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  Sharad   Pawar : The Bheeshma Pitamaha of Indian Politics    Dressed in his trademark and iconic iron-crisp and spotless white half-shirt and white trousers, two Pilot pens his shirt pocket, white round-dial watch and usually a file in his left hand,  Sharad   Pawar , the founder-President of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is  ready early in the mornings. An early riser, after a light breakfast, the veteran politician moves out of his Mumbai’s Silver Oak bungalow to his office for meetings, taking umpteen numbers of calls, joins video-conference meetings and attends daily engagements – returning only in the evening after sunset or even later.  He sticks to his routine like a watch, also the party symbol of the 21-year old NCP. Taking all due precautions in the wake of the Covid-19 viral pandemic, he also takes time out to criss-cross Maharashtra, preferably by road indulging in his favourite activity - wherever possible meeting people and gauging their pulse.  Sometimes he takes ou