Bal Thackeray, as I have said before, often reminds me of the good Queen in Alice in Wonderland who was wont to say, “Off with his head!” at the slightest pretext. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Ayodhya, Babri Masjid, Bal Thackeray, Bandra, Bangaru Laxman, Bihari, bjp, Bombay, burkha, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, child-thefts, Congress, Indo-Pak matche, Maharashtra, Matoshree, Muslim, Sajid Nadiadwala, Shiv Sena, Shivaji Park, Wankhede stadium
At a time when television news was just coming of age in India (the mid-Nineties), I recall I was in Delhi when the then Congress president Sitaram Kesri had pulled support from the Deve Gowda government. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Congress, G K Moopanar, gram to Sevagram, hindustan times, Manikrao Thakrel, Murli Deora, NCP, news, Praful Patel, RSS, Satish Chaturvedi, Sitaram Kesri, sound byte, Star Mazha, Star News, Tamil Manila Congress
There’s something distinctively feeble about the tiger’s roar these days. And perhaps many of the recent fat cats in the Shiv Sena have something to do with it. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bal Thackeray, Bigg Boss Season 4, lathi-charge, Lonavla, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, MNS, My Name Is Khan, Raj Thackeray, Shah Rukh Khan, Shiv Sainiks, Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray
I may or may not agree with the Allahabad High Court’s verdict on Ayodhya but one thing I am very thankful for: the will power of governments both at the Centre and in the States this time round who made it clear that the verdict must be accepted with grace and that no violence or triumphalism by any side will be tolerated even for a minute. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Allahabad High Court, Ayodhya verdict, Babri Masjid, Bal Thackeray, hindustan times, riots, Shiv Sainiks, Srikrishna Commission, Sudhakarrao Naik