an era of all sorts came to an end.. not an abrupt end.. this was probably long arrived years ago.. yes, i'm talking about the late Balasaheb Thackrey.. the end probably was reached the day when he started operating from the sidelines.. but, yesterday, it was the complete end.. sidelines, forefront, et al.. the final rest, as a sort..
i, for once, am an outsider.. that is to say, i do not belong from the land of 'marathi manoos'.. as, i'm not a born-bred 'marathi manoos' nor do i hail from any lineage of the same.. but, nevertheless, i do associate myself completely with the present city and life of Mumbai, erstwhile Bombay.. that is, the cosmopolitan of it.. where, you are not stamped/labelled as 'marathi manoos' but you are a proud Mumbai-ite/Bombay-ite.. and yet, i choose, to speak out on that person, who was such a staunch supporter of anything and everything of austere 'marathi' origin and an equally, if not more,as strong and violently (sic) opposed to anything and everything that is/are not of 'marathi' origin, even anywhere remotely nearby close to it.. and these are true words, like it or not..
because, i belong to that generation and time in space, where my memory will forever be etched with only the vandalism and the hooliganism as portrayed by the shiv sena sainiks.. and so, when yesterday the news finally flashed over all the news channels--'the tiger roars no more'--i was probably one of those negligent few number of people, who were "happy".. for just one reason--there will be no more atrociousness over modern-views of living, oft labelled as the (so-called)'pollutants of the heritage'..
but all said and done, there was a definite amount of respect, that even amidst all this feeling of hatred and disgust, could find its way towards the person.. so, people feeling devastated and shocked and broken and orphaned, makes all the sense in the world.. and, all the more, 'coz they were all his disciples.. so, paying homage/respect to the departed soul, great or not, obviously deserves to be done..
but, common sense speaking here, and assuming the concept of 'after-life' holds true, even the person departed would love for a peaceful and 'civilized manner of 'giving the final respects'.. and my disgust for the said followers became more profound after yesterday's demonstration of their 'paying respect' (sic).. with the shopkeepers running for cover with pulling down the shutters on their business as soon as the news came out, running for their dear old life.. with the transportation going for a toss--the one thing which the city got the 'outsiders' to boast and pride on--it WAS a mayhem and chaos.. and led by whom? unfortunately the very same 'followers' and 'disciples'..
again, the common sense speaking here, i'm pretty sure, no one, including the said departed soul and his kin and clan members, would have loved the paying of final respects to take the shape of such chaos and mayhem, where people were actually seen "worried" for their lives--not because of their leader had died, but entirely because of the outrage as violently demonstrated by the "disciples"..
so, "great" he may had been.. but to me, and to all those 'commoner' like me, the respect for him will always be shrouded in the veils of the disgust, that is wholly and entirely because of the doings of those hooligans, which, unfortunately left a telling mark on my mind..
may his soul rest in peace(sic)..
i, for once, am an outsider.. that is to say, i do not belong from the land of 'marathi manoos'.. as, i'm not a born-bred 'marathi manoos' nor do i hail from any lineage of the same.. but, nevertheless, i do associate myself completely with the present city and life of Mumbai, erstwhile Bombay.. that is, the cosmopolitan of it.. where, you are not stamped/labelled as 'marathi manoos' but you are a proud Mumbai-ite/Bombay-ite.. and yet, i choose, to speak out on that person, who was such a staunch supporter of anything and everything of austere 'marathi' origin and an equally, if not more,as strong and violently (sic) opposed to anything and everything that is/are not of 'marathi' origin, even anywhere remotely nearby close to it.. and these are true words, like it or not..
because, i belong to that generation and time in space, where my memory will forever be etched with only the vandalism and the hooliganism as portrayed by the shiv sena sainiks.. and so, when yesterday the news finally flashed over all the news channels--'the tiger roars no more'--i was probably one of those negligent few number of people, who were "happy".. for just one reason--there will be no more atrociousness over modern-views of living, oft labelled as the (so-called)'pollutants of the heritage'..
but all said and done, there was a definite amount of respect, that even amidst all this feeling of hatred and disgust, could find its way towards the person.. so, people feeling devastated and shocked and broken and orphaned, makes all the sense in the world.. and, all the more, 'coz they were all his disciples.. so, paying homage/respect to the departed soul, great or not, obviously deserves to be done..
but, common sense speaking here, and assuming the concept of 'after-life' holds true, even the person departed would love for a peaceful and 'civilized manner of 'giving the final respects'.. and my disgust for the said followers became more profound after yesterday's demonstration of their 'paying respect' (sic).. with the shopkeepers running for cover with pulling down the shutters on their business as soon as the news came out, running for their dear old life.. with the transportation going for a toss--the one thing which the city got the 'outsiders' to boast and pride on--it WAS a mayhem and chaos.. and led by whom? unfortunately the very same 'followers' and 'disciples'..
again, the common sense speaking here, i'm pretty sure, no one, including the said departed soul and his kin and clan members, would have loved the paying of final respects to take the shape of such chaos and mayhem, where people were actually seen "worried" for their lives--not because of their leader had died, but entirely because of the outrage as violently demonstrated by the "disciples"..
so, "great" he may had been.. but to me, and to all those 'commoner' like me, the respect for him will always be shrouded in the veils of the disgust, that is wholly and entirely because of the doings of those hooligans, which, unfortunately left a telling mark on my mind..
may his soul rest in peace(sic)..
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