Rahul Gandhi is not the only one from his family to take a sabbatical. Now, cousin Varun Gandhi has taken a `break’ from politics to write a book of poems titled Stillness. The MP speaks to Sagarika Ghose on life in the BJP, being a Gandhi, and his poetry
Are you a poet first and a politician later?
It’s very important for me to be a thinking politician. I write on policy matters too, and politics is a way to actualize what I am thinking. I want to do a semi-agitational, truthtelling form of politics where I can take independent stands if I need to, where I can confront the status quo if I need to.
But is there space for that Read More