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.

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