All things wife and beautiful
Danto blogs on life with wife, two kids and a girlfriend
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Do you think I am some superman, I asked the wife, very angrily.
Oh, no, hope we are not headed towards another mom-dad fight, interjected the son.
No, I retorted, quickly. I want to help, but who am I? The BJP is one of India's largest opposition parties. I cannot let it die. The voice of the opposition must live on forever.
Yes, agreed the daughter, the voice of the opposition must live forever. Precisely so, why don't you write to Communist party leader Prakash Karat?
Yes, I said, I will. But the maximum he will do is extend support to LK Advani and Rajnath Singh from outside. And then after six months, he will withdraw support, I said sadly.
There's another problem, too, I cribbed. Many readers think I don't know English. They probably want me to use some big words, from the dictionary, so...
Oh, you can write to Karat in Hindi, the wife said, adding that he can understand that language.
The son said, or you can probably speak to Arun Shourie, who was an editor once upon a time. And Sudheendra Kulkarni is your former colleague. You can speak to him too. Tell them to tone down their criticism. Kulkarni can be wooed back to the BJP, I am sure, the son added.
Okay, okay, I will think about a solution. Give me time.
Time, time is what you ask for, thundered the girlfriend, in this time of a national crisis! If you delay, very soon there will be no one left in the party. Some more members will be expelled and all the others will quit! And there will be no BJP to save!
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