New Delhi: It was a bigger loss for the residents of Kailash Colony, a crowded South Delhi locality where one of nation's tallest leader Arun Jaitley lived. As the body of former finance minister arrived from AIIMS, a stream of visitors, some of the country's bigwigs, arrived to pay their homage.

Despite occupying top government positions, Jaitley had kept his private home as his base, away from the Lutyen's zone that is more identified with the power elite. Jaitley, born in 1953 was a son of lawyer Maharaj Kishen Jaitley. He had started his journey from Naraina Vihar in West Delhi. His parents had migrated to Delhi from Lahore.