Fifteen years on, Hazare’s demand for an investigation into Thackeray’s assets, and Thackeray’s use of the word “mad” for Hazare, have, in Thackeray’s mind, morphed into Hazare saying Thackeray “is the only ray of hope and only he can dare crush corruption.” Why? Because nobody, least of all Thackeray, is above using the sudden rise to prominence of Anna Hazare and his cause to score a few political points. Public memory? Of what? But context: it’s everything.
Everything or rather everyone in context puts things in perspective.
