Our grandparents applied one golden rule in raising us - that we live just as we would as members of a farmer's household in our native Bijapur, and not as residents of the sprawling official residence of Vice-President of India. (Basappa Danappa Jatti)

Our grandparents applied one golden rule in raising us - that we live just as we would as members of a farmer's household in our native Bijapur, and not as residents of the sprawling official residence of Vice-President of India.

Basappa Danappa Jatti

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