ORTRES 2CStraw, Coal and Bean,The life of Lal Bahadur Shastri India`s second prime minister and successor to Jawaharlal Nehru, is the absorbing saga of a little man who, while suffering the rigourse of poverty in early life, rose to political eminence on the strength of moral principle. When Shastri died, he left no house, no land, and no money. But he did leave behind an example which is morally inspiring.