India Elects Untouchable President From Lowest Dalit Caste

[Nitram]

3. My first thought on reading this was,"I bet the president of India has little real power"

Not knowing much at all about the Indian political structure, I went to that old standby, Wikipedia. this is what I found:

"However, the role of the president of India is highly ceremonial. All the powers of the president mentioned above are exercised on recommendation of the Union Cabinet, and the president does not have much discretion in any of these matters. The president also does not have discretion in the exercise of his executive powers, as the real executive authority lies in the cabinet."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_India