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Bal Keshav Thackeray: A Photobiography

 
Raj Thackeray (Author)
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Born in Pune on January 23, 1927, Bal Keshav Thackeray was brought up in a modest Marathi household in Mumbai in the 1930s and 1940s. Mumbai has remained central to Thackeray’s personality and politics. The city’s myriad sounds and smells, its Art Deco buildings and art galleries, Irani restaurants and cricket matches, chawls and wadis, maidans and parks-all this and Mumbai’s masti constitute the sum and substance of Thackeray. He imbibed the virtues of self-reliance and thrift at the feet of his father, Keshav Sitarm Thackeray who was firebrand social crusader. A self-taugh artist, Bal Thackeray honed his drawing and sketching skills under masters such as Dinanath Dalal and S.M. Pandit. Walt Disney and Sir David Low have deeply influenced his craftsmanship. The 1950s saw Bal Thackeray’s meteoric rise as a cartoonist. With his deft storkes he offered a scathing comment, laced with razor-sharp wit, on topical issues. Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray’s political outfit, which he launched in June 1966, is seen as an extension of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a popular struggle in the 1950s for the creation of a separate linguistic stale for Marathis. Anchored in anti-Congressism, the Samiti whetted Marathis’ appetite for a regional force. The sena fitted the bill. The Sena’s trek to political stardom has been a zigzag journey. The party perfected the politics of alliance much before the NDA and the UPA juggernauts arrived on the scene. From ‘Mumbai for Marathis’ to Hindutva, Thackeray has come a long way. The Sena-BJP alliance wrested power from Congress in 1995. Today, the Sena has a formidable presence in the Maharashtra legislative assembly. Thackeray lives in Mumbai with his family. He is the editor of Saamna, the Sena mouthpiece.

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About the author

Raj Thackeray

Raj Thackeray, a prominent Shiv Sena leader, is Bal Thackeray's nephew. An alumni of the prestigiuos Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai, Raj Thackeray is an accomplished cartoonist. Films and music are Raj's passions. He lives in Mumbai.

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Bibliographic information

Title Bal Keshav Thackeray: A Photobiography
Author Raj Thackeray
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2005
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8174765387
length 419p., Figures; Plates; 29cm.
Subjects Biography