Vaibhav Purandare grew up in Mumbai in the 1980s and 90s, the tumultuous decades in which Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena went from being regional political players to champions of a militant Hindutva that carried their rhetoric and rage across India. He began his journalistic career with the political newsmagazine Blitz in 1993, in the early part of which Thackeray and his organisation played a key role in the Mumbai riots, and has since worked with India’s leading newspapers such as The Indian Express, The Asian Age, Daily News and Analysis (DNA), Mid Day and Mumbai Mirror, apart from writing for a host of other publications. His first book, The Sena Story was published in 1999, when he was only 23. His second book, Sachin Tendulkar: A Definitive Biography (Roli Books) and is now into its fifth edition. He is currently Senior Associate Editor with the Hindustan Times, Mumbai.

Examines The Circumstances-Socio-Economic Practical-Leading To The Rise Of Shiv Sena, Its Methods Of Operations, Its Controversial Role, Judges The Performance Of Its Government And The Charisma Of Bal Thackeray, Helps Understand The Contemporary Indian Politics And The Rise Of Hindu Nationalist Planners.

The book is about the socio-political situation of then Bombay in 1960s which led to formation of many Marathi ethnocentric orgaizations like Shiv Sena .The journey of Shiv Sena from 1966 to 1995 is broken into many chapters , which covers almost all major events of Maharashtra during this period . This books takes you to the era of Yashwantrao Chavan , Vasantrao Naik , Acharya Atre , S.K. Patil and Vasantdada Patil .This book gives historic details about Samyukta Maharashtra Movement ,Bal Thackeray and his father Prabodhankar Thackeray , Marmik, Krishna Desai Murder and many more incidents in detail related to Shiv Sena . After reading this book one will get to know in detail . What led to the formation of Shiv Sena ? Why it became so popular ? How a common man like Bal Thackeray became Balasaheb? Why was Bal Thackeray arrested ? Why was Krishna Desai murdered ? Was Shiv Sena supported by Congress in its initial days ? What was the relation between Vasantrao Naik and Bal Thackeray ? and many more questions . This book gives in detail and depth the unbiased authentic history of Shiv Sena .

Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena exposed!Full of anecdotes and pulling no punches, Samrat explores the life and times of Bal Thackeray and attempts to bring to the readers a unique insight into how a rather timid man from the working classes was shaped by his circumstances - and certain vested interests - into becoming a demagogue with the kind of success and following few could either dream of or replicate in the future. Thackeray not just changed the name of Bombay to Mumbai but quite altered the character and fabric of the city even though he was driven not by ideology, as might have seemed to most outsiders, but by his own pragmatism and personal interests. As Vir Sanghvi says in the foreword, 'The book is an attempt to understand the milieu that Thackeray operated in and to capture the essence of his style amidst the shifting stands and the politics of pragmatism'.

This book is collection of interviews, selected controversies and statements given by Balasaheb during political journey. All materials are taken from various references.

A Collection Of Over 800 Pictures Of Bal Thackeray, Right From His Childhood, Covering Almost All Aspects Of His Public Life And The Growth Of His Party, The Shiv Sena.

Trail of the Tiger tracks the personal and political journey of Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray against the backdrop of the changing narrative of Hindutva, and new connotations to Hindutva's subnational plot, with the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a new Hindu Hriday Samrat. The trail of Uddhav Thackeray from a professional advertising photographer to Maharashtra's Chief Minister is not just his story. It is the story of saffron 'tiger' Balasaheb Thackeray's own family Mahabharata for political power and legacy that left the patriarch helpless during his sunset years. It is the story of one of the biggest upheavals in Indian politics where breaking a 30-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena joined Sonia Gandhi's camp, holding Sharad Pawar's finger. It is also the story of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) dilemma to deal with the tug of war in the Hindutva camp. Based on news analysis, Trail of the Tiger unpacks media content and explores intertextuality to bring readers the authentic account of the Shiv Sena's saffron to secular trajectory under the leadership of Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray.