The country’s President Pranab Mukherjee went to Finland with a delegation of Parliamentarians a few days ago. Pranab da is as fond of reading and writing as he ever was, and he starts making preparations for the countries that he has to tour much in advance. He reads up book on the land’s culture and history and makes important notes of the same. It then manages to remember all these things by heart. When Pranab da went to Finland and Norway on his recent trip, the head of the states – the King and the Queen – were seen listening to his speech so intently that it seemed he was giving a history lecture. The Queen of Norway was so taken with his speech that she exclaimed, “Excellent. Your speech gave me a lot of information about my own country.”