Ek tha TIGER... REALLY?

November 17, 2012 a day that I will never forget.. For the first time in my life I got a chance to see the glimpse of Bombay in Mumbai.... One mans death and the entire city stopped… when alive he could shut down the city after all fear was the key and now when he passed away guess what Emotion is the key.

Yesterday Offices in Mumbai closed down earlier than normal. Many shops in busy areas of the city were shut down. Roads in many parts of the usually bustling financial capital teeming with a sea of humanity were unusually quiet. Medical stores were forced to shut, Multiplexes decided not to screen any movie. Shootings in film city and other studios were stopped. Wondering what brought Maximum City to a halt?

Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist with an English newspaper but later he began Marmik, a Marathi weekly for, by and of the Marathi people. Balasaheb always knew the people were frustrated. He had a knack of feeling the pulse of his people.

For some people Balasaheb was a Superhero, for some he was a terrorist. For some people he united the state and for some he evoked feelings of divide and rule. Viewpoint differs from person to person. What is right and what is wrong even I don’t know bt all I can say is that Bal Thackeray has surely got the power to bring Mumbai a city that never sleeps to a Halt. For most it’s the fear while for others it’s the respect. In the end just one question Respect causes Fear or Fear causes Respect?

May Bal Thackeray’s Soul rest in peace….