Not a Ratna to Remember

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee is back, but this time it's not his own doing. The Bharat Ratna controversy seems to have landed the poet-politician at the center of what he has been trying to avoid so far. Ever since 2004, Vajpayee has been gracefully withdrawing from the arena of active politics, playing the role of a 'Margdarshak' to his party. I feel Advani didn't quite think it through before he dragged Vajpayee name into this silly bickering .But whatever be the outcome of this amateurish rumpus, Vajpayee doesn't need to worry. It simply doesn't matter if he gets the Ratna or not, he has already secured his rightful place in history. Perhaps now the only gift that the veteran BJP leader deserves from his people is a well-researched and well-written biography. After all which leader will want to live in history, while he is forgotten in public memory. And....