Defining President's role: Amartya Sen
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/the-president-should-be-a-voice-for-sanity-and-fairness/article18724441.ece
Defining
President’s role: Amartya Sen Interview*
Excerpts:
“The
President of India has an enormously important role in the leadership of the
country. This is not only because of the particularly assigned duties of the
President in special circumstances, as in a political crisis of governance, but
also because of the elevated standing of the head of the Republic in motivating
and inspiring the secular democracy of India, guided by the Constitution.
While
a number of statesmen and politicians have played that role with distinction,
going back to Rajendra Prasad (the first President of India), leaders of
thought from other walks of life — including Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir
Husain, and K.R. Narayanan (among others) — have also, by their prominent
presence and stature, helped to lead India to remain faithful to itself —
reminding the country of the vision of fairness that gave birth to democratic
and secular India after its long and hard fight for independence.”
*The Hindu, June 6, 2017
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