Occupation: President Of India Birth: December 11, 1935
India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but a….
The young people of India will build a strong and powerful nation, a nation that is politically mature and economically strong, a nation whose people….
I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent….
I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village to the ch….
Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decisi….
Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dict….
The invention of the concept of sustainable human development and that of so-called human security, as opposed to territorial security of nation- sta….
Let Jammu and Kashmir lead the way in the building of a new future for India. Let it set an example to the rest of India and the world by showing how….
India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious pract….
Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity..
If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947..
We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do….
Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact….
I am comfortable at the height where destiny has put me..
I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place….
Teaching was my transition from student life to working life. In those days, our system of education was a little different. The number of students i….
Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the p….
We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year ha….
The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights a….
No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side..
As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring….