They are governed by national interests and facts on the ground with little reference to exchange of pleasantries, poetic exuberance or bus rendezvous. A leadership, which is under the illusion that it has succeeded in winning over somebody and in developing abiding friendship with him would soon become disillusioned, irrespective of the fact whether the person is a cunning statesman like Vajpai or a playboy politician like Clinton. Unless hard facts on the ground are kept in view, one cannot face the challenge of time.
