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RashtraPati to RashtraAdhyaksh or RashtraPramukh

RashtraPati to RashtraAdhyaksh or RashtraPramukh

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Started by Desi Pride 7 years ago

We want to change addressing of the President of India from RashtraPati to either RashtraAdhyaksh or RashtraPramukh. Since Indian constitution was first written in English and then translated to Hindi and other languages, this translation was carried on. Even though 'President' is a neutral title, 'RashtraPati' is not. Unfortunately, our frames did not foresee a woman president of India during the making of the constitution. This has already happened! Though, no earth had fallen, it was very strange to address Mrs. Pratibha Patil as 'RashtraPati'. I have talked to many people from all walks of life about it and all of us feel the same way. Some tried to explain it away as 'Pati' means the 'head', and not a 'husband'. That may be true, but the word 'pati' is exclusively used for 'husband' in our common language except for when it used in religious context. Especially, when we have a choice of much better word to describe this position appropriately, having a gender neutral title such as RashtraAdhyaksha or RashtraPramukh makes more sense. This would be a much more comfortable title.

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Rajesh Werner
6 years ago Featured

totally agree. rashtrapati sounds like husband of the nation which is just wrong. rashtra adhyaksh is much better and makes actual sense.

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Praveen adke
3 years ago

Rastradyaksha

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satyawan sahadev shirsat
3 years ago

yes i supoort this petition