Author: Dhaval Kulkarni
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9353056470
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 299
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They are first cousins twice over, but have had widely divergent political trajectories. One, an abrasive, fire-breathing demagogue, was seen as his uncle's political heir whose behavioural traits he cultivated. The other, an introvert, is at his best when plotting strategies on the drawing board rather than the rough-and-tumble of street-corner politics that his party is known for in India's financial capital. Starting out as brothers-in-arms, they had a bitter falling out over inheriting the party mantle. The younger cousin branched out on his own, hijacked the populist, ethno-centric plank of his parent party, putting his cousin-turned-political foe on the defensive. A series of miscalculations later, the boot seems to be on the other foot. The elder cousin has managed to keep his flock together and cemented his position as his late father Bal Thackeray's political heir, while the other, one of the most popular crowd-pullers in Maharashtra, is itching for an electoral comeback. The Cousins Thackeray evaluates the political careers of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. It also examines questions about identity politics, and the social, cultural and economic matrix that catalysed the formation of the Shiv Sena and the MNS from it. Above all, it is a look at what makes the Thackeray cousins so integral to the politics of India, Maharashtra and Mumbai.
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Category : 1853
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 9781427053435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Author: Vaibhav Purandare
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN: 8174369910
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Vaibhav Purandare grew up in Mumbai in the 1980s and 90s, the tumultuous decades in which Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena went from being regional political players to champions of a militant Hindutva that carried their rhetoric and rage across India. He began his journalistic career with the political newsmagazine Blitz in 1993, in the early part of which Thackeray and his organisation played a key role in the Mumbai riots, and has since worked with India’s leading newspapers such as The Indian Express, The Asian Age, Daily News and Analysis (DNA), Mid Day and Mumbai Mirror, apart from writing for a host of other publications. His first book, The Sena Story was published in 1999, when he was only 23. His second book, Sachin Tendulkar: A Definitive Biography (Roli Books) and is now into its fifth edition. He is currently Senior Associate Editor with the Hindustan Times, Mumbai.
Author: Dhaval Kulkarni
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 939032775X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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On 12 January 1925, twenty-five-year-old Abdul Kader Bawla, one of the richest men in colonial Bombay and a corporator in the Bombay Municipal Corporation, was murdered on Malabar Hill while out for an evening drive with his mistress, Mumtaz Begum. The objective of the attack was to abduct Mumtaz, who was saved by the appearance of four British army officers who fended off the attackers with nothing more than a golf club. Investigations by the Bombay police revealed a link between the crime and the princely state of Indore. The subsequent controversy led to the abdication of Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar III, the ruler of Indore, to avoid an inquiry. A century later, the sensational murder case continues to be a milestone in the history of the Mumbai police. With a narrative built around a beautiful courtesan, a wealthy heir, a spurned king, an upright police officer and a sensational murder, this book is a masterful chronicle of early twentieth-century colonial India.
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Category : Snobs and snobbishness
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Author: Zelma Catalan
Publisher: Zelma Catalan
ISBN: 9789540728230
Category : Irony in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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