Sunday, April 29, 2007

Stealing Dad's Thunder


When we were young and impressionable, Dad was without doubt The Great Dissuader. If one of my elder brothers planned an outing, Dad would give a good reason why it couldn't - and shouldn't - be done. The thing was, he always made sense.
Then one day, someone had something planned and Dad said it wouldn't be a good idea. Why? ``Because,'' announced Dad gravely, ``there are floods in Orissa''. Just for the record, Orissa was a whole state away! It's like telling a New Yorker not to do something because there is inclement weather in Toronto.
Another of Dad's great dissuasive techniques was to say gravely, ``There's a depression in the Bay''.
But, as you can see at Authorblog, I honoured my father in my debut novel, the bestselling `Vegemite Vindaloo', published by Penguin Books India. One important chapter is set in a tropical storm caused by (you guessed it) a depression in the Bay. Bless you, Dad. We remember.

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