Pranab Mukherjee Professions : President of India Born : December 11, 1935 Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by Pranab Mukherjee I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place, I hope so, but first it is to be expanded. Pranab Mukherjee membership reform india Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the political parties were anti-Congress. To have a coalition, to run a coalition government, you require a lot of adjustments, a lot of flexibility. Pranab Mukherjee party running country I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me. Pranab Mukherjee party father years 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 Mukherjee lamps village journey Teaching was my transition from student life to working life. In those days, our system of education was a little different. The number of students in each class was huge. I think in political science general, which I taught, it was around 100. Pranab Mukherjee teaching class thinking Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times. Pranab Mukherjee justice-for-all country commitment My government attaches paramount importance to safeguard the interest of farmers and families affected by land acquisition. Pranab Mukherjee world There is a growing tendency to resort to disruption as a means of parliamentary intervention. Dissent is a recognized democratic expression, but disruption leads to loss of time and resources, and paralyses policy formulation, under no circumstances should there be disruption of the proceedings. A noisy minority cannot be allowed to gag a patient majority. Pranab Mukherjee world The fact remains that secularism is inherent in the Indian system, in the Indian ethos and culture. India cannot but be secular. Pranab Mukherjee system cannot india culture