***Please read this article by giving 10 minutes from your busy life. ****

* Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our
achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing
success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.

We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.

We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest
producer of rice.
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 in 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 newspaper
had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had
transformed his desert into an 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 wantforeign 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 build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is
not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.

YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits..

YOU say, say and say.. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his
way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS.

Give him a face - YOURS.

YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In
Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the
stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You
pay S$5 to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway
or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking
lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a
restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity...

In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?

YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai.

YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in
London at 10 pounds a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls
are billed to someone else.

'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and
then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon' (Do you know
who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.'

YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the
garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand ...

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use
examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are
still talking of the same YOU.

YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries
but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on
the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved
and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the
same here in India ?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay ,
Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on
the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he
said.
'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the
authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect
the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels
the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up
after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian
citizen do that here?' He's right.

We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all
responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the
government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally
negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to
stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to
pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect
the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn
the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and
toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least
opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass
on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues
like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make
loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at
home.
Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it
matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.'

So who's going to change the system?
What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists
of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities
and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us
actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock
ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the
distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along &
work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the
country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to
America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York
becomes insecure we run to England .. When England experiences
unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf
is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian
government. Everybody is out to abuse country..
Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a
great deal of introspection and pricks one's

conscience too...... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow
Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE
INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Lets do what India needs from us.
Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes
or junk mails.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalaam

I humbly request you to forward this to every Indian......

~ A Wish From God ~

Upset Or Happy, Together Or Alone, Near Or Far,

Everyone of us Think About Him....
Everyone Has Something To Say To Him.........

And He Is No one Else But God

Few American Kids Were Asked To Post There Ideas And Questions To God
I Assure You, You Will Love To Read Them :-)


Ha Ha Ha... How Funny Are Kids... At Times !!


I Tried To Understand This Message.. But failed..
Hope God Understands It LOL !!


This Kid Want God To Solve His Personal Problems...
Lets See What God Will Do For Him !!


So Hope Now You All Know That..
Thomas Edison Was A Thief !! Ha Ha Ha !!


Even I Wont Give Him My Friends :)
If I Get Genie lamp From God...


These Kids Believe On Everything They read...
But I Don't...


Nice Thought...
Have you ever Thought What U Will Become In Your Next Birth??


If You Also Want to See His New Shoes...
Be In Church This Sunday.. Ha Ha Ha


Even I want This To Happen :)
God Please Listen To This Prayer


This Is called Miss-communication :P


But I Find It Easy To Love More Then One G*** At A Time..
Kidding !!


This Robert Appear To Be A Little Terrorist..!!
How Dare he ask God His Nation :O

This Love Is Strange It makes Me Think Of You All The Time :)
LOL.. I Am talking About "Love For God" !!

Really The Mythological Books And Serials Are Really Funny !!

No Comments !!

Good Question ??
Hope You Are Also Waiting For Its Answer !!

Baby Has Grown Big :)

Seriously Its really Sad to Loose Someone...
After Living For Years Together... :(

Seasons Come And Go But I Am Still Waiting For U ...
Only One Question To God..
When Will She Come In my Life??

Giraffe??
Is He Talking About Tall People Like Me ??

This Was Really Funny..!! Ha Ha Ha !!

I Will Like To Answer This :)
Its Just A Trick !! As God Is Everywhere !!

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If You Also Want To Say Something To God
Then.................



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