I agree, especially since the President is an Islam and still sees Mother
regularly. That caught my attention, personally. Jai ma!
-Katie


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An intriguing individual, certainly, and the fact he is President of the
second most populated country in the world. It is wonderful Mother seems to
have reached him, and I understand sees him yearly. It is a much bigger deal
than it appears to us in the United States, huge to contemplate in fact, as
India is so huge and I still meet Hindus who have not heard of Mother, the
fact their President over the entire country seems close to Mother is a very
very important thing.
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Dear Katie and D.,

In the interest of accuracy it is my understanding
that the President of India is mostly ceremonial.

The actual head of State is the Prime Minister of India.

It is indeed fascinating that a Muslem is an Amma devotee
(as it were). But is she not the Mother of Us All?

I find a few other aspects intriguing. Doctor Kalam was the
Chief Scientist of India before running for President.
To my knowledge he had no previous interest in politics.
Similar to our Jimmy Carter Dr. Kalam is an engineer.

He was one of India's top Rocket Scientists responsible
for India's Satellite system

President Kalam though a top of the notch Scientist
reads the Koran and Bhagavad Gita. It does not appear
that scientific knowledge has made him agnostic.

Another admirable trait is that the President is
practicing brahmachari (sexual abstinence) and is a
teetotaler.

How many American politicians are publically sexually
abstinent?

How can a woman who never entered High School
command the respect of a major scientist?

Dr. Kalam considere Amma to be an advisor.
I have a picture of Amma walking with the
Prez. in his Presidential Garden. Amma is
talking and he is listening VERY attentively.

Namah Shivaya,

GeorgeSon


--- In Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, omshaktipriya@a... wrote:
>
> I agree, especially since the President is an Islam and still sees
Mother
> regularly. That caught my attention, personally. Jai ma!
> -Katie
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

>
> In the interest of accuracy it is my understanding
> that the President of India is mostly ceremonial.
>
> The actual head of State is the Prime Minister of
> India.

The Prime Minister is "head of government", while the
President is "head of state". He is mostly a
ceremonial figurehead, like Canada's Governor-General.
Actually India had a Governor-General for a few years
after independence.. the President's home in New Delhi
is the pre-1947 Viceroy's old residence, Rashtrapati
Bhavan.

>
> It is indeed fascinating that a Muslem is an Amma
> devotee
> (as it were). But is she not the Mother of Us All?

Over the years, they have had Christians, Muslims and
Sikhs serve as President.. but a PM who wasn;t a
Hindu..has that happened at all since '47?

>
> I find a few other aspects intriguing. Doctor Kalam
> was the
> Chief Scientist of India before running for
> President.

He isn't elected to the job.. doesn't have to run for
office.. my understanding is that the President is
chosen by the PM and confirmed by a vote in the Lok
Sabha (Indian parliament).

> To my knowledge he had no previous interest in
> politics.
> Similar to our Jimmy Carter Dr. Kalam is an
> engineer.
>
> He was one of India's top Rocket Scientists
> responsible
> for India's Satellite system

Like Canada's Governor-General, it's not necessary to
have been a politician before being appointed to serve
as President.. it's an honor for service to his
country (though in Canada, the G-G appointment has now
become just another patronage position offered to
slobbering Liberal Party hacks!)

>
> Another admirable trait is that the President is
> practicing brahmachari (sexual abstinence) and is a
> teetotaler.
>
> How many American politicians are publically
> sexually
> abstinent?

Since George Washington's time, probably none! A
couple of U.S. presidents claimed to be teetotalers
(Rutherford B. Hayes, for one), and of course Gee
Dubya claims he stopped drinking after he got busted
for DUI and found Jesus.

visit the President of India's web site
http://presidentofindia.nic.in/

Keval

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>From: "D" <dises05@...>
>Reply-To: Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
>To: <Ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
>Subject: Re: [Ammachi] President of India Info
>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:09:58 -0600
>
>An intriguing individual, certainly, and the fact he is President of the
>second most populated country in the world. It is wonderful Mother seems to
>have reached him, and I understand sees him yearly. It is a much bigger
>deal
>than it appears to us in the United States, huge to contemplate in fact, as
>India is so huge and I still meet Hindus who have not heard of Mother, the
>fact their President over the entire country seems close to Mother is a
>very
>very important thing.
>----- Original Message -----
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>To: <ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
>Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:00 PM
>Subject: [Ammachi] President of India Info
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