Pranab is reputed to have a politically agile mind
Surrounded by bouquets in various shapes and hues – including one from the Hinduja brothers that was delivered along with a promise to call whenever they are in India – Pranab Mukherjee dissolves into paroxysms of laughter over the telephone. I was a Bengali babu, adjusting my dhoti, he tells his caller between chortles, while these generals were standing here, saluting. I just raised my hand, he says.
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