DESPITE the fact that India is stratified by age-old hierarchies, in no other poor country has democracy struck such deep roots so quickly. The life of K.R. Narayanan suggests an answer to the puzzle.

2005-11-10 04:00:00 PDT New Delhi-- Kocheril Raman Narayanan, India's first Dalit, or "untouchable," president, died in a military hospital here Wednesday evening, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

K.R. Narayanan, a former president of India who brought a deeper meaning to the largely ceremonial position when he rose from the bottom of the country’s ancient caste system to become the first ...

Former President K.R. Narayanan, the first “untouchable” from India’s pernicious caste system to occupy the office, died Wednesday. He was 85. The soft-spoken, scholarly Narayanan was admitted to an ...

New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday paid tribute to former President K R Narayanan on his birth anniversary, hailing him as a "visionary statesman" who ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: President of India Droupadi Murmu unveiled the bust of former President K R Narayanan at Raj Bhavan here on Thursday, in the presence of former President Ram Nath Kovind, Chief ...

The unveiling of the statue of former President of India, K R Narayanan, at Kerala Raj Bhavan is not merely a ceremonial occasion—it is a moment of reflection and gratitude to a statesman whose life ...

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India] October 23 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu unveiled a bust of former President of India, late K R Narayanan, and paid floral tributes at Kerala Raj Bhavan on ...

The “Whirlwind of Hatred” which Tagore cautioned about, is sweeping India and his appeals to people to counter it by standing ...

As part of the fourth 100-day action plan of the State government, a bronze bust of Dr. K.R. Narayanan, former President of India, was unveiled at the K.R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual ...

Sculptor Sijo Idukki was entrusted with the construction under the supervision of former Fine Arts College principal K Narayanan Kutty. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: President Droupadi Murmu will unveil the ...