That Pranab Mukherjee is a wily old political fox is not exactly breaking news. But here is yet another example of his shrewdness. You recall Pranabda’s Budget was panned for days because it mentioned disinvestment only in passing? Everybody piled on saying, ‘oh, there you go; this government has chickened out of divestment even though the Left got licked in the general elections’. Where will...