When it dawns on them that we had actually seen Atal Bihari Vajpayee" I can claim a little more. I knew him. I say so with utmost modesty because there were many journalists who knew him better. But he had a knack of making a chosen few feel special with a smile here and gesture there. Confronting him was always a renewal because your opening question was generally greeted with stony silence, bordering on lack of recognition. Then would come a well thought through response to a question asked five minutes ago. There was no unprocessed response. Exuberance was not his style but when moved by an idea, he could be demonstrative as at the Hyderabad House banquet when he put his arms around me. "Mainey aap ka lekhparha; kaeebaarparha. Maen aapsesahmat hoon." (I read your column several times; I agree with you.)
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