Fuhrer In Bandra Bunker

"Maharashtrian minds have deadened": Bal Thackeray's paper says today. Why? Because Maharashtrians ditched Sena, and voted for MNS. I can understand the despair. Even Shivaji Park -- where Thackeray once held Marathi masses in thrall year after year -- is no more a Shiv Sena pocket borough. MNS candidate won there.

But this ranting: you ditched us, your minds are dead -- doesn't it remind one of Hitler's last days in the Berlin bunker? After leading Germany to destruction, he blamed the German people for reverses in the War. They were not dedicated enough, he reportedly said.

Of course, Thackeray, luckily, was not 1/100th as damaging as the Fuhrer. But he shares the mindset, to an extent.

Enjoy your beer, Balasaheb. And shut up.