Madam President: Pratibha Patil

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, 72 year old Pratibha Devisingh Patil-Shekhawat, veteran of the Maharashtra unit of the Congress Party and lately the Governor of Rajasthan, will be sworn in as the President of India on Wednesday, July 25, 2007. She is the first Indian woman to be granted this honor.In addition to being a lawyer, [...]