Editing Bal Thackeray (section)

==Cartoonist career==
Thackeray began his career as a [[cartoonist]] in the [[Free Press Journal]] in Mumbai. His cartoons were also published in the Sunday edition of [[The Times of India]]. After Thackeray's differences with the Free Press Journal, he and four or five people, including politician [[George Fernandes]], left the paper and started their own daily, News Day. The paper survived for one or two months.<ref>Jerry Pinto, Naresh Fernandes. Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai, p. 238</ref> In 1960, he launched the cartoon weekly ''[[Marmik]]'' with his brother Srikant.<ref name=":2" /> It focused on issues of common "Marathi Manoos" ([[Marathi people|Marathi]], or Marathi-speaking, people) including unemployment, immigration and the retrenchment of Marathi workers. Its office in Ranade Road became the rallying point for Marathi youth.<ref name="Purandare2013">{{cite book |author=Vaibhav Purandare |title=Bal Thackeray and the rise of Shiv Sena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JS1hBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT35 |date=27 February 2013 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-81-7436-991-8 |pages=35–36 |access-date=31 March 2020 }}</ref> Bal Thackeray later stated that it was "not just a cartoon weekly but also the prime reason for the birth and growth of the Sena". It was the issue of ''Marmik'' on 5 June 1966 which first announced the launch of membership for the [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bal-thackerays-launch-pad-marmik/1032479/ |title=Bal Thackeray's launch pad: Marmik |work=The Indian Express |author=Sruti Shukla |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Mahārāva2001">{{cite book |author=Jñāneśa Mahārāva |title=Thackeray, life & style |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWduAAAAMAAJ |year=2002|publisher=Pushpa Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7448-092-7 |page=65 |access-date=31 March 2020 }}</ref>

Thackeray drew cartoons for the ''[[Free Press Journal]]'', the ''[[Times of India]]'' and ''[[Marmik]]'' besides contributing to ''Saamna'' till 2012. He cited the New Zealander cartoonist [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]] as his inspiration.<ref name=":0" />