So who’s the most confused politician of our times? Uddhav Thackeray of course. Is he a putative Shiv Sena supremo or part of Narendra Modi’s army? His fall confirms that hoary principle of Indian politics: the Dhritarashtra syndrome, or the syndrome of the father blinded by putra-moh. The Sena’s destiny may have been different if the senior Thackeray had chosen his more charismatic nephew Raj as heir. But the Dhritarashtra syndrome has always ruled politics. The blind king of Hastinapur has many 21st century avatars.
The wrestler netaji of UP could have handed the cause of the samajwadis to a Lohia-ite comrade, but instead chose his inexperienced son. The famous dark goggles of the Dravida patriarch have long blinded him to Read More
