We need a Bauji, not a lame duck : India : Shobhaa De : TOI Blogs

We need a Bauji, not a lame duck : India : Shobhaa De : TOI Blogs: "A telling scene from a recent Bollywood movie (“ Patiala House” ) pretty much says it all. A character (splendidly played by Rishi Kapoor) addressed by all as ‘Bauji’ , thunders away and asserts himself in front of cowering family members, including a mute wife, a bullied son, assorted aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, even neighbours. His word is law. Nobody challenges Bauji’s diktat. The dharma of coalition family politics is alive and thriving in Southall where Bauji resides as the absolute autocrat, not just within the confines of his sprawling Patiala House (a symbol of his identity as a proud Sikh patriarch in racist Britain ), but the community at large. "