The maximum city comes to a standstill with the passing away of one of the most influential political leaders in the state. Many are crestfallen, mourning the end of an era. While there are others who are left wondering whether grief (both the feeling and the display) is a matter of personal choice.
William Blake's famous lines revisited for the present context in Mumbai!
Tiger, Tiger,
burning bright
Not a man
nor car in sight
Matters not
what is right
For fear
makes respect slight
In what
distant depths or skies
Was this man
who now lies
A leader extraordinaire
for sons of the soil
But why no
regard for others who also toil
Why then the
love for another man
Greater when
it only is for the clan
With gusto
and blinded reason followed fraternity
In enforcing
ideology it transgressed liberty
Such love such
adoration in his final call
Yeh hai
Mumbai meri jaan, after all!
Teeming millions
gathered for last rite
Tiger, Tiger,
burning bright!
Bala Saheb Thackeray - R.I.P
