New president of India is kinda interesting. Tribal leader. As a mostly ceremonial post, elected by legislators, the significance is 99% signaling.
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The BJP is trying to court groups outside the upper castes I guess… reminds of the GOP courting hispanic vote in the US
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Never heard of this Brahma Kumaris sect she’s part of. Also interesting…
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huh, I had no idea that there’s already been a female president! tho Kalam is the only one I know/recognise from the rest of the list too
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Pratibha Patil yeah.
Presidency is basically a free political card handed to ruling party. Valuable signal for elections.
List of presidents is a good history of electoral priorities and issues. If you understood why each was elected you’d understand modern Indian history.
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