The last time President of India was to be picked INC resembled an academy of the mentally-challenged. They all looked cluelessly towards the Dynasty. Madam ji searched her ready-reckoner English to Hindi and found that Talent translated into hindi as Pratibha...!
Well, the rest is history...! 5 years since we are at the same crossing. Look at the first few Presidents and a few things strike one rightaway. Eminence, Dignified, Learned, Nationalist, non-partisan...
The first citizen of a nation of 1.2 billion absolutely civilized Indians has to measure upto those standards.
As a race and as a nation we are Civilization itself...! We now must determine who is the most suited to represent us before the International community as our Head ( even if titular ).
J.M. Lyngdoh has had an illustrious career as an Indian Civil Servant. Lyngdoh brought bi-partisanship to the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India. His stint was recognized for its efficiency, fairplay and rule of law.
As a candidate-President JM Lyngdoh would account for three categories at the same time. Lyngdoh comes from the North-East, which is inadequately represented at the highest levels; which is always in a ferment with popular movements, and whose issues need to be brought to the centre-table of our national discourse.
In honouring Lyngdoh the North-East too would revel some in the recognition.
Coming from the Khasi community of Meghalaya, Lyngdoh would be a worthy Tribal representative...! Tribals have never occupied the highest post in the land.
JM Lyngdoh also happens to be a Christian. Yet another minority community that has not presided over the Republic...! By honouring an eminent representative of the community, we further strengthen the Union of India.
(I have made my nomination and it feels so much better...and I didn't have to log onto the ready-reckoner and find the translation for Dignity or Courage...!! )
Well, the rest is history...! 5 years since we are at the same crossing. Look at the first few Presidents and a few things strike one rightaway. Eminence, Dignified, Learned, Nationalist, non-partisan...
The first citizen of a nation of 1.2 billion absolutely civilized Indians has to measure upto those standards.
As a race and as a nation we are Civilization itself...! We now must determine who is the most suited to represent us before the International community as our Head ( even if titular ).
J.M. Lyngdoh has had an illustrious career as an Indian Civil Servant. Lyngdoh brought bi-partisanship to the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India. His stint was recognized for its efficiency, fairplay and rule of law.
As a candidate-President JM Lyngdoh would account for three categories at the same time. Lyngdoh comes from the North-East, which is inadequately represented at the highest levels; which is always in a ferment with popular movements, and whose issues need to be brought to the centre-table of our national discourse.
In honouring Lyngdoh the North-East too would revel some in the recognition.
Coming from the Khasi community of Meghalaya, Lyngdoh would be a worthy Tribal representative...! Tribals have never occupied the highest post in the land.
JM Lyngdoh also happens to be a Christian. Yet another minority community that has not presided over the Republic...! By honouring an eminent representative of the community, we further strengthen the Union of India.
(I have made my nomination and it feels so much better...and I didn't have to log onto the ready-reckoner and find the translation for Dignity or Courage...!! )
