A child born on Christmas day, in pre-independence India in 1924, Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a native of Bateshwar a place described as a second Banaras. When he was just 10 years old, his father was promoted to bethe headmaster of the AVM school in Barnagar near Ujjain. He took a pledge that he would never rote learn a speech again and formed his own style. Fortuitous again as the RSS and its predecessor the Hindu Mahasabha were gathering steam in Gwalior. The book talks about Atal’s love for Rajkumari Kaul, which blossomed in Gwalior and continued to old Delhi.

Source: The Hindu May 26, 2023 15:12 UTC