The tiger in winter
Not withstanding his larger-than-life image and his ability to bring the country’s financial capital to a halt, Bal Keshav Thackeray had lately been a lonely man, and he died a near-lonely death. His rise, from a cartoonist to a maverick politician in the “Godfather” mould, had certainly been meteoric. But it also highlights the Congress’s monumental miscalculation in dealing with regional sentiments. Bal Thackeray’s political career underlined how wrong India’s grand old party could go while addressing regional issues.
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