'Masjid Cannot Be Built Again' ; Sitting in His Drawing Room, Wearing a Kurta That Met the Approval of Daughter Pratibha, Surrounded by Family Photographs and Paintings of Lord Krishna, Bjp Prime Ministerial Candidate L.K. Advani Spoke to Executive Editor S. Prasannarajan and Assistant Editor Priya Sahgal About His Book and Perhaps an Unfinished Last Chapter.';I Have Found an Abundance of Happiness and Meaning in Life';

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Sitting in his drawing room, wearing a kurta that met the approval of daughter Pratibha, surrounded by family photographs and paintings of Lord Krishna, BJP prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani spoke to Executive Editor S. Prasannarajan and Assistant Editor Priya Sahgal about his book and perhaps an unfinished last chapter.

Q. When did you start writing the book, after the prime ministerial candidate announcement or before?A. I had started the book much earlier. The prologue begins with Independence Day, August 15, 2007. The announcement came recently, in December.

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'Masjid Cannot Be Built Again' ; Sitting in His Drawing Room, Wearing a Kurta That Met the Approval of Daughter Pratibha, Surrounded by Family Photographs and Paintings of Lord Krishna, Bjp Prime Ministerial Candidate L.K. Advani Spoke to Executive Editor S. Prasannarajan and Assistant Editor Priya Sahgal About His Book and Perhaps an Unfinished Last Chapter.';I Have Found an Abundance of Happiness and Meaning in Life';

Q. Well, you are a very hardworking person.A. (Laughs) No, not that hardworking either.

Q. You have held back some interesting encounters.A. Someone has said that there is no masala in it. I said if you see my book on the Emergency even then I was told that there is no anger in it. Therefore I said, maybe there is no anger or...

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