Vidyanagar College ~ The initiation & culmination of ex-Prez Pranab Mukherjee’s career
Vidyanagar College (Mahavidyalaya) is notable as the place where Pranab Mukherjee, the only Bengali President of India, began and ended his teaching career.
Vidyanagar College (Mahavidyalaya) is notable as the place where Pranab Mukherjee, the only Bengali President of India, began and ended his teaching career.
The author’s inclusion of her father’s own assess- ments, notably his observation that Sonia Gandhi was “only trying to protect her own and her family’s interests,” adds a layer of candid introspection to the narrative.
Rahul Gandhi's tearing of the ordinance in 2013 was deemed arrogant and politically immature, according to Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of late President Pranab Mukherjee
Sharmishtha Mukherjee has shared excerpts from her new book "Pranab My Father".
"Writing diary was a daily ritual for him. Despite his hectic schedule, he would never miss his morning walk, puja, and writing the diary."
This is a glimpse of Modi's personal touch, something which made Mukherjee agree.
In characterising Dr Manmohan Singh’s stewardship of UPA-II as being “preoccupied with saving his coalition” and describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s manner of functioning as “autocratic” in his first term, Mukherjee, critics would say, has only confirmed what many have long suspected.
In the summer of 2012, when Mukherjee became the 13th President of India after having spent several decades in politics, there was great speculation about how he would approach his new, bipartisan role after having been associated with a political party for so many years of his life.
Mukherjee was the President of India from 2012 to 2017.
As a senior member of the Congress party, he was trusted by his colleagues to present cogent analyses of political issues and chart a course that others could follow, including the drafting of party manifestos
