It's now official. Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh wrote in his blog on Saturday that his ‘elder brother' Amitabh Bachchan snubbed him in London, when the former reached there with his family. Big B told him on phone: ‘I am leaving for Mumbai today'.
On this, Amar Singh flourishes an Urdu couplet :
“Tumhen Gairon Se Kab Fursat, Hum Apne gham se kab khaali,
Chalo ab ho chuka milna, na tum khaali, na hum khaali”
(You don't have time for me because you are busy with others, I am busy with my woes, Thus ends the meeting, Neither you're free, nor I'm free)
Writes ‘younger brother' Amar: “The thread of relationship is very soft. One has either to bend, or break. Often, the bigger one, the powerful one compromises.”
“From Turkey, I went with my wife and children, Disha and Drishti, and stayed at the St James Court Hotel, a favourite haunt of Indians in London. Suhail Seth, Harish Salve, Arun Jaitley, Anand Sharma, Hari and Kavita Bhartia, Chandrakant and Amita Birla were staying there. Also saw actress Gul Panag and actor Dilip Tahil. In the neighbouring apartment, Amitji, Jayaji, Shweta, Nikhil and their children were staying. On knowing this, I informed Amitji that I was here. His reply came fast: ‘I am leaving for Mumbai today'. I fulfilled my responsibility of informing him of my arrival in London.
“…my daughters asked: Are Taiji and Shweta Didi staying nearby? I maintained my silence. What was the use of telling them that Taiji is now with Mulayamji and could be in the company of his son, party chief Akhilesh and Dimple? Politics can make anything possible.”
Amar Singh then narrates the differences between former Labour minister David Miliband and his brother Edward. “…so I was not surprised to find that political fever does not allow even devar-bhabhi(Amar considers Jaya as bhabhi) to meet, though they were staying closer. Alas, Amitji should have known this, and should have kept peace at home by not depriving her of the reward she was getting in the form of Rajya Sabha ticket, for not standing in my support. After all, who am I? It was like-family, neither was there a family, nor is there a family at present , and nor is there any possibility of the family to remain so in future. Wah Re Raajniti!”
