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The Private
Life of a prime minister, in all its minutest detail
 HIS
DAY: Active sort
Morning
Wakes up at 6:30 a.m. and helps himself to lime and honey. Till 8:00 a.m.
reads his newspapers and has tea. Exercises between 8.00 and 8.30. He
used to use his Life Fitness treadmill till the knee problem surfaced.
Takes a shower before breakfast at 9.00 a.m. and begins his meetings at
10 a.m.
Afternoon
Office
and Parliament keep him busy till 2.00 p.m., when he takes a break for
lunch and then rests till 4.00 p.m.
Evening
Conducts meetings till 8.30 p.m. and then spends the hour before dinner
with his friends and family. Sees files and papers between 10.30 and 11.30
p.m. before retiring for the night.
His
Diet: Eclectic Tastes
Breakfast
Single egg (omlette or fried every other day). Idlis or toasts. Fruits:
papaya, grapes, watermelon, oranges.
Lunch
Usually a light Indian meal of chapatis and a watery vegetable (pumpkin
or okra), dum aloo, raita, Indian sweetmeat.
Teat-time
snack Cocktail
samosas, fried stuff, mixture with kaju, even papri chaat.
Dinner
Vegetable
soup, prawns or chicken (loves Chinese food), kulfi/ice-cream, fruit.
WHAT
HIS DOCTORS DECLARE
"Vajpayee
has no history of diabetes, hypertension or any other significant illness."
Dr Ramesh Kumar, Vajpayee's physician since 1973
"Routine
blood and radiological tests, including those for prostate disease, are
clear and normal." Dr Randeep Guleria, associate professor of medicine,
AIIMS, Delhi
"His
knee problem can be explained as a moderate case of osteoarthritis. This
is common at his age." Dr P.K. Dave, director, AIIMS, Delhi
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