OBITUARY K.R. NARAYANAN - A President with a difference

The Hindustan Times | November 9, 2005 | Copyright

New Delhi, Nov 9 -- KOCHERIL RAMAN Narayanan was a Congressman who rose above partisan politics, an academic who turned a scholar, a career diplomat who became a statesman and the country's first Dalit head of the state. He transformed the Indian presidency from a ceremonial functionary into a vibrant entity - independent, assertive and even controversial in redefining legislature-executive relations during the Vajpayee era and sensitive and caring in highlighting the concerns of the disadvantaged.

Narayanan's life, before he became the 10th President in 1997, was remarkable. The son of a ...

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