"DINOSAURS, ONCE, RULED THE EARTH"
Pic.: Aparna Khanolkar Sheth T wo days ago, I had been to the Times Litfest, which was being held at Mehboob Studios, in Bandra. In one of the halls, two lady-authors were doing the reading from their newly-published books. When my wife and I walked in, the session was half-way through. We had not checked about names of the authors or their books before walking in. So, for quite a while, we sat there inside, clueless as to who they were! Then, the clue happened! During the question-answer session, a middle-aged lady from the audience stood up to tell one of the authors how impressed and inspired she was by the unbelievable simplicity shown by the particular lady-author. “Your dad was our Prime Minister for a decade… Yet, I can’t believe one can be as simple as you are!” “My God, she is Dr. Manmohan Singh’s daughter!” Both my wife and I were now shaking our heads in pleasant disbelief, too… Ms. Daman Singh, daughter of our two-term P.M., Dr. Manmohan S...