Gajini

The most overkilled term after Thalapathi is Gajini. He is an often used metaphor for somebody who tries again and again for success. This fallacy was strongly established after the release of tamil movie of same name, acted by Surya. Well then, who is Mohammad Gajini. He was a ruler of Ghaznavid Empire and is a celebrated national hero in Afghanistan and Pakistan for a very simple reason. He destroyed and looted as many hindu temples as possible. He was mostly successful in his military conquests. He vowed to raid every year the Hindu temples which were abode of enormous wealth and succeeded in every campaign. In no way his life was an example of try-try-till-you-succeed story. Now that Aamir khan had decided to retain the title in the hindi movie, it would be interesting to see how it would escape the historian's flak. It wouldn't be surprising even if religious extremists jump into the bandwagon.

Ok then, if Gajini is out, who should replace him? We can't live without metaphors. If you are looking for any prominent king, then it must be Robert I of Scotland. Remember the guy who got inspired by spider trying to spin a web again and again.