AN INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCE

An Inspirational Experiance

At a Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100 m race. At the starting signal, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, others except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back......every one of them. One girl with Down's syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, "This will make it better" Then all nine linked their arms together and walked together and finally reached the destination. Everyone in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the story. Why? Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course. I would say that, you do not have to slow down. Rather by helping difficult areas, the feed back will make you go faster. If you pass this on, we may be able to change our hearts as well as someone else's.

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle".

Great teacher

quote from the great philosopher Dr. S. Radhakrishnan particularly for the benefit of students and teachers - “The sense of human need is there and the teacher can satisfy it by giving to the youth an idea of the fundamental power and worth of man, his spiritual dignity as man, a supra-national culture and an all embracing humanity.” This can be achieved only by a teacher who loves teaching.

EDUCATION WITH A VALUE SYSTEM

We have seen that the seeds of peace in the world have their origin in the righteousness in the heart of every individual. Such righteous citizens lead to the evolution of enlightened society.

Education with value system has to be so designed that the righteousness in the heart is developed in young minds. That should be the mission of education.

The prime learning environment is five to seventeen years of age.

This reminds me of an ancient Greek teacher's saying,

"Give me a child for seven years; afterwards, let God or devil take the child. They cannot change the child, that’s the power of education".

This indicates the power of great teachers and what they can inculcate in the young minds.

Parents and teachers must inculcate moral leadership amongst children.

It requires the ability to have insights into the uniqueness and universality of human consciousness.

True education is the acquisition of enlightened feelings and enlightened powers to understand daily events and to understand the permanent truth linking man, to his environment, human and planetary.

INDIA'S FUTURE CHALLENGES

INDIA'S FUTURE CHALLENGES

During the next decade, India will have the following challenges that will propel a number of business opportunities:
1. Agriculture and Food processing: Increase the productivity into 3.4 times and concentrate on Food processing and marketing. 2. Infrastructure: Apart from rural and urban infrastructure, one hundred million homes have to be built with energy efficient and water efficient systems. Annual investment in this sector will be around $80 billion per year. 3. Automobile: The export has to be 50% of our output. We are expecting a business volume of $200 billion by 2016 from the existing $45 billion.
4. Ship Building: High Dead weight ships have to be built in the country. This will have a business volume of over $50 billion. 5. Information and Communication technology: We have to keep pace with the growth inspite of global recession by applying ICT for India. We are expecting to reach business volume of $200 billion per year by 2012. 6. Pharma: India must account for atleast 25% of generic drug produced world over. Pharma vision aims to reach the business volume of $50 billion by 2016.
7. Aerospace: 70 seater passenger jet aircraft has to be designed and developed involving 20 billion dollars of market for the next 10 to 15 years. 8. Rail-vision: Railway length has to be increased, metros have to come for faster transportation and multi-level station systems have to become operational to reduce city crowding, average speed of the train has to be doubled. Average annual investment will be over $25 billion. 9. Energy Independence: By 2030, we should attain energy independence through renewable energy sources such as solar and wind; nuclear and bio-fuels for transportation. Average annual investment will be over $30 billion.

UNIQUE QUALITIES OF THE YOUTH

UNIQUE QUALITIES OF THE YOUTH

COURAGE
Courage to think different,
Courage to invent,
Courage to travel into an unexplored path,
Courage to discover the impossible,
Courage to combat the problems
and succeed, Are the unique qualities of the youth.

Oath to the students By Abdul Kalam

Oath to the students By Abdul Kalam

1. I realize that small aim is a crime. I will have a goal and work hard to

achieve that goal.

2. I will work with integrity and succeed with integrity.

3. I will be a good citizen, a good member of my family, a good member of the

society, a good member of the nation and a good member of the world.

4. I will always try to save or better someone's life. Wherever I am, a thought

will always come to my mind. That is, what can I give?

5. I will always protect and enhance the dignity of every human life.

6. I will always remember that, Let not my winged days, be spent in vain.

7. I will always work for Clean Green Energy and Clean planet Earth.

8. As a youth, I will work and work with courage to achieve success in all my

tasks and enjoy the success of others