Explanation:

It is this that made the recent release of the third volume of his political autobiography, The Coalition Years 1996-2012, a much looked forward to event. But the lucidly written book, while providing political insights and historical perspective, displays the caution that marked Mukherjee’s political life. Only occasionally — just occasionally — he parts the curtains to make behind-the-scenes disclosures about what was a very dramatic period in contemporary Indian political history.For instance, given the book’s title, Mukherjee could have dealt at greater length with the subject of the average Congressman’s discomfort with coalition-building.