It’s been quite some time I
blogged. Got totally busy with my brother’s forthcoming wedding and the ensuing
preparations. Then the Diwali and just while I was still plunging in the verve
of the festival, there comes the news of the death of Balasaheb Thackeray and
another charismatic member of my family. I know that this is not a germane
start to my paused blogging but I still decide to go ahead.
I really wanted to write a lot on
the legend. The charisma that ruled Mumbai and taught Mumbaikar’s to hold their
head high up. The perpetual guiding force for many who had lost the hopes and
succumbed to the situation. But I choose not to. Because, I feel I am too trivial
and slipshod to write about the legend that I really don’t know that well. I
may not approve the ways he adopted to ascertain his point but I salute the
intents and his honest and brave eloquence that endeared the masses on a larger
scale. ‘Tiger’ that he was called, was
an apropos title he lived his life with. With his death, the financial capital
of India comes to a stand-still faster than anything else; such is his
supremacy and the influence on the people of Maharashtra. There will never be
another stern tiger like him. He has gone forever and ever leaving behind a
legacy that needs a terrific leadership to proliferate and nurture.
Rest in
peace, Saheb! You will be forever missed!
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