Here was an Indian like you and me, who reached the country's highest office without compromising on his integrity or values. Here was a politician who was not a Muslim, or Tamil, or a boatman's son -- but an Indian President, who opened his office to all Indians, says Sriram Karri.
Read his column on Rediff.com.

Sriram Karri, author of Autobiography Of A Mad Nation, pays tribute the man who inspired him to start writing.