During the entire fuss over Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah, there was one very interesting footnote.

A magazine reported that Atal Bihari Vajpayee was very fond of Jaswant Singh. He was very impressed with his command over the English language, and loved to listen to his baritone, as he held forth on some subject or another.

High praise indeed from Atalji, who is perhaps India’s only poet PM, and whose oratory in Hindi is unparalleled.

Better English opens many doors indeed.