Office of Profit Bill : A case of presidential overreach? I don't think so...

I generally tend to agree with the views of 'The Hindu' (and 'Frontline', as well) - most of the time, that is...But not this time when they've chosen to criticise President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's decision to send back the bill to Parliament for reconsideration. If you read the editorial, you can see that the only argument that 'The Hindu' can put forth (with all the might of the English language at their command) is that the Parliament is supremen, no matter how unsound their decisions might be, and they go on to say that "it is decidedly not the business of the head of state to judge the constitutional-philosophical merit of legislation or to `guide' Parliament in its legislative business". Really ?! Huh, say, what was that again? Then why do you need a President? Aren't you reducing the office of the President to that of the infamous 'rubberstamp' ? I can't digest this view...To its credit, the paper has published a whole bunch of readers' letters that support the action taken by the President.

I am deeply disappointed with you, 'Hindu' ! You are calling the President's action as 'ill-advised', 'However high-minded the action might seem' ? Ugh! Please get off your high-horse!