Mysuru: Former Prime Minister Atalji was not only a rare poet-politician-orator but also a man who valued relationships. Even the little moments spent with Atalji was very memorable and unforgettable. This is how the well-known Ganjifa artist Raghupathi Bhat of our city remembered the great Statesman Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away yesterday.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, he said, “I was doing a demonstration titled ‘Sahaja Bharatiya Bannagalu’ (India’s natural colours) in London’s Albert Victoria Museum in 1990. Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee had come there. Before the programme he was passing through the museum visiting every room, accompanied by ‘Taranga’ Editor Santosh Kumar Gulwadi. I spotted Vajpayee then. He also saw me and keeping the automatic door open, he said, “Aap andhar jayiye Raghupathiji.”
