Nations are not built by governments alone, but also by citizens, President Ram Nath Kovind had said after taking office. However, the two other building blocks of a successful nation state get far less attention than they deserve—the commitment of its citizens as well as the quality of its institutions. President Ram Nath Kovind alluded to this undervalued truth in his speech soon after moving into Rashtrapati Bhavan in July: “Nations are not built by governments alone. There are the engineers who built large national projects. Who are some of the tallest institution builders India was fortunate to have in the last 70 years?

Source: Mint August 14, 2017 14:03 UTC