{"id":14706,"date":"2023-11-27T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/from-advice-to-modi-to-views-on-rahul-daughter-reveals-all-in-upcoming-pranab-biography-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:16:56","slug":"from-advice-to-modi-to-views-on-rahul-daughter-reveals-all-in-upcoming-pranab-biography-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/from-advice-to-modi-to-views-on-rahul-daughter-reveals-all-in-upcoming-pranab-biography-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"From advice to Modi to views on Rahul, daughter reveals all in upcoming Pranab biography &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>New Delhi: During his tenure as India\u2019s 13th President, Pranab Mukherjee had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to always acknowledge the contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>This and other nuggets of Mukherjee\u2019s life from an unprepossessing village in West Bengal\u2019s Birbhum district to a roller-coaster career thereafter are the highlights of an about-to-be-released biography penned by his daughter, classical dancer Sharmishtha Mukherjee.<\/p>\n<p>The book, titled \u2018Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers\u2019, is being brought out by Rupa Publications.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other details Sharmishtha Mukherjee has been able to glean from her father\u2019s personal diaries as well as memories of her conversations with him include his unfulfilled ambition to become prime minister because of his inability to emerge as the \u2018number one person\u2019 to earn Sonia Gandhi\u2019s trust, the personality cult around the Nehru-Gandhi family, Rahul Gandhi\u2019s lack of charisma and political understanding, and Mamata Banerjee\u2019s opposition to his nomination as the presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the biography special is that it draws extensively from Mukherjee\u2019s diaries, where he freely unburdened his mind.<\/p>\n<p>The book is also a mirror to the father-daughter relationship between Pranab Mukherjee and Sharmishtha.<\/p>\n<p>As the media release on the book puts it: \u201cTo his daughter, Pranab Mukherjee was Baba, the workaholic; the history teacher who narrated events in the spirit of adda at dinner time; and the devoutly religious man who never imposed his faith on his daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a \u201csweeping, multigenerational narrative from a flickering lamp in a remote village of West Bengal to the glittering chandeliers of India\u2019s capital\u201d, the highly anticipated biography is expected to shed more light on the man who never became prime minister, despite heading an array of key ministries, including Finance, Defence, External Affairs and Commerce, and being a member of the Congress Working Committee for 23 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(IANS)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] New Delhi: During his tenure as India\u2019s 13th President, Pranab Mukherjee had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to always acknowledge the contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. 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