The Narendra Modi you didn't know

What is Narendra Modi the man like? Writer and columnist Aakar Patel shares a few facets of the Gujarat CM, as someone who knows him and as someone who has observed him over the years. (Text: Hindustan Times)

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4) He is single, but this was not always the case. Modi used to be married to a woman who, for whatever reason, has now been abandoned. A newspaper, a few years ago when I was working in Gujarat, wrote about this marriage and mentioned her saying that she still thinks of herself as his wife. He did not comment on this story. Modi does not talk about this phase of his life and though he is not sworn to celibacy as most RSS pracharaks are, he has ... more
4) He is single, but this was not always the case. Modi used to be married to a woman who, for whatever reason, has now been abandoned. A newspaper, a few years ago when I was working in Gujarat, wrote about this marriage and mentioned her saying that she still thinks of herself as his wife. He did not comment on this story. Modi does not talk about this phase of his life and though he is not sworn to celibacy as most RSS pracharaks are, he has no personal life outside of his work so far as I know. less