PM Modi’s Coimbatore yatra, and a trip down a bitter memory lane

R S Puram, a bustling commercial hub in Coimbatore, missed a visit from national leader L K Advani in 1998. He canceled his public meeting on Feb 14 due to serial bomb blasts. Viswanathan, who runs a car rental business in the city, was at R S Puram on Feb 14, 1998, too. He had to return disappointed that day as Advani’s...