Mouthpiece Saamna mourns in black
19 Nov 2012 7:17 AM IST
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's favourite newspapers, Saamna (in Marathi) and Dopahar Ka Saamna (in Hindi), were published with a full black cover jacket and a full black cover page.
Thackeray was the founder-editor of both the newspapers, though the day-to-day affairs were managed by his hand-picked and trusted executive editors.
This is the first time in Saamna's history – since it was launched 23 Jan, 1988 – that its two main cover pages are printed in sheer black. On the jacket cover is a large smiling picture of Thackeray, a headline in large font – Aaple Saheb Gele (Our Boss Departs) .
The inside main cover has a flier headline: Ishwari Avtarache Swargarohan (A divine avatar goes to heaven), accompanied by top story headlined: Balasaheb navache vadal shaant zhale (A storm cloud called Balasaheb is peaceful).
Dopahar Ka Saamna, which usually remains closed Sundays, brought out a special edition as a tribute to Thackeray, said executive editor Prem Shukla. It also sports a full black cover with a silhouetted right side visage of Thackeray with the headline: ‘Hinduon Ke Mahadev Ka Mahaprayan’, and a small poem: ‘Jo uthe Ram, jo uthe Krishna, Bharat ki mitti roti hai; Kya hua hamare Saheb ko, Yeh murti na zinda hoti hai.’
Thackeray was the founder-editor of both the newspapers, though the day-to-day affairs were managed by his hand-picked and trusted executive editors.
This is the first time in Saamna's history – since it was launched 23 Jan, 1988 – that its two main cover pages are printed in sheer black. On the jacket cover is a large smiling picture of Thackeray, a headline in large font – Aaple Saheb Gele (Our Boss Departs) .
The inside main cover has a flier headline: Ishwari Avtarache Swargarohan (A divine avatar goes to heaven), accompanied by top story headlined: Balasaheb navache vadal shaant zhale (A storm cloud called Balasaheb is peaceful).
Dopahar Ka Saamna, which usually remains closed Sundays, brought out a special edition as a tribute to Thackeray, said executive editor Prem Shukla. It also sports a full black cover with a silhouetted right side visage of Thackeray with the headline: ‘Hinduon Ke Mahadev Ka Mahaprayan’, and a small poem: ‘Jo uthe Ram, jo uthe Krishna, Bharat ki mitti roti hai; Kya hua hamare Saheb ko, Yeh murti na zinda hoti hai.’
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