Sujata Anandan

Samrat (eBook, ePUB)

How The Shiv Sena Changed Mumbai Forever

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena exposed!Full of anecdotes and pulling no punches, Samrat explores the life and times of Bal Thackeray and attempts to bring to the readers a unique insight into how a rather timid man from the working classes was shaped by his circumstances - and certain vested interests - into becoming a demagogue with the kind of success and following few could either dream of or replicate in the future. Thackeray not just changed the name of Bombay to Mumbai but quite altered the character and fabric of the city even though he was driven not by ideology, as might have seemed to most outsiders, but by his own pragmatism and personal interests. As Vir Sanghvi says in the foreword, 'The book is an attempt to understand the milieu that Thackeray operated in and to capture the essence of his style amidst the shifting stands and the politics of pragmatism'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789350296868
• Artikelnr.: 59890915

Autorenporträt

Sujata Anandan, a journalist for nearly three decades, had closely observed the rise and fall of the Shiv Sena since the 1980s. She worked for leading newspapers like The Indian Express, magazines like Outlook, and a wire service (United News of India). A versatile writer, Sujata distinguished herself as a political analyst with sharp insights. As a young correspondent, she specialized in conflict and disaster news coverage - riots, massacres, cyclones and earthquakes in different parts of the world. She was the political editor at the Hindustan Times. She passed away, tragically, in February 2024.