APJ Kalam’s name surfaced again in the round-up to the Presidential elections, prompting a number of people to voice their opinion on the subject. Maithili Desai tweeted: ‘I hope we get Dr Kalam as President again. If anyone ever wore that mantle perfectly, it was him.

’ Actor Kabir Bedi added: ‘Let’s raise our voices for Kalam as President: Brilliant mind, articulate speaker, impartial, best symbol of New India.’ Shiv Aroor, on the other hand, had this point to make: ‘Kalam was an excellent manager, but a resoundingly mediocre scientist. Let’s at least be clear about why he makes a good President.’ There was this tweet from a certain Naveen: ‘Okay Congress, we listen to you.