When Mr. Kalam leaves the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he can rightly take pride in having been a people's President. He is a good human being and a good Indian. HOWEVER,

At the very end of his unblemished tenure, he managed to lose touch with the PEOPLE. He claimed that the majority of people wanted him to get a second term and , thus his willingnwess to seriously consider the third front's mischievious  offer. What the good doctor did not realise is that the SMSes and the e-mails he claimed to be getting were not representative of the Indian masses. The penetration of computers and internet is very low and while the number of mobiles has grown , the common man still does not use SMSes to convey his opinions. It is the idle well-off youngsters only who waste money and time on these gadgets. The common man uses his mobile as a necessity for keeping in touch with business associates and family and NOT for sending SMSes to the President.

Anyway, this small blip apart, he was a great President and I wish him all the best.