Guest guest Posted April 6, 2001 Report Share Posted April 6, 2001 --- Tirumala Pavankumar <pavan_tirumala wrote: > 5 Apr 2001 21:04:19 IST > Tirumala Pavankumar <pavan_tirumala > M.Birendra Singh <birendra_m, Prasada > Rao G.S.S <gsspr > Fwd: [Message from Abdul Kalam] > CC: M.Nagamalleswarrao <mnrao, > T.V.Pavankumar <tvp, > K.Purnachandra Rao <k_purna, > edara ram <evvr_murthy, narra > sambasivarao <narra_rao, > Pratap tv <pratap_tv, dora > <reply_dora, > <cy00p07 > > > > __________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at > http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 name=Forwarded Message > "kishorekanduri" <kishorekvn, > "Pavan Kumar" <pavan_tirumala, > "MadhaviPrasad" <manasa_prasad, > "penupati madhusudanarao" <penupati, > "Tomar Mahesh" <tomar, "ManojGuntur" > <am_kumar79, "Sanjay Mistry" > <sanjaymistry, "muralinellore" > <muralikrishnab, "murthy" > <svsr_murthy, "muthu" > <muthukumar.p, "Madhava N" > <madhavan, "Ajay Patil" > <ajaypatil, "pradhita" > <pradithac, "Bhamidipati Prasad" > <prasad.bhamidipati, "Lalith > Prasad" <lprasad, "PraveenP" > <ppurushothaman, "pssraju" > <pssiva, "Raju" > <muthyapu, "Raman" > <vishakha_joshipura, "Nagendra > Rao" <nagupg, "ravikishore" > <ravi.chaganti, "ravishankar" > <aravisankar, "Venugopal Reddy" > <venu72, "Ritesh" <ritom, > "VENKATA SAKA" <jagan_sv, "satyam" > <satyamreddy, "chandra sekhararao" > <raokcsekhar123, "Venkatramanan > Seshaadri" <ramanan, "Madhu shaheen" > <madhu_kandur, "Piyush shah" > <spiyush, "Alok Shukla" > <shukla1_alok, "Hotta Sitakanta" > <hotta, "sivaram" > <sivaram.sivalenka, "Sridhar" > <sridharnamburu, "SRIKUMAR" > <cshree007, "subbaReddy" > <venkata_b, "sudendra" > <jakasjava, "Suman" <sumanc, > "surendra" <surendra_moghe, "balaji suresh" > <suresh_balaji, "ravisankar vaddi" > <vaddiravisankar, "Suresh Vemulapalli" > <sb_vemulapalli, "Venki" > <ramanan, "Vijay" > <d_vijaykumar, "visalakshmi" > <uday_visa, "Ashok Yedlapalli" > <ashok_1970 > Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:39:02 -0800 > "Mukunda Rao Korrapolu" > <mukundarao > Reply-to: mukundarao > Message from Abdul Kalam > Organization: Lycos Mail (http://mail.lycos.com:80) > > 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. > > > > > > > Get 250 color business cards for FREE! at Lycos Mail > http://mail.lycos.com/freemail/vistaprint_index.html > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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