Shiv Sena is an extremist organisation, a cult rather. They have fialed in all ways to represent the aspirations and sensibilities of the Hindus. They do not deserve in any way to be the part of mainstream politics. They indeed are the Indian Taliban. The recent attcks on helpless young people in cyber-cafes shows their absolute barbaric mental bent. They will not be able to sustain in the ever changing modern world. Any self-respecting Hindu will agree that imposing an ideology forcibly is against the basic essence of hinduism. I used to have great faith in Shiv Sena once, travelling through all nooks and corners of Maharashtra, it looked once that they maybe able to restore Hindu honour, but they have displayed an alarming bent of hostility, petty-mindedness, and bigotery that its impossible to have any respect for them anymore. I hope BJP formally breaks ties with them, that would be the only way it can think of coming into powrr in 2009.
