Sorry Joyee, I don't agree with you!! I am a Maharashtrian and I have never supported Pratibha Patil. Had it been a Presidential Democracy (where People direcly elect the President), I am quite sure that she would have received the least votes from Maharashtra. It's a shame that Pratibha Patil gets elected as the President of India and a great man like Kalam does not get one term extension.. What a pity.. Maharashtra still breeds and supports intellectuals (not like Bihar where intllectuals have already fled away) and a true Maharashtrian is first an Indian and nobody can fool him with regionalism..