Rahul the genial labrador, Priyanka the bejewelled cat goddess

What is it about Rahul Gandhi and dogs? He inspires Himanta Biswa Sarma to great fits of raging eloquence. But he has also inspired Parvati Sharma to write a short satire for Juggernaut that can only leave you asking for more.

So there are three people who talk a lot, eat some, and agree on nothing. Who also happen to be in politics.

Rahul, a princeling-type who always has his valet-cum-servant-cum-soundboard Share Khan with him, belongs temperamentally, says the story, to "the order of genial labradors, happy if a day gave him but a muddy pool to splash in and a few hours of naptime''.

His sister is described as quite like one of the ''bejewelled cat goddesses of ancient Egypt.'' Rarely, says the story, does anyone or anything meet with the approval of her cool, appraising gaze.

Hmm, clearly, not even giant-killer Prashant Kishor. The difference between the siblings is most pronounced in what they do with their forks - while Priyanka's comes close to stabbing people (not in the least her brother), Rahul's is used to eat his soup, accompanied by a faraway look.

The mother, surprise surprise, is called Sonia and apart from gently encouraging her foolish son in his "out of the box" ideas has a tendency to pronounce her "g" like an Italian. That is when she is not nodding off mid sentence.

A quickie on what can only the first family of the Congress, it shows Rahul at his best when he is spending a night in a tribal hut or under a Dalit villager's thatched roof.

On all these "Discovery of India" trips he is accompanied by the loyal Share Singh, ''carrying with him a nagging worry for Rahul's well-being along with abundant supplies of odomos, pudin hara and toilet paper, though nothing, neither fear of malaria or diarrhoea, seemed to dull Rahul's enthusiasm''.

There are cameos by many - the former prime minister who doggedly does what Rahul finds it too boring to do; the current prime minister who adores acronyms and has just invented a cow-friendly one (GAI, Glory of Ancient India) and of course good old tweet-meister Subbu Swamy.

But my favourite invention in the story? The family Whatsapp group, lovingly called "Tri Agains".

We demand an encore. Or at least a miniseries.

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