Sarkozy: Low on dignity, high on humanity-by Shashi Tharoor
It is curious that even in the Indian media, the build-up to the visit this week of France's president Nicolas Sarkozy focused quite so obsessively on his personal life. Had he secretly married the Franco-Italian model-singer Carla Bruni? Was he going to bring her to New Delhi as First Lady? Sarkozy has humanized his office by televising his presidential and personal life; instead of adapting himself to the presidency, he has adapted the presidency to himself, individualizing his political power in an increasingly individualist society. The proliferation of media in the 21st century has made voyeurs out of every citizen. Sarkozy is the first major office-holder to realise this, and to cater to it for his political purposes.
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