Why could there be no other Bal Thackrey?

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desijat

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We love him or hate him, fact is that he is, or was a stalwart who had no matching across India. There are several regional parties that exist with regional leaders, for example Baadals, Choutalas, Abdullas, Yadavs but the charisma of Thackrey does not even come near to any of these leaders.

Curious to know what was it that made him the Thackrey he is, and will remain forever?
 
उनकी जगह कोई और नहीं ले सकता। एक युग का अंत हो गया। भारतवर्ष को उन जैसे बेबाक कट्टर राष्ट्रभक्त की कमी खलेगी। भगवान उनकी आत्मा को शांति दे।

desijat said:
We love him or hate him, fact is that he is, or was a stalwart who had no matching across India. There are several regional parties that exist with regional leaders, for example Baadals, Choutalas, Abdullas, Yadavs but the charisma of Thackrey does not even come near to any of these leaders.

Curious to know what was it that made him the Thackrey he is, and will remain forever?
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desijat said:
We love him or hate him, fact is that he is, or was a stalwart who had no matching across India. There are several regional parties that exist with regional leaders, for example Baadals, Choutalas, Abdullas, Yadavs but the charisma of Thackrey does not even come near to any of these leaders.

Curious to know what was it that made him the Thackrey he is, and will remain forever?
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His plain speaking on issues dear to his heart, his fierce love for Maratha Manus and ardent votary of Hinduism, made him more than a patriarch of a regional political outfit and he became a living legend in his life time.
 
He was safeguarding Interests of his People, which is not wrong either. When you talk about Jat Reservation, It is somewhat on similar terms. And Remember when Shiv Sena dug up the Pitch. It was Shiv Sena & VHP which took a stand that India refuse to resume cricket ties until Pakistan brings to justice the 2008 Terror Masterminds. One big reason why after 93 blasts, Dawood fled to Gulf. He took a stand & stood by it no matter what.
And, did you create this thread to question him/ methods he used or to pay condelences?
RIP - Hindu Hriday Samrat!
 
rohittewatia said:
And, did you create this thread to question him/ methods he used or to pay condelences?
RIP - Hindu Hriday Samrat!
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To compare him with other regional leaders.

Although Hindu Hriday Smrat in my opinion is a way too big word for Thackrey, Maharashtra Hindu Hriday Samrat would be apt
 
That's how a friend of mine paid homage (to Thackrey) on facebook :
टाइगर की अदा निराली रही है .....वैलेंटाइन डे का विरोध करते हुए माइकल जैक्सन को घर पे खाना खिलाते हैं ...पाकिस्तानी खिलाडियों को भारत में खेलने नही देते हैं और जावेद मियादाद को खाने पे बुलाते हैं ..... बिहारिओ का मुंबई में विरोध करते हैं और शत्रुघन सिन्हा को घर पे हरी मिर्ची खिलाते हैं ....सलाम ......बस और कुछ नही ...एक था टाइगर ....
 
Pannu ki post padh ke I also got reminded of a FB Status posted by a journalist friend of mine:

'I have a wry smile as I type this sitting in my office. Today, while endlessly waiting to get to work for nearly an hour, an AIR INDIA ON DUTY cab wallah stopped by at the bus stop after I waved at him. His first question: Saab, Marathi Manoos? , I said: No, I am not. Then he asked where I wanted to go and I told him. He asked me to hop in, and on the way narrated his life story. A man in mid thirties from UP, whose brother was brutally injured a few years ago when SS workers attacked Taxi wallahs in Mumbai. He swore today to not help any Marathi out of that one incident and said he was glad, BT is no more. Is this the India we want to leave beghind where in the time of crisis, we help one another on the basis of religion and region. Shame.'
 
एक ऐसा शेर जो सिर्फ अपने घर की खिड़की से दहाड़ता था | महाराष्ट्रवाद मे ही अगर राष्ट्रवाद हैं तो फिर हमे भी हरियाणवीवाद पंजाबिवाद जट्ट्वाद करना चाहिए !
 
A Leader of Ideology(Rare Thing in Today's Politics) who had the Guts to call a Spade a Spade. Nice One from the Benevolent Dictator & Tiger "I welcome their Fear".
 
A power less hitler ….while hitler tried to unify the swastika followers of whole world and Bala Saheb approach was limited to just one region . Hitler roared for Aryans while he tried to roar for just Marathis ……. The only diff which i can see between them is sphere of influence in their prime . His politics was based on distraction instead of construction . His whimsical approach in targeting people ( Indians ) from one region was shameful.
 
desijat said:
Pannu ki post padh ke I also got reminded of a FB Status posted by a journalist friend of mine:

'I have a wry smile as I type this sitting in my office. Today, while endlessly waiting to get to work for nearly an hour, an AIR INDIA ON DUTY cab wallah stopped by at the bus stop after I waved at him. His first question: Saab, Marathi Manoos? , I said: No, I am not. Then he asked where I wanted to go and I told him. He asked me to hop in, and on the way narrated his life story. A man in mid thirties from UP, whose brother was brutally injured a few years ago when SS workers attacked Taxi wallahs in Mumbai. He swore today to not help any Marathi out of that one incident and said he was glad, BT is no more. Is this the India we want to leave beghind where in the time of crisis, we help one another on the basis of religion and region. Shame.'
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Gentleman!
Conditions are far more dangerous in this country. Why should we 'alone' discuss Nationalism? In match fixing scandal, Azharuddin(Ex. Indian kir-kiretar & captain) was guilty. And our public made him MP.

"कब से हूँ क्या बताऊँ जहान-ए-खराब में
शब हाय हिज्र को भी रखूँ गर हिसाब में"


जहान-ए-खराब - दुखी संसार
शब - रात
हिज्र - जुदाई, Separation
 
Bal Thakre enjoyed mass support due to his ability to connect with the masses. He used his wit and charm, evident in his political cartoons to make statements that seemed to gel with the Marathi Manoos. He started off with the pro-Marathi slogan which led to his anti-South Indian stance. Later he joined the Hindutva bandwagon to sell old wine in new bottle. This helped him expand his popularity beyond Mumbai and gained him followers across the country, some of whom can be seen paying eulogies to him on this thread.

His party the Shiv Sena is nothing but a collection of strongmen or goondas in local language. When they opposed South Indians vandalizing their businesses and thrashing businessmen, they extracted hafta or funds to keep the organization running. Same was applied on North Indians later. And still continues as MNS workers beat up innocent non-Marathi taxi drivers on the road. Mob-violence is a common and often used tactic of the Sena. South Indians taking your mill jobs? Beat up every South Indian guy you see on the road and smash their Udipi hotels. Too many North Indians in Mumbai? grab any taxi driver or autowallah on Mumbai street. Ask if he's non-Marathi. If answered in the affirmative, give him a sound thrashing and break his car's windows. Not to mention Shiv Sena's role in Bhiwandi, Jalgaon and later Mumbai riots.

Politically the Shiv Sena kept choosing sides to advance its case untill the 90s when it firmly chose the anti-Congress stand.

But the biggest harm Bal Thakre has done is making ethno-centrism a justified philosophy. By saying the first right on Mumbai is of Mumbaikars, he relegated all non-Mumbaikars living and working in Mumbai to second class citizens. A city belongs to the whole country. A non-Mumbaikar pays as much tax to BMC as does a Marathi Manoos and hence has equal right. And Mumbai rose by the power of the immigrants. Pathans, Punjabis, Malayalis, Tamils, Biharis it was the combined efforts of the whole of India that helped it become what it is today. Perhaps it's a credit to the city and its people that immigrants continued to swell and the city flourished in spite of the poison spread by Shiv Sena.

If one cares to analyze, one can see vast similarities between Bal Thakre and Bhindrawala. Both held extreme ethno-centric stances and sought to win the masses by idiomatic phrases and fire-brand speeches. The only differences being that Bhindrawala, the extremist, picked up the gun and Bal Thakre, the politician, used mob violence.
 
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I could not believe that so many celebrities paid him the homage! Goondaism Celebrity nexus!! Probably these people were either threatened by him or he favoured them in getting the business.
 
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atishmohan said:
I could not believe that so many celebrities paid him the homage! Goondaism Celebrity nexus!! Probably these people were either threatened by him or he favoured them in getting the business.
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Newspaper Reported 20 Lacks People. OMG.

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