Raj Thackeray's provocative comments against the North Indians has affected school attendance in Nashik.The Hindi Madhayamik Vidyalaya, one of Nashik's top school for two decades now, has an attendance of barely 200 students.Most of them are originally from North India with families settled in Nashik for many years. Nasik, for these children has always been home but with events over the last two weeks, they have been forced to question this claim.