Pranab Mukherjee: A free citizen, no longer bound by Congress party line

He is also 82 and doesn't give a damn about what anyone says or thinks

Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, has decided to accept the RSS’s invitation to him to attend a parade or something. Delhi’s chattering class which -- by and large -- tends to be ignorant, judgemental and sycophantic is hissing like Jean Baptiste Colbert’s geese.

Well, here are three reasons why the chee-chee brigade should revert to its beers and try not to tax its intellect too much.

First, Mr Mukherjee has the total and absolute right to go wherever he pleases. He is a free citizen who is no longer bound by any party affiliation. Therefore, as economists might say,