I am touched by the variety of Indian panorama, emotional content of the tune, cultural diversity and unity of minds in the vast land of ours. I have cited these examples just to give a glimpse of the richness of our tradition and effort being taken by different agencies to preserve it. There are also many new adventures by institutions and individuals.
I have experienced many of them and learnt a lot about my country and our people. Even while pursuing our economic growth, we need to do a lot to preserve the rich and diverse treasures of our culture and civilization.
It is our duty for our future generations. This has to be done in a much larger scale through countrywide participation of multiple institutions.
Our country is blessed with natural resources, has shown considerable progress in the last sixty years, and above all we have hard working people particularly the power of the 540 million youth of the country. Every sector of our country has given me the confidence that India can become a developed nation well before 2020.
Whomsoever, I meet they constantly ask what they can give to the nation. We should constantly strive to empower such members of the society.
With this spirit, I am extremely happy that we are on the right path. Here I am reminded of a famous poem:
When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are,
Anything your heart desires,
Will come to you?
This poem is true to all of us, and particularly for our youth and if they aim great, I am sure they will reach close to the target or the target.
Copyright@www.abdulkalam.com. This article has been written by former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.