Tiger Tiger. burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? ....... William Blake!
Bal Thackeray was known as the Tiger! Gone are those days! Even a rabbit doesn’t give a damn to an old tiger! At 75 Thackeray can hardly enjoy the glory he enjoyed and command the respect of the general public and his ardent sainiks he once enjoyed. Worst for him, dissidence in the family and the direct challenge to his supremacy and charisma from his own nephew has humbled him no end! I’m neither a Thackeray basher to enjoy his fate nor his fan to lament the fall his fall from glory. What I want to consider is the scenario of a post Thackeray Era based on some facts! India has very funny political affiliations. People from the majority are divided in their supports for the 2 big national parties and the regional parties. This is where the minority vote banks come in handy and political parties go to the extremes to win their hearts. Even BJP which has been widely viewed as a Hindu party has left no stone unturned to win the minority vote banks. This is where Mr. Thackeray ideology appeals me. Is'nt he the only stanch supporter of the Hindus and has never tried to please the Muslims for the sake oft heir votes? In the post Thackeray era can we find a ardent Hindu supporter who we can say won’t care for the Muslim votes if the Hindu interests are to be protected. The situation is more grave if we consider the scenario of public agitation or communal tensions. After the Bombay blasts the tensions were high and it is said the Muslims were on a rampage. It is believed that the rage of the babri masjid demolition and the fillip provided by the blasts master minded by the infamous Muslim Don had put them on a high. Under these circumstances when the majority community in Bombay was running for cover Thackeray incited the Shiv Sainiks to protect the Hindus with their blood through inflammatory articles in Saamna! What happened after that is a gory sequence of events which blotted the secular image of the country and tarnished the Thackeray image no end. However the point here is, God forbid, but if anything similar events happen in future is there any one we can look to , to be our savior?
I'll reiterate I’m not a follower or preacher of Thackerayism, but I admire him for his undying chauvinism in a world of less and less patriotism, I admire him for his stanch principles in a world of less and less morals!
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? ....... William Blake!
Bal Thackeray was known as the Tiger! Gone are those days! Even a rabbit doesn’t give a damn to an old tiger! At 75 Thackeray can hardly enjoy the glory he enjoyed and command the respect of the general public and his ardent sainiks he once enjoyed. Worst for him, dissidence in the family and the direct challenge to his supremacy and charisma from his own nephew has humbled him no end! I’m neither a Thackeray basher to enjoy his fate nor his fan to lament the fall his fall from glory. What I want to consider is the scenario of a post Thackeray Era based on some facts! India has very funny political affiliations. People from the majority are divided in their supports for the 2 big national parties and the regional parties. This is where the minority vote banks come in handy and political parties go to the extremes to win their hearts. Even BJP which has been widely viewed as a Hindu party has left no stone unturned to win the minority vote banks. This is where Mr. Thackeray ideology appeals me. Is'nt he the only stanch supporter of the Hindus and has never tried to please the Muslims for the sake oft heir votes? In the post Thackeray era can we find a ardent Hindu supporter who we can say won’t care for the Muslim votes if the Hindu interests are to be protected. The situation is more grave if we consider the scenario of public agitation or communal tensions. After the Bombay blasts the tensions were high and it is said the Muslims were on a rampage. It is believed that the rage of the babri masjid demolition and the fillip provided by the blasts master minded by the infamous Muslim Don had put them on a high. Under these circumstances when the majority community in Bombay was running for cover Thackeray incited the Shiv Sainiks to protect the Hindus with their blood through inflammatory articles in Saamna! What happened after that is a gory sequence of events which blotted the secular image of the country and tarnished the Thackeray image no end. However the point here is, God forbid, but if anything similar events happen in future is there any one we can look to , to be our savior?
I'll reiterate I’m not a follower or preacher of Thackerayism, but I admire him for his undying chauvinism in a world of less and less patriotism, I admire him for his stanch principles in a world of less and less morals!
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