1. Centuries of evolution have made the Indian intelligentsia into a unique race.
2. Maharashtrian intelligentsia, this author feels, is second to none among all intelligentsias in this country. However, it is existentially faced with a few problems, listed below:
I. PROBLEMS NOT OF ITS MAKING:
a. It is, numerically, a very small percentage of the total local, lingual, population, which includes the non-intelligentsia.
b. Its non-intelligentsia has not generated significant brain power.
c. Absence of the Vaishya varna.
II. PROBLEMS OF ITS OWN MAKING:
a. Its known disaffection for the English language.
b. Its traditional lack of enthusiasm toward developing its non-intelligentsia.
c. Animus It faces from the non-intelligentsia.
d. Rising degeneracy.
e. A bleak future.
f. Lack of glamour.
g. Dominance only in the service sector.
h. Increasing consciousness among its non-intelligentsia to avoid being exploited, and resist getting communalised.
III. ITS EMBARRASSMENTS:
a. Its involvement in Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
b. Despite being a success story, its failure to develop its non-intelligentsia.
3. As things stand today, although things seem to be currently rosy for it, it is not planning for intra-lingual dislike, and survival.