An article critical of the Thackeray family has gone viral after the writer published it on his personal blog, saying writers cannot be restricted.

Raju Parulekar, a Pune-based journalist, who was once close to Raj Thackeray, said he had originally written the article 'Anatomy of Thackeray Family' for the Diwali edition of a magazine. However, Parulekar believes that the article may not get published as it is critical of the Thackeray family and therefore, decided to publish it on his blog - 'I Can So I Will'.

"This article has been originally written for the Diwali magazine (print) of Grahak Hith, in the section called ‘legacy and lineage’. The editor of the magazine requested me to write on the Thackeray family. It was with my conviction I wrote this article. Now, the article is with Grahak Hith. They might print it, they might not. When I spoke to them, I realised they were shaken. On their part, nothing is wrong, but I took my decision to publish it on my blog. Ultimate responsibility is mine," he wrote.

Parulekar says that the article does not refer to the entire Shiv Sena and/or Maharashtra politics, but only to the Thackeray family. He writes that Balasaheb Thackeray was literally the ‘Sun’ for the sons and cousins of the Thackeray’s and not exactly for the ‘Sons of the Soil’. Stating that Balasaheb Thackeray was not much involved in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, he says, "All we can say is that he witnessed the movement as a cartoonist. Balasaheb Thackeray had organisational skills which Acharya Atre lacked and post Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, Balasaheb Thackeray accidently grabbed the golden opportunity to consolidate the orphan anger of the Marathi people."

Calling his slogans a sheer lie, Parulekar writes, "Balasaheb Thackeray did not let Shivsainiks and Maharashtra know that he wanted to make a business out of politics. Remember his famous, smart slogans – ‘Our policy is 20% Politics and 80% Social Work’, ‘Politics is nothing but Eczema’! That was a sheer lie."

To read the article: Anatomy of Thackeray Family