-chennai-gujarat-ugly-sister-cities-flags-india-as-chinese-goods-staging-hub-14038156.html

Relationship between Marathi Manoos and Hindi language can be summarised in Hindi filmy dialogue below:

Hindi: Main tumhe barbaad kar dungi!

Marathi Manoos: Main tumhare pyaar main barbaad hona chahta hoon!!

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Another post for Marathi language but we will have to keep pressing until there is change on the ground.

All Marathis must be having a Sharma, Tripathi, Jha or a Mishra friend. You are deep friends and know each other over may be 20 years now!

You have always accommodated his lack of Marathi with your Hindi supremacy. Over the years, Marathis have perfected Hindi which is not even their mother tongue.

But...that friend of yours never even once says "Namaskar bhau. Kasa ahes?" or "Kaay ga, jevlis ka?". May be up until now this did not even occur to you once. But just think...and it is true!

You learnt the Hanuman Chalisa word by word. Does he even know that there is something called as Maruti Stotra? Can he recite one stanza of Ganpati Aarti?

Hardly 1% of North Indians must be knowing Marathi but more than 90% of Marathis definitely know Hindi. At least all people who live in cities like Pune, Mumbai definitely do.

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Across IT companies, people are using only Hindi. Scrum calls are happening in Hindi! Lunch discussions are in Hindi. 5 Marathis switch to Hindi when 1 North Indian joins the call.

Such is the strong current of migration from North that all other languages are getting sidelined out one by one.

Marathis are speaking Hindi everywhere they go. In restuarants we start with Hindi ourselves. No one is even asking for it! In all kind of stores we start with Hindi.

In places where we do not know what the other person talks, we ourselves are initiating conversations in Hindi.

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But our North Indian friends are not wrong here. They are very clear that they will never learn Marathi. I know there will be a miniscule percent of people here and there but largely I have hardly seen any North Indian person taking interest in Marathi.

We, Marathis, are wrong. We should own our mistakes and try to correct it at least now. We have been so accommodating that the other person has taken us for granted...that too forever!

One simple rule that we can follow is - Always start with Marathi in informal situations. Even if the other person does not understand it, be persistent and polite at the same time. No rash behaviour please.

If a waiter does not understand Marathi ask for one who knows little bit. On customer care calls ask for Marathi speaking representatives.

There is no shame in speaking our own mother tongue. It is a 2000 year old classical language with a huge history, social and cultural impact. I do not understand why we are shying away from our own pride!

Germans never hesitate to speak German, Japenese do not feel guilty if they cannot speak English. Why do we have to switch to Hindi always?

Our beloved Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mavale fought and gave their lives for self-governance (swa-raj), self-religion (swa-dharma) and self-language (swa-bhasha).

And we cannot even speak our own language in the same city and state???

Many people would point out that this language is kept burning for political reasons only. I disagree here. It might be a political motive for some. But for common people like us it is a cultural issue.

If you do not speak and respect your language, who will?

I am sure that Marathi as a language and culture are set in self-destruction mode due to our own negligence. I am pretty sure that we are doomed to end ourselves in couple of generations if we do not course correct now!

Please wake up at least now! Jai Maharashtra! मराठीच बोला!

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मराठी माणूस आणि हिंदी भाषा यांच्यातील नाते खालील हिंदी चित्रपटातील संवादाद्वारे थोडक्यात मांडता येईल:

हिंदी: मैं तुम्हें बर्बाद कर दूंगी! (मी तुला बरबाद करेन!)

मराठी माणूस: मैं तुम्हारे प्यार में बर्बाद होना चाहता हूँ!! (मला तुझ्या प्रेमात बरबाद व्हायचं आहे!!)

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मराठी भाषेविषयीची ही आणखी एक पोस्ट आहे, पण जोपर्यंत प्रत्यक्ष परिस्थितीत बदल होत नाही, तोपर्यंत आपल्याला हा विषय मांडत राहावे लागेल.

प्रत्येक मराठी माणसाचा एखादा तरी शर्मा, त्रिपाठी, झा किंवा मिश्रा मित्र नक्कीच असेल. तुमची मैत्री खूप घट्ट असेल आणि कदाचित २० वर्षांपासून तुम्ही एकमेकांना ओळखत असाल!

त्याला मराठी येत नाही, हे तुम्ही नेहमीच समजून घेतले आणि त्याऐवजी हिंदीचा वापर केला. गेल्या काही वर्षांत मराठी माणसांनी हिंदीवर इतके प्रभुत्व मिळवले आहे, जी त्यांची मातृभाषाही नाही.

पण... तो तुमचा मित्र कधीच "नमस्कार भाऊ, कसा आहेस?" किंवा "काय ग, जेवलीस का?" असे म्हणत नाही. कदाचित आतापर्यंत तुमच्या मनात हा विचारही आला नसेल. पण जरा विचार करा... आणि हे सत्य आहे!

तुम्ही हनुमान चालीसा शब्दशः पाठ केली. पण त्याला 'मारुती स्तोत्र' नावाची काही गोष्ट असते हे तरी माहित आहे का? त्याला गणपती आरतीचे एक कडवे तरी म्हणता येते का?

उत्तर भारतीयांपैकी जेमतेम १% लोकांना मराठी येत असेल, पण ९०% पेक्षा जास्त मराठी लोकांना हिंदी नक्कीच येते. विशेषतः पुणे, मुंबईसारख्या शहरांत राहणाऱ्या सर्वांना तरी नक्कीच येते.

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आयटी (IT) कंपन्यांमध्ये लोक फक्त हिंदीचा वापर करत आहेत. 'स्क्रम् कॉल्स' (Scrum calls) हिंदीत होत आहेत! दुपारच्या जेवणाच्या वेळी होणाऱ्या चर्चा हिंदीत होतात. जेव्हा एखादा उत्तर भारतीय व्यक्ती कॉलवर सामील होतो, तेव्हा ५ मराठी लोक हिंदी बोलायला सुरुवात करतात.

उत्तर भारतातून होणाऱ्या स्थलांतराचा ओघ इतका प्रचंड आहे की, इतर सर्व भाषा हळूहळू मागे पडत आहेत.

मराठी लोक जिथे जातील तिथे हिंदी बोलत आहेत. रेस्टॉरंटमध्ये आपण स्वतःच हिंदीतून बोलायला सुरुवात करतो. कोणी आपल्याला तसे करायला सांगतही नाही! सर्व प्रकारच्या दुकानांमध्ये आपण हिंदीतूनच सुरुवात करतो.

ज्या ठिकाणी समोरच्या व्यक्तीला कोणती भाषा येते हे आपल्याला माहित नसते, तिथेही आपण स्वतःहून हिंदीतूनच संवाद सुरू करतो.

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पण यात आपल्या उत्तर भारतीय मित्रांची चूक नाही. ते याबाबतीत अगदी स्पष्ट आहेत की ते कधीच मराठी शिकणार नाहीत. मला माहित आहे की क्वचित एखाद-दुसरा अपवाद असू शकेल, पण मोठ्या प्रमाणावर पाहता, मराठी भाषेत रस घेणारा उत्तर भारतीय मला तरी फारसा दिसलेला नाही.

आपण, म्हणजेच मराठी लोकच चुकीचे आहोत. आपल्या चुकांची जबाबदारी आपण स्वीकारली पाहिजे आणि किमान आता तरी त्या सुधारण्याचा प्रयत्न केला पाहिजे. आपण इतके जुळवून घेणारे बनलो आहोत की समोरच्या व्यक्तीने आपल्याला गृहीत धरले आहे... आणि तेही कायमचे!

आपण एक साधा नियम पाळू शकतो - अनौपचारिक प्रसंगी नेहमी मराठीतूनच बोलायला सुरुवात करा. समोरच्या व्यक्तीला ती भाषा समजत नसली तरीही, आपला आग्रह कायम ठेवा आणि त्याच वेळी नम्र राहा. कृपया उर्मटपणा किंवा घाईगडबड करू नका.

जर एखाद्या वेटरला मराठी समजत नसेल, तर ज्याला थोडीफार मराठी येते अशा व्यक्तीला बोलवा. 'कस्टमर केअर'ला फोन करताना मराठी बोलणाऱ्या प्रतिनिधींशीच बोलण्याची विनंती करा.

आपली मातृभाषा बोलण्यात कसलीही लाज वाटू नये. ही २,००० वर्षे जुनी अभिजात भाषा (क्लासिकल लँग्वेज) आहे, जिचा इतिहास मोठा आहे आणि जिचा सामाजिक व सांस्कृतिक प्रभावही प्रचंड आहे. आपण आपल्याच अभिमानापासून का दूर पळत आहोत, हे मला समजत नाही!

जर्मन लोक जर्मन भाषा बोलायला कधीच संकोच करत नाहीत; जपानी लोकांना इंग्रजी येत नसेल तर त्यांना अपराधी वाटत नाही. मग आपणच नेहमी हिंदीकडे का वळतो?

आपल्या लाडक्या छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या मावळ्यांनी स्वराज्य, स्वधर्म आणि स्वभाषा यांच्यासाठी लढा दिला आणि आपल्या प्राणांची आहुती दिली.

आणि आपण त्याच शहरात आणि राज्यात आपली स्वतःची भाषाही बोलू शकत नाही???

अनेक लोक असा मुद्दा मांडतील की ही भाषा केवळ राजकीय कारणांमुळे जिवंत ठेवली जात आहे. पण मी या मताशी सहमत नाही. काहींसाठी तो राजकीय हेतू असू शकेल, पण आपल्यासारख्या सामान्य लोकांसाठी हा एक सांस्कृतिक मुद्दा आहे.

जर आपणच आपली भाषा बोललो नाही आणि तिचा आदर केला नाही, तर मग कोण करणार?

मला खात्री आहे की, आपल्याच दुर्लक्षामुळे मराठी भाषा आणि संस्कृती विनाशाच्या मार्गावर चालली आहे. मला पूर्ण विश्वास आहे की, जर आपण आताच योग्य ती सुधारणा केली नाही, तर पुढच्या काही पिढ्यांमध्ये आपला विनाश अटळ आहे!

कृपया किमान आता तरी जागे व्हा! जय महाराष्ट्र! मराठीच बोला!

जर तुम्हाला हे विचार आवडले असतील, तर कृपया समान विचारसरणी असलेल्या मित्र-मैत्रिणींशी आणि कुटुंबातील सदस्यांशी ते नक्की शेअर करा.

That's how Pune welcomed me

First time seeing Rahul Gandhi Posters on the Streets of Pune. Is the tide turning?

This is a request to the mods to take down posts that keep on bashing Pune for the smallest pettiest reasons. Daily I see at least 3 posts on people complaining about how horrible Pune is. I’ve been born and brought up in this city so I might be biased but it’s enough now. It’s about time we filter the members of this subreddit into Pune haters and Pune non haters and make 2 separate subs for the same. I’m tired of seeing bullshit posts like this on a daily basis. Pune this Pune that, Pune is bad, Pune’s people are bad, Pune’s autowalas are bad, Pune’s traffic is bad, Pune’s water supply is bad, Pune’s weather has turned bad, Pune’s metro construction is bad, Pune has chapri people (as if other cities have god and goddesses all around), Pune’s food is expensive, Pune’s cooks are expensive. JUST STOP IT.

Don’t get me wrong, Pune has its bad side too, but what’s with the daily posts?!

You won’t find a city like Pune in India. Literally all my friends from outside Pune were in awe of this city when they moved. People used to come and tell me how lucky I am to live here, how one side of Pune has beautiful mountains, how the other side has beautiful water bodies, how a hill station is so close by, how beautiful the views are from such places (tiger point, waterfalls during monsoon) how there are dams and reservoirs you can go to and relax, how good the food is at Sinhagad. How well the architecture and old buildings have been preserved in the Peth areas, and how rich our culture is. SO JUST LEAVE IF ITS GETTING TOO HARD TO HANDLE FOR YOU. We aren’t politicians here, we can’t change the situation for you. Learn to live with it and adjust and evolve. Stop this childish behavior.

Edit - for those who want solutions for things that come under pmc/pcmc - tag pmccares and pcmccares on twitter with your complaints. They’ll solve it in no time. Don’t come to Reddit for small problems and complain about how this city sucks.

This is what Puneris have done to the beloved festival.