'I Miss Her': PM Modi Remembers His Mother
Speaking at the launch of former president Ram Nath Kovind's autobiography "Triumph of the Indian Republic: My Life, My Struggles", Modi said Kovind's life showed how determination could help a person overcome adversity and rise to the highest constitutional office. PM Modi said the title of the autobiography was apt because while Kovind's life and struggles were personal, "the victories of those struggles belong to the Indian democracy". Modi recalled that Kovind lost his mother in a fire during his childhood when she tried to save household belongings. The tragedy could have broken him, but instead it strengthened him, the prime minister said, adding that Kovind's father played a major role in instilling values in him.
