The rumours started on Wednesday evening, and spread through the city of 20 million in quiet messages and hushed asides: Balasaheb Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena, was dying.

IT IS difficult to describe the passing away of Mumbai’s icon Bal Thackeray, a demi-god to his followers, adequately.

Being among the few earliest surviving colleagues of Bal Thackeray since 1952, I would have hardly believed that within a span of two decades the meek, self-effacing cartoonist would emerge as the mos

Unlike any other politician, Bal Thackeray dominated Mumbai for ever so long that he became an emblematic feature of Mumbai. Any imagery of the city was never complete without a share for him.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, during his lifetime, never concealed his fondness for his estranged nephew Raj.

Long before foraying into politics, Bal Thackeray was a cartoonist and journalist. Interestingly, he had to face problems that journalists later faced from his party the Shiv Sena.

Political leaders cutting across the party lines paid rich tributes to the Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who passed away in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon.

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna carried a four-part interview of Bal Thackeray in September 2012. It was the last interview that the Sena chief gave.

“Darshan dya, darshan dya, Balasaheb darshan dya” is the incessant chant outside Matoshree since the last two days, as Shiv Sainiks waiting outside Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s residence have onl

Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray’s health is said to be improving.