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A 340-page photo essay capturing moments from the Presidency of Pranab Mukherjee was released at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PM presented the first copy of the book to President Mukherjee in the presence of The Statesman group chairman RP Gupta, editor-in-chief Ravindra Kumar and other distinguished guests. Cabinet ministers Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Prakash Javadekar and Maneka Gandhi were also present.
“President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” is published by The Statesman. The photo essay was curated and photographed by Varun Joshi. Besides the photographs taken by Joshi as he shadowed the President over several months, the book also draws on the archives of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The photo essay was conceived as a tribute to the remarkable Presidency of Mukherjee. The foreword of the book says:
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Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Congress politician and minister, became President Pranab Mukherjee, India’s first citizen and head of state in July 2012. Because he had been such a good politician, many insiders – and some commentators – were apprehensive about his ability to raise himself to the job of President.
The 566 photographs in the book ~460 taken by The Statesman and 106 drawn from Rashtrapati Bhavan archives ~ comprehensively cover Mukherjee’s Presidency and document his various roles ~ as a humane first citizen, as a thought-leader and patron of educational institutions and the arts, as the country’s face to the world and as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The photographs ~ including some outstanding portraits ~ are interspersed with some of the President’s profound thoughts.
“President Pranab Mukhejee – A Statesman” is a comprehensive photographic record of India’s 13th Head of State.
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