Thackerayism: My perspective

The death of Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray has now become one of the most talked-about chapters in the history of 21st century India. Balasaheb, I believe was not a personality but a phenomena in himself. Not every day you see such greats on whose call multitude go into a frenzy. In a city like Mumbai which is as unrelenting as a nuclear chain reaction was rendered to an astounding halt by death of the patriarch of the Thackeray family. The occurrence itself enlightens the fact that persona of Balasaheb was mightier than the nuclear power too. In this post, I elaborate the times of Mumbai with Balasaheb’s advent and how Balasaheb emerged as the Godfather of the financial capital of India.

Two Years of Blogging

It gives me lot of happiness to inform you all that my blog “I Believe That” celebrates two years of its launch today.In two years of blogging, I’ve shared a number of articles, writings and poems with you all and I’ve been very fortunate to receive a lot of encouragement and appreciation from you. I’ve been too fortunate to receive your time and attention on my blog. I thank you all for your gracing my blog with your presence.I will continue my endeavour to present before you better writing work with even more zeal.

Kevi Rite Jaish: A Gujarati and a Gujarati’s Film

The time moved but Gollywood didn’t. In Bollywood, Basanti, Mala, Rupa etc. later turned to Basil, Malaika and Ronny respectively but Gollywood’s Radha just remained Radha irking the spectator’s senses in most of the Gujju film titles like “Radha Tara Vina Mane Gamtu Nathi” or “Radha odhi Main chundadi Tara Naam ni”. But suddenly there descends a totally unconventional path breaking Gujju flick titled “Kevi Rite Jaish” on the box office, just like a radiant planet amongst several somber stars in the sky of Gollywood. Kevi Rite Jaish – an epoch making Gujarati film which has just arrived at the Cinema Halls has raised the bar of Gujarati Cinema to a billion folds in all aspects – be it the coherent way of telling a brilliantly scripted story, be it the flawless cinematography captured over the horizon of urban Ahmedabad or be it the rejuvenating music (which again is completely different from those in old Gujju films, yet preserving the “Gujarati Asmita”). Read more as I review the film in different aspects.