I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village to the chandeliers of Delhi.
Pranab MukherjeeAbout author
- Author's profession: Statesman
- Nationality: indian
- Born: December 11, 1935
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