She said: Here go… a dozen facts about a father | The Indian Express

She said: Here go… a dozen facts about a father | The Indian Express

Written by Shalini Langer |Updated: October 6, 2019 9:40:43 am

She said: Here go… a dozen facts about a father

An old men’s club where they all get a little tipsy and dance to old songs is a highlight of his calendar. Granted father is no Elvis, but did the King’s repertoire include the thumka perfected by Indian men from long practice is the question.

Like everyone in the flush of youth, or in the returning blaze of old age, father too believes he has the solution to every problem. (Illustration: Suvajit Dey)

First things first. My father, like his fellow park walkers, his friends, his WhatsApp groups, and most of our extended family, is a big fan of our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. But what Modi isn’t is my father — whatever US President Donald Trump who called him “the father of India” might think (and what was he thinking?), and whatever Union minister Jitendra Singh may say (that I am “not Indian”, for one).