Kolkata: Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that he is working on the 4th volume of his memoirs on his tryst at Raisina Hills as the President of India. Mukherjee made this announcement at a programme on the introduction of his latest book The Coalition Years-1966-2012, at Hindusthan Club in Kolkata.
"We are working on the fourth volume – the last volume of my memoirs, which will be based on my days at Raisina Hills," Mukherjee said, amidst thunderous applause with
Kapish Mehra, managing director of Rupa publication by his side.
Rupa has been the publisher of the series of books on memoirs of the former president, who had held important portfolios of union Finance, Defence and Commerce ministries.
It may be mentioned that the Coalition Years begins its journey in 1996 and explores the highs and lows that characterised sixteen years of one of the most tumultuous periods in the nation's political history.
"I had the practice of writing diary everyday, which went beyond the record of chronicles or day to day happening. I would write about particular observation of somebody that had an impact on my life. I feel that I had a subconscious desire in me that one day I would bring out a publication like this," Mukherjee said, speaking about his book.
He further recounted with candor, the path-breaking meeting with Henry Kissinger in 2004, that altered the course of the Indo-US strategic partnership and his timely advice to Bangladesh Army Chief Moeen Ahmed in 2008, that led to the release of political prisoners there.