Meet Mr Congress System: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee presented his first budget speech in 1982, when he had a full head of dark hair and puffed on Dunhill pipes. That year saw the release of Vidhaata, starring Dilip Kumar and the birth of actress Priyanka Chopra. Thirty years later, he delivered his seventh budget speech. The hair has thinned and what remains is greying. The pipe is long gone. The world, especially India, has changed. But one thing has been constant across the years: detail.

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