He carefully looked at me and referred me to the security counter. I was asked to give my visiting card. I picked up the pass and started walking. Everyone was very courteous and friendly. I was ushered in a waiting room where my name in the list was again checked.
Between There was a sitting MP, member of a popular family owned business group, editor of a weekly magazine and some families who wanted to meet the president. Fortunately my name was above all these people and the order was followed very scrupulously.
Exactly at He was the person who had called the previous afternoon to inform me that the President of India has granted audience to me. All this was a result of letter posted to the president on 7th Feb. I was taken to a small ante-room where I sat for the next five minutes. The door opened and a smart Indian Air Force officer announced my name. I entered the spacious room which was completely carpeted. The President was wearing a suit shining in its off-white color.
He looked like an old and gracious Banyan tree. He stood up, and extended his hands. I touched his feet and he patted on my back. His office reflected his persona — simple, warm and welcoming. He got up from his chair to greet us.
Santosh Joshi, what brings you here? However, slowly the anxiety I was experiencing, started to dissolve in his sublime presence. His friendly voice and infectious smile drove away all our discomforts. I gave him the book and a sketch I had drawn of him. Then I briefed him about what I was doing and how I wished to present him my first book and seek his blessings.
He patiently flipped through the book, asking questions with lot of interest. He said he was pleased with the way the book has come up. What should I give you? We requested him for a picture, which he readily agreed. The whole experience was so overwhelming, that we got goose bumps and our eyes moistened.
We touched his feet and left his office with a heart filled with gratitude and amplified love and respect for this adorable human being. We were bowled over by his humility, simplicity and greatness. It was feeling one gets in the presence of a spiritually evolved soul. War had almost reached our doors of Rameswaram since the cloud of war had already reached Colombo. Almost everything was a rarity from food articles to anything.
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