"Narendra was an eighth grade student then. He got nine stitches on his left foot near the ankle and was bed-ridden for more than a week. The cut marks are still there on his left foot."
But Modi was back at the lake within a month, the book says.
The 429-page book is replete with interesting aspects about Modi, some known and some not so well known:
When Modi was 14, an astrologer predicted that he would do very well in life. According to Mahendrabhai Darji, a Modi friend, the astrologer said: "This boy will either become a big saint or a big political leader. The whole world will know him."
Modi paid Rs.2 as examination fee for the Sainik School in Balachadi in Jamnagar district. But poverty spiked his dreams. "His father told him the family had no money to send him to Jamnagar and asked him to complete his studies at the local school."
