The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *

The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *


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 want foreign T. Vs, 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.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is
yours.

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
$5 (approx. Rs. 60) 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 ( Rs.650) 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 and rape
the 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

Invitation Meet Moulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani Saheb

Invitation Meet Moulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani Saheb
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Assalamu Alaikum!

Re: Distribution of Uniforms and note books to poor students studying in Government Schools.

Education is the ladder which can take one to the highest position in life. This is the reason why Prophet Muhammad (SAS) emphasized the need of education time and again.

Foundation for Economic and Educational Development â€" FEED is striving hard for the past few years to meet the educational needs of the community by providing facilities for school education and also by giving scholarships for higher studies to poor and meritorious students. In addition to the 66 Urdu medium and 6 English medium schools run by FEED, it is felt necessary to provide school uniforms and note books to thousands of students studying in Government schools. As you are aware, the poorest of the poor children only will be admitted in the schools run by Government, in view of the nominal fees/free education.

These students can not afford to purchase note books and uniform because of the meager income of the family which is insufficient to feed the family members. As a result of this pitiable situation, these students develop inferiority complex since child hood itself, and the same will continue through out their life, leaving them in depression and make them inefficient, and frustrated in the entire career. Because of this reason, the drop-outs in class 8th, 9th and 10th are increasing year by year, as a result of which many of the seats in Minority Colleges are left unfilled. We feel it necessary to reduce the drop out rate and to see that these children continue their higher education, choose a professional career and lead a respectable life.

In the last academic year, we distributed school bags to these children. But the Teachers and Head masters advised us that, since many of these children are living in slums and attending classes with torn clothes, the distribution of uniform and note books will be more useful to them, so that they can come to the school in a dignified manner with proper clothing. Even though there are 27,000 students studying in 8th, 9th and 10th Classes in the city of Hyderabad, we are planning to cover 10,000 most deserving students in the coming academic year 2008-09.

To develop self confidence in these students from their child hood, and also to make them feel that they are second to none, we feel it necessary to provide them all possible help and facilities to continue their education uninterruptedly. Hence, we propose to supply them uniform and note books as per the following details:

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Average cost of each set of uniform clothes and note books:

DescriptionIndian RupeesUS DollarsSaudi Riyals
a) Shirt and Pant for each boy200519
b) Shalwar and Khameez with dupatta for each girl200519
c) Cost of each note book
(10 note books per each student) Rs.14 x 10 =140140
413
Total Amount per each Student:
(Clothes + Note Books)340932


We request you to participate in this noble cause and support maximum number of children to continue their education in a dignified manner.

Kindly send your contribution in the name of “Foundation for Economic and Educational Development” through your personal cheques on the above address. Donors from outside India can pay through our Website: (www.feed-hyd.org) by using their CREDIT CARD which would be remitted to our account instantaneously.

Jazak Allah Khair

For Foundation for Economic and Educational Development

Ghiasuddin Babukhan
Managing Trustee


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