Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Sena men attack Outlook magazine office in Mumbai
On Tuesday, 10 people damaged property, shouted slogans and threatened to cause more damage before leaving. No one was injured.
On page 34 of the current issue of 'Outlook' there is a sketch of Mr. Thackeray, sporting a toothbrush moustache, in Hitler’s attire. He is the eighth in the list of 11 villains.
Apparently "Outlook recognises Shiv Sena’s right to protest but claims there should be more civilised and more democratic forms of protest.”
The Outlook list of villains includes Nathuram Godse, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sanjay Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Mohammed Azharuddin, Bal Thackeray, H.K.L. Bhagat, Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, Dawood Ibrahim and Indira Gandhi’ s killers Beant and Satwant Singh.
IMO: Bal Thackeray is a cartoonist as well as being a politician. His cartoons are excellent, and his record as a politican is of the highest. That being the case, it seems to me that to describe him as a 'villain' is almost political rhetoric. However 'Outlook' make a fair point that there could and should be better and less violent ways of political protest..That could only benefit India. Overall I expect that with some thought I could compile a better list of 'villains' than the choice made by 'Outlook', but that is another story.
On page 34 of the current issue of 'Outlook' there is a sketch of Mr. Thackeray, sporting a toothbrush moustache, in Hitler’s attire. He is the eighth in the list of 11 villains.
Apparently "Outlook recognises Shiv Sena’s right to protest but claims there should be more civilised and more democratic forms of protest.”
The Outlook list of villains includes Nathuram Godse, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sanjay Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Mohammed Azharuddin, Bal Thackeray, H.K.L. Bhagat, Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, Dawood Ibrahim and Indira Gandhi’ s killers Beant and Satwant Singh.
IMO: Bal Thackeray is a cartoonist as well as being a politician. His cartoons are excellent, and his record as a politican is of the highest. That being the case, it seems to me that to describe him as a 'villain' is almost political rhetoric. However 'Outlook' make a fair point that there could and should be better and less violent ways of political protest..That could only benefit India. Overall I expect that with some thought I could compile a better list of 'villains' than the choice made by 'Outlook', but that is another story.
# posted by uv : 2:37 AM
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