On the personal front among close friends and relatives, Raj is known as ‘Raja’ which means big – hearted, compassionate. The name is apt and suits his generous nature. There are many reasons behind this. Most important reason being, he doesn’t wish bad for anyone. Not even for his enemies. I am amazed of this trait in him. I think this is one of the reasons why Raj is my close friend. Until I met Raj, I thought, not having venomous thoughts for my enemies was a major drawback. But after meeting Raj, what I felt was my inferiority complex became my strong point.

Raj is charismatic; everyone knows this. But Raj’s charisma or his appealing nature is not incidental. Raj is in politics since he was 23 years old. Since then he has made friends and formed a close bond with them. Whenever he travels he sees to it that his friends are comfortable and goes out of his way to make them feel at home. Just because he is involved in aggressive politics or he is an impressive orator doesn’t make him alluring. He puts others before himself and no wonder he is rated as the favourite leader of the masses. I have come across many social and political leaders. Most of them are accompanied by their wives and children and they are busy taking care of them, conveniently forgetting the people around them. But this is not the case with Raj.