First of all I would like to call it as unwanted and unwarranted discussion. Sachin has said something which was not required and Siva Sena chief said something against it. Thats all.It was a simple statement sachin and SenA chief made and thats all. But people are just making issues for nothing.Sachin could have abstain from making such statements as end of the day both Sachin and Thackerey are Maharastrians.

If the senas are Taliban, Congress, NCP and BJP in Maharashtra are moderate Taliban. Why should Sachin say he is a proud Maharashtrian. If he said he was a proud Indian will it not include Maharashtra. Nowadays it is hard to locate a liberal, broad-minded Maharashtrian.Only God can save this country being engulfed by linguistic fanaticism. Finally when Mumbai was attacked last year was it the sena or India that saved it? What about the sacrifices of those non-Maharashtrian Indians?

India is a sum of its ethnic parts, not subtractions. If India fails to nurture them and give space to them, there won't be any diversity left, nor India. We are Indians because we are Marathi and Gujaratis and Tamils. Please respect their cultural space. It is those who like to de-indianize indian diversity who seek to pit them against each other for their own power. How did congress won - by splintering the vote base of marathis into Shivsena and MNS camps. And now they tout 'Indian first' as insidious negation of being Marathi. If Congress has its way, not only ethnic diversities would be denied any breathing space, India itself would be de-indianized too in favor of global fads.

WE - MARATHI MANOOS, GUJARATI MANOOS, TAMIL MANOOS , KERALA MANOOS , PUNJAB MANOOS - ARE ALL INDIAN MANOOS FIRST. WE ALL SUPPORT OUR INDIAN INTERNATIONAL HERO SACHIN TENDULKAR FOR HIS INTELLIGENT REMARK THAT WE ARE ALL INDIANS FIRST.

We should not nurture regionalism. Otherwise it will devour the concept of vasudheva kumtumbakam. And for the matter of Sachin, it is painful. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the Czar of Cricket who has always been at the zenith of his career. His magic bat sends the balls to cross many boundaries, but he always stays within the boundary of humility. He still runs between wickets for garnering runs, but stays in the crease of decency. He attributes his humility to his upbringing. For that I salute not only him, but also his beloved parents. I live in his time as a fellow citizen is a great achievement for me. May a world cup final with his outstanding performance witness his glorious retirement! However,Thackeray must learn a simple lesson from this proud Marathi manoos how to stay in the crease of democracy.

How about sticking to politics Mr Bal Thackeray!! You and your divisive, cheap politics

What can one say about this old man some people say that as one starts to get older his brains start to fade away and becomes childish, this is an genuine example, the poor fellow (Bal Thackeray) look how he is crying like Sachin Tendulkar had snatched a "Lolly Pop" right out of his hand. I would ask people to forgive this old guy and not to pay attention to him. I see some people calling people of Mumbai ill informed and illiterate as they did not vote for Shiv Sena my friend you need to search within yourself who is more Illiterate and Ill-Informed people who try to Unite the country and its regions or the people who try to divide a country based on it region. This kind of attitue would draw a border among the Indian states and may be we would require visa to got to other states and same would be true for other states. My sense prevail in supporters of MNS and Shiv Sena.

I am an admirer of Sachin the cricketer, but I think this time Sachin made these remarks simply to get political popularity. In this sense what Bal Thakeray said is correct.

Congress' ideology is different from all parties, which is none! Congress wants that others opinions not be covered by media so they can continue to win national and state elections by getting votes of illiterate and ill-informed people of Bharat.

this shows the real colour and attiude of these sivsiniks.they are claiming as more indians than anybody and in true picture they are the real enemies of national integrity.the present bombay is the effort of people from all over india through out all these years and it is not the parental property of some vicious polititans.as bal said these type of politics is not suitable for gentle men like suchin.but what suchin meant is true.we should be more indians than marathi ,gujarathi.madrasi .beehari,bengali or punjabi.be prouud to say as indian

The battle of the Tiger and the wanna be Tiger - one must fall. Bal has done what every Congress supporter would have wished for - shown his true colours. If even now the Shiv Sena and the MNS win a few seats in the next election, it will be a surprise. Who better than Sachin Tendulkar to tell these two to shut up! If anyone has been watching the news lately it is plain to see the kind of bashing the MNS and Sena get in any debate. They are a shame to Maharashtra and the Marathi people. Trust me they are probably thinking to themselves - rahu de, mhatara jhalet. And for the young Tiger, they are probably ashamed he uses their mother tongue simply for his personal, political and financial gains. I am a Christian, a Mumbaiite, an Indian but a human being first. Thank God there are more of us humans out there and not these Tigers and other animals, or we would have to have cages everywhere.