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इथेच थांबून आस्वाद घेणार, की इथले खाद्यपदार्थ सोबत घेऊन ‘तिकडे’जाणार?
- जगभरातल्या ‘मॅकडोनल्डस्’मध्ये विचारला जाणारा हा प्रश्न.
चाळीस-पंचेचाळीस वर्षांपूर्वी मध्यमवर्गीय मानसिकतेची कुंपणं तोडून महासागर ओलांडण्याचं धाडस करणाNया मराठी माणसांनी उत्तर अमेरिकेत नवं आयुष्य उभारायची धडपड सुरू केली, त्या क्षणापासून या प्रश्नाने त्यांचा पिच्छा पुरवला. ‘इथेच’ राहून इथले होणार? की ‘इकडली’ पुंजी बांधून घेऊन ‘तिकडे’ परत जाणार?
खिशात आठ डॉलर्स, बॅगेत वीस किलो सामान आणि अज्ञाताला तोंड देण्याइतपत मनाचा हिय्या
एवढ्या भरवश्यावर या माणसांनी दहा हजार मैलांची उडी मारली, तर रात्रीचा दिवस आणि दिवसाची थेट रात्रच.
उत्तर अमेरिकेच्या भूमीवर पाय रोवणारी मराठी माणसांची पहिली पिढी. त्या पिढीच्या संघर्षाची ही कहाणी.
परक्या देशात रुजण्यासाठी दिलेल्या झुंजीची... सोसलेल्या असह्य ओढाताणीची...
अपार कष्टांची... हिमतीची... अपरंपार वैभवाची... झळाळत्या यशाची आणि एकट्या, एकाकी अपयशाचीही!
About the author
For here, or to go?' This question is always asked at the McDonalds all over the world. It means that whatever you have ordered, are you going to eat it here or do you want it as a parcel? Some 40 to 50 years ago, when the middle class Maharashtrians decided to break their mentalities to cross the oceans to reach the North America in search of a new life, they were continuously asked this question; "Are you going to stay here and be Americans, or are you going to return to India once you have earned enough?' These people had only a few dollars, a ticket for the journey, a baggage weighing 20 kg and a firm mind set to fight the unknown destiny. With this meagre capital they landed up in a far away land, 10 thousand miles away from their motherland; where the night was day and the day was night; actually. The first generation of Marathi people landed in the North America. This book presents the story of their struggle, story of their unbearable strain, their tremendous hardship, their guts, the wealth they acquired, their shining glories and yes their lonely defeat too.
