PRESIDENT
I remember as a school kid when we were taught this particular chapter about President in Civics. Must have been in 5th Standard. I felt so much in awe of all the special powers mentioned in the text (which was of course a very important long question for final exams!). Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the President at that time and he was rightly the people's President. We loved him so much as kids. In fact the only non-fiction books I read in primary school from the library were "The Wings of Fire" and "Ignited minds" both penned by Abdul Kalam.
The word PRESIDENT had so much weightage and respect when Kalam sir was around.
Fast forward to today where PRESIDENT is perhaps the biggest misnomer in Indian politics- a powerful man handcuffed by the politics and used only as a pawn in the dirty game of caste and regional based appeasement politics..
The closest rhyming word which defines a person who is equally powerless is a RESIDENT in a multi speciality hospital.
Today, I want to apologise to Alia Bhatt for making fun of her for not knowing the name of our President.
Frankly speaking, there is nothing I would want or expect anyone to know about an Indian President today because that would be a futile exercise- more futile than perhaps even the existence Rajya Sabha..
Miss you, Kalam sir..
I remember as a school kid when we were taught this particular chapter about President in Civics. Must have been in 5th Standard. I felt so much in awe of all the special powers mentioned in the text (which was of course a very important long question for final exams!). Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the President at that time and he was rightly the people's President. We loved him so much as kids. In fact the only non-fiction books I read in primary school from the library were "The Wings of Fire" and "Ignited minds" both penned by Abdul Kalam.
The word PRESIDENT had so much weightage and respect when Kalam sir was around.
Fast forward to today where PRESIDENT is perhaps the biggest misnomer in Indian politics- a powerful man handcuffed by the politics and used only as a pawn in the dirty game of caste and regional based appeasement politics..
The closest rhyming word which defines a person who is equally powerless is a RESIDENT in a multi speciality hospital.
Today, I want to apologise to Alia Bhatt for making fun of her for not knowing the name of our President.
Frankly speaking, there is nothing I would want or expect anyone to know about an Indian President today because that would be a futile exercise- more futile than perhaps even the existence Rajya Sabha..
Miss you, Kalam sir..
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