Ek Tha Tiger: Death and Bal K. Thackeray. We have reasons to be grateful that Bal K.
Thackeray has died, a normal, natural death. Several of those whom he admired, didn’t. Adolf Hitler, the fellow ‘artist’ he often invoked, killed himself, his mistress and his dog. Indira Gandhi, and her son Sanjay, the mother and son firm of despots that Bal Thackeray endorsed, didn’t go gently into the night either. Sanjay Gandhi, the ‘bold young man’ whom Thackeray recognized as a fellow spirit came spiraling down in his own airplane, demonstrating that the indifferent sky does occasionally listen to the prayers of the earth to alleviate its burden. Little bit playful! at Praveen Arimbrathodiyil blogs here. Rishma Damodar Hearing about the life of Kani, daughter of social activist Maithreyan and Dr AK Jayashri is wonderful… ‘I call my dad Maithreyan only.
And my mother Jayashrichechi (chechi is elder sister in Malayalam). They are not legally married. The Hindu Column by ShashiTharoor.