Cousins Thackeray

Cousins Thackeray
Author: Dhaval Kulkarni
Publisher: Ebury Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-09-20
Genre: Maharashtra (India)
ISBN: 9780143448488

They are first cousins twice over, but have had widely divergent political trajectories. One, an abrasive, fire-breathing demagogue, was seen as his uncle's political heir whose behavioural traits he cultivated. The other, an introvert, is at his best when plotting strategies on the drawing board rather than the rough-and-tumble of street-corner politics that his party is known for in India's financial capital. Starting out as brothers-in-arms, they had a bitter falling out over inheriting the party mantle. The younger cousin branched out on his own, hijacked the populist, ethno-centric plank of his parent party, putting his cousin-turned-political foe on the defensive. A series of miscalculations later, the boot seems to be on the other foot. The elder cousin has managed to keep his flock together and cemented his position as his late father Bal Thackeray's political heir, while the other, one of the most popular crowd-pullers in Maharashtra, is itching for an electoral comeback. The Cousins Thackeray evaluates the political careers of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. It also examines questions about identity politics, and the social, cultural and economic matrix that catalysed the formation of the Shiv Sena and the MNS from it. Above all, it is a look at what makes the Thackeray cousins so integral to the politics of India, Maharashtra and Mumbai.

Thackeray's Works

Thackeray's Works
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 462
Release: 1891
Genre: English literature
ISBN:

Bal Thackeray & The Rise of the Shiv Sena

Bal Thackeray & The Rise of the Shiv Sena
Author: Vaibhav Purandare
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2013-02-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 8174369910

Vaibhav Purandare grew up in Mumbai in the 1980s and 90s, the tumultuous decades in which Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena went from being regional political players to champions of a militant Hindutva that carried their rhetoric and rage across India. He began his journalistic career with the political newsmagazine Blitz in 1993, in the early part of which Thackeray and his organisation played a key role in the Mumbai riots, and has since worked with India’s leading newspapers such as The Indian Express, The Asian Age, Daily News and Analysis (DNA), Mid Day and Mumbai Mirror, apart from writing for a host of other publications. His first book, The Sena Story was published in 1999, when he was only 23. His second book, Sachin Tendulkar: A Definitive Biography (Roli Books) and is now into its fifth edition. He is currently Senior Associate Editor with the Hindustan Times, Mumbai.

Mr. Thackeray's Works

Mr. Thackeray's Works
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1869
Genre:
ISBN:

William Thackeray

William Thackeray
Author: Professor Donald Hawes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134781512

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.