Members of Kannada organisation Jaya Karnataka hold candles as they demand Bharat Ratna to be conferred upon spiritual leader Late Shivkumar Swami of Siddaganga Math, in Bengaluru....

In this file photo, President Pranab Mukherjee conferring the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence, in New Delhi.

File photo of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was honoured with the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna at a ceremony at his residence, in New Delhi.

C.N.R. Rao being congratulated by students after being conferred the Bharat Ratna

Crown a Career

A magnificent orator, both from the pulpit, and from the opposition and (for 6+ years) treasury benches; the one politician everyone, even the vituper...

BJP workers celebrate after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with Bharat Ratna, in Lucknow.

BJP workers celebrate after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with Bharat Ratna, in Ranchi .

President Pranab Mukherjee arrives to confer the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vajpayee...

=President Pranab Mukherjee arrives to confer the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union m...

President Pranab Mukherjee conferring the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence, in New Delhi.

File photo of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was honoured with the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna at a ceremony at his residence, in New Delhi.

In Decoration

Can the doyen of the study and research in chemistry in India act the fan with Sachin? That too at the Bharat Ratna award ceremony? For all we know, C....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves after paying floral tribute to the statue of Madan Mohan Malaviya in Varanasi.

A File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi in October 12, 2001.

BJP leader L K Advani with Congress party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jairam Ramesh paying floral tributes to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya on his birth anniversary, at Central Hall...

School students, dressed up as Santa Claus, make paintings of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He has been chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, in Mumbai.

File photo of educationist and freedom fighter late Madan Mohan Malviya with his family members at his residence in Allahabad.

People offer floral tribute to late Madan Mohan Malviya's statue after the announcement that he will be conferred with Bharat Ratna in Allahabad.

Combo: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.

When I Call, You Must Run

The ability to listen is a science too. The two ratnas give each other court with an air of easy bonhomie, like they genuinely enjoy batting ...