Einstein, Arafat, Lincoln, and Bal Thackeray will remain famous after death as their lives and work continue to be evaluated and re-evaluated. Lincoln worked to abolish slavery through war and legislation despite facing resistance. A new film provides further insights into Lincoln's complex personality and political skill. There is often an effort to re-examine famous historical figures to gain a more accurate understanding of who they were. Einstein and Arafat's remains have been examined by scientists and investigators respectively. Bal Thackeray was seen as sufficiently influential to warrant an obituary in The Economist, though he was a controversial figure in India.

1. Einstein, Yaser
Arafat
&
Bal Thackeray
Editorial TOI December 1 2012

2. Fame and undead
If you are famous in your life there
is a good chance that your fame
will not be interred with your
bones. Your fame will linger as a
topic of discussion, evaluation and
re-evaluation. You will stay
undead

3. Abraham Lincoln
Died 150 years back his life and work are
under ceaseless evaluation and
interpretation
To preserve unity of the country he
waged and won a war against the
southern state of US at the cost of at
least 650000 lives
John wiles Booth hated Lincoln to shoot
him dead

4. Strategist
During his life people on the hill gave him
enough much discomfort but he coaxed and
cajoled a majority of them into passing a
constitutional amendment to abolish slavery from
American soil.
His complex many sided
personality comes out
in Steven Spielberg
brilliant new film Linclon.

5. Face of Lincoln
What emerges is the character of greatness
and warts
Crafted politician
Lincoln ensured that his goals are achieved
Like Gandhiji he knew when to wink and when
to nod while defending his principle.

6. Revisiting dead on their real
aspects
Revisionism in search of
‘true portrait’ of the dead is
rampant. People want to re-
examine aspects of the real
thing.

7. Einstein and Arafat
Albert Einstein brain has been
preserved for posterity
Brain is examined by scientist for
clues for genius.
Yaser Arafat has been dug up to
check whether the Israelis poisoned
him.

8. Bal Thackeray
Economist magazine, which deals with
the weighty matters of the world every
week thought so since they carried a
lengthy obituary on Bal Thackeray.

9. Thackeray
He was an enigma
Not a Hitler though he
admired the Fuehrer
He renamed Mumbai for
Authenticity

10. Thackeray – Fame n undead
In his Marathi – First exclusivity he
had wanted to keep out in various
phases, all south Indians, Musilms,
north Indian Bhaiyyas and other non
Maharashrians from Bombay

11. Thank You
Courtsey:Views of Gautam
Adhikari