What we want from you, President Pranab Mukherjee

Dear Mr. Mukherjee,

  Congratulations on finally being stacked up in the highest ornamental spot available probably in the entire world. I do not see any Harry in your family to go to Vegas or any Middleton like Daughter-in-law. So the chances of making headlines are even less.

 As a trouble-shooter for the party, you were a key resource however I really think you might be one of the root causes of the policy paralysis India is going through right now. However, let's not get boggled down by the past and let's concentrate on what you can do now.

 Dr. Kalam was a champion president, the people's president. In such ornamental posts, it is crucial to take up some causes. Dr. Kalam did, he gave people the hope of India 2020 and he worked a lot towards spreading his idea to Indian citizen especially the children. Other ornamental people like Michelle Obama has taken up obesity as the cause and Kate Middleton is all for
The Prince William & Miss Catherine Middleton Charitable Gift Fund.

 On the other hand, if you do not do much, you will be criticized even for anything right you do like Pratibha Patil. Poor lady, in her age, travelled so many countries to spread the Indian goodwill, but for some strange reason, the press chose to ignore that and concentrate on the taxpayers money being wasted. These media people are crazy. Tap tap tap!!

 After looking into your key strengths and weaknesses, this is my thought: You should take up a peacefully architected "Anti-corruption begins within" campaign. We all know that even though you are clean, you are definitely aware of the internals of the big corruptions rocking the nation today. So you really cannot go after those. Also, teh country is kind of upset now with the Arvind Kejriwal circus by now. We need a peaceful movement, with 2 purposes in mind: Keep you in good books and if successful, let there be some real good.

 As in my previous post, I strongly believe that the real root cause of corruption is within each of us. Earlier I thought a law like "both sides of a corrupt act are to be punished" should be helpful, but now I think it will encourage people to not report corruption issues. On the other hand, an education or awareness campaign, though slow, will actually go towards making better human beings. Corruption is not only about money, it is about character also.

 Let us teach the young minds about anti-corruption. Let's try to make anti corruption a cool thing (like say the doodh doodh ad) and make it a problem statement of a common man and not restricted to politicians. Let's have ad campaigns like "Did you just watch Jism 2 on DVD, the DVD is not released yet" or something like "Say no to the driving school which assures you a license".

 Taking up a cause is very important Mr. Mukherjee, and you should do the right thing , just like we do, here in Kendall Crossing :P