Our New President

We have a new president. The Finance Minister was nominated to the post of President. He resigned from his old post, and he left his party(congress) and stood for election. Through indirect election (elected by our Ministers of Parliament), he was chosen as the new President of India. He took oath yesterday as the thirteenth President of India. There was a symbolic parade and  an oath taking ceremony;this indicates how much we Indians love traditional pompous occasions. We had dressed up well to attend the ceremony (equivalent to a coronation). We had welcomed the new President by cheering. President is the symbolic head of the Indian Union. He is similar to a king. But the Indian President has few powers; and also fewer duties and responsibilities. But the individuals to occupy the role of the Indian President bring their own personality into the office of the President. For example we had a scientist who was President, who favored the growth of technology, who visited thousands of schools and made students realize the importance of science and technology. He was the most popular President so far. There were efforts to bring him back as President again, but he had refused to stand for elections again. Our new President has much experience as statesman. He is an honest minister for he had tried very hard to make our economy healthy. At the present state of global slowdown nothing much can be done to uplift our economic conditions. He will be an active President, who will provide leadership to the nation and steer us out of tough conditions. He gave an inspirational speech upon acceptance.