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> Message from Abdul Kalam

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> Dr Abdul Kalam Wrote

>

>

> > > I have three visions for India.

> > >

> > > In 3000 years of our history, people from all

> over

> > > the world have come and invaded us, captured our

>

> > > lands, conquered our minds.

> > >

> > > From Alexander onwards. The Greeks, the Turks,

> the

> > > Muslims, the Portuguese, the British,the French,

>

> > > the

> > > Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over

>

> > > what

> > > was ours.

> > >

> > >

> > > Yet we have not done this to any other nation.

> We

> > > have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed

> > > their

> > > land,their culture, their history and tried to

> > > enforce

> > > our way of life on them. Why?

> > >

> > > Because we respect the freedom of others.

> > >

> > >

> > > That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM.

> > >

> > > I believe that India got its first vision of

> this

> > > in

> > > 1857, when we started the war of independence!

> .It is

> > > this freedom that we must protect and nurture

> and

> > > built on. If we are not free, no one will

> respect

> > > us.

> > >

> > >

> > > My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT.

> > >

> > > For fifty years we have been a developing

> nation.

> > > It

> > > is time we see ourselves as a developed

> nation.We

> > > are

> > > among top nations of the world in terms of GDP.

> We

> > > have 10 percent growth rate in most areas.

> > >

> > > Our poverty levels are falling.Our achievements

> > > are

> > > being globally recognized today.

> > >

> > > Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves

>

> > > as

> > > a developed nation,self reliant and self

> assured.

> > > Isn't this right?

> > >

> > >

> > > I have a third vision. The India must stand up

> to

> > > the world.Because I believe that unless India

> > > stands

> > > up to the world, no one will respect us. Only

> > > strength respects strengt! h. We must be strong

> not

> > > only

> > > as a military power but also as an economic

> power.

> > > Both must go hand-in-hand.

> > >

> > >

> > > My good fortune was to have worked with three

> > > great

> > > minds.

> > >

> > > Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space,

> > > Professor

> > > Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him, and Dr. Brahm

> > > Prakash,father of nuclear material. I was lucky

> to

> > > have worked with all three of them closely and

> > > consider this the great opportunity of my life.

> > >

> > >

> > > I see four milestones in my career:

> > >

> > > ONE:

> > >

> > > Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the

> > > opportunity to be the project director for

> India's

> > > first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one

> > > that launched Rohini. These years played a very

> > > important role in my life of Scientist.

> > >

> > >

> > > TWO:

> > >

> > >

> > > After my ISRO ye! ars, I joined DRDO and got a

> > > chance

> > > to be the part of India's guided missile

> program.

> > > It

> > > was my second bliss when Agni met its mission

> > > requirements in 1994.

> > >

> > > THREE:

> > >

> > >

> > > The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had this

> > > tremendous partnership in the recent nuclear

> > > tests,

> > > on May 11 and 13. This was the third bliss.The

> joy

> > > of participating with my team in these nuclear

> > > tests

> > > and proving to the world that India can make it,

>

> > > that

> > > we are no longer a developing nation but one of

> > > them.

> > > It made me feel very proud as an Indian. The

> fact

> > > that we have now developed for Agni a re-entry

> > > structure,for which we have developed this new

> > > material. A Very light material called

> > > carbon-carbon.

> > >

> > >

> > > FOUR:

> > >

> > >

> > > One day an orthopedic surgeon from Nizam Insti!

> tute

> > > of Medical Sciences visited my laboratory. He

> > > lifted

> > > the material and found it so light that he took

> me

> > > to

> > > his hospital and showed me his patients. There

> > > were

> > > these little girls and boys with heavy metallic

> > > calipers weighing over three Kgs. each, dragging

>

> > > their

> > > feet around.

> > >

> > > He said to me: Please remove the pain of my

> > > patients.

> > > In three weeks, we made these Floor reaction

> > > Orthosis

> > > 300 gram calipers and took them to the

> orthopedics

> > > center. The children didn't believe their eyes.

> > > From

> > > dragging around a three kg. load on their legs,

> > > they

> > > could now move around! Their parents had tears

> in

> > > their eyes.That was my fourth bliss!

> > >

> > >

> > > Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in

>

> > > India so embarrassed to recognize our own

> > > strengths,

> > > our achie! vements?

> > >

> > > We are such a great nation. We have so many

> > > amazing

> > > success stories but we refuse to acknowledge

> them.

> > > Why?

> > >

> > > We are the second largest producer of wheat in

> the

> > > world.We are the second largest producers in

> rice.

> > > We

> > > are the first in milk production. We are number

> > > one

> > > in Remote sensing satellites.

> > >

> > > Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the

> > > tribal

> > > village into a self-sustaining, self driving

> unit.

> > >

> > > There are millions of such achievements but our

> > > media is only obsessed with the bad news and

> > > failures

> > > and disasters.

> > >

> > > I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the

> > > Israeli

> > > newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks

>

> > > and

> > > bombardments and deaths had taken place.

> > >

> > > The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the

> > > newspape! r had the picture of a Jewish

> gentleman

> > > who

> > > in five years had transformed his desert land

> > > into orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring

>

> > > picture that everyone woke up to. The gory

> details

> > > of

> > > killings,bombardments, deaths, were inside in

> the

> > > newspaper, buried among other news.

> > >

> > > In India we only read about

> > > death,sickness,terrorism,

> > > crime.Why are we so negative?

> > >

> > >

> > > Another question: Why are we, as a nation so

> > > obsessed with foreign things?

> > > we want foreign TVs, we want foreign shirts. We

> > > want

> > > foreign technology.Why this obsession with

> > > everything

> > > imported?

> > >

> > > Do we not realize that self-respect comes with

> > > self-reliance?

> > >

> > >

> > > I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a

> 14

> > > year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked

>

> > > her

> > > what her goal! in life is:

> > > She replied: I want to live in a developed

> India.

> > >

> > > For her, you and I will have to built this

> > > developed

> > > India. You must proclaim.

> > >

> > >

> > > - Abdul Kalam.

> > > (Bharat Ratna)

> > >

> > >

> > > Note : If you agree with Dr. Abdul Kalam Views,

> > > then

> > > please Pass this to your friends.

> > >

>

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