 Thangal Ji, Venugopal Ji, Satishan Ji, Kunyalukutti Ji, Murli Dharan Ji, Jaya Rajan Ji, Mohamad Bashir Ji, Raghavan Ji, Munir Ji, Bashir Ji, all my friends from the Congress Party, from the Muslim League, from the UDF, brothers and sisters, friends from the media. I'd like to welcome all of you here today. My colleague here, we sit in Parliament and have a lot of fun, and I'm very happy to have long discussions about spirituality and non-political concepts. But sometimes being my translator can be a very dangerous job. Like just now in Telangana, in one of the speeches, the translator got into a lot of trouble. I was saying something and then he was saying something else. Then after some time I started counting my words, you know. He was speaking in Telugu, so I said, okay, I said five words and then I would say, okay, maybe what I'm saying in Hindi should take about five or seven words in Telugu. And then he would speak 20, 25, 30 words. Then sometimes I would say something that is quite boring and the crowd would jump way excited. And then I would say something exciting and the crowd would be quiet. And at the same time, I cannot get angry, so I have to smile all the time. But I know my friend is a good translator, so he won't have any such problems. See for me, for Bashir Ji, for Thangal Ji, it's easy to remember Haji Ji. They saw him, were close to him, they know him in detail, they understand him. So it's easy to come and give a speech. For me, I have to think about it much more, it's like a jigsaw puzzle. Because I didn't have the opportunity to meet Haji Ji. So I have to listen to the speeches, I have to ask the people who worked with Haji Ji to get a sense of what the person was like. So while they were speaking, I was thinking, trying to create an image of the person. So for me, the single most important characteristic of a leader is humility. I believe that if a leader is not humble, if a leader is not able to observe himself, then he cannot be a leader. So the first thing I realized while the speeches were going on was, Haji Ji was a gentleman who could stand in the assembly of Kerala and laugh at himself. That he did not take himself so seriously that he had the ability to look at himself and laugh at himself. So he had certainly the quality of humility. Now you know, I meet many politicians all the time and as you know politicians are quite smart people. Today's politicians, they will only show you what they want to show you. So I have also had to navigate this, I meet many politicians, I have to make an assessment, what is he like. You know they will come very simple clothes. Then you know, no expensive watch. And then afterwards you go to his house and he's got a big BMW there. First in the beginning I would look at the watch and say, okay he doesn't wear expensive watch, so I do this type of calculation. But these guys, they are too smart, they know what you are looking for. So I had to come out with some new technology where I can judge the person, the politician or the person quickly and accurately. So it took me 20 years, but no 20, but it took me 18 years but after 18 years I found out the bullet proof way of finding this out. Where it is impossible for the person to hide the truth. So what I do is when somebody comes I'll say hello how are you and meet them and you know they'll do their whole thing. And then after that I'll say can you do me a favor, can you send me your children. I want to meet your children and I found that with the children the truth cannot be hidden. So the father can say the father can show not wear a watch but the child will come with the watch. It's impossible because the child comes and says what are you studying and the father is saying I'm not interested in money and the son is studying MBA. So the best way to find out about a father or a mother is to look at the child. So the first time I met Basheerji, I was in Hindi I'll say I told the guy who works with me I said it's my dumb head. It's my dumb head. Because you meet many politicians you know so I said this fellow is a dynamic guy, strong guy. Then after that I think it was the assembly election where we did the road show. Then I told the same guy who used to work in my office that you know this guy is quite close to the people. So he's a dynamic guy and he's close to the people. Then I said I also suspect he's got a little bit of a bad temper sometimes. But why am I telling you the story because he's a imprint of his father. So if I want to understand his father who I did not have the opportunity to meet the best way to do it is to look at him. And nothing can be hidden. So it's an honor for me to come and release the book. Unfortunately I can't read it because it's not in English or Hindi. I would like to thank Haji Ji for the work he did. He was a carpenter and he started as a carpenter. But I think all his life he built bridges between communities between people between ideas. I think in a world today where everybody is busy breaking bridges, we need people like Haji Ji. Who built bridges had affection for other people. So there is a lot we can learn from him. And last thing I'd like to say that the more I come to Kerala, the more I come to Vainat, the more I feel that this is my home. And I like coming here. I don't consider it like my work. I consider it like coming back to family and meeting my friends.