Dehradun, Dec. 27 -- Letter to the Editor

Sir,

This is in reference to your coverage on Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on his birth anniversary, spread over the complete newspaper dated 25 December 2025. Also, as newspapers across the country devote columns to discussions on his governance, leadership, and national direction, the memory of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee returns, not with noise, but with a quiet insistence. He does not intrude upon public discourse; rather, he stands beside it, gently asking whether the values we debate today still resemble the values we once admired.

Atalji was never merely a Prime Minister. He was a moral presence in public life, one that believed politics could be principled, power could be ...