Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

1. Choose the highest ideal and live your life upto that. Look
at the "ocean" and not at the wave.
2. That which tends to increase the divinity in you is virtue,
and that which tends to increase brutality in you is vice.
3. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the
diseased, really worships Shiva.
4. Purity in thought, speech, and act is absolutely necessary
for anyone to be religious. Purity is strength. Spiritual truth is
purity.
5. The ideal of the man is to see God in everything. The real
evil is idleness which is the principal cause of our poverty.
6. Everyone should know that there is no salvation except
through the conquering of desires.
7. Death being so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
8. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.
9. Your country reqires heroes, be heroes!
10. To me the very essence of education is concentration of the
mind, not the collecting of facts.
11. Each soul is potentially divine.
12. Religion is the idea which is raising the brute unto man,
and man unto God.
13. All power is within you; you can do anything and
everything. Believe in that.
14. Work, work, work - let this be your motto.
15. Now the only way out is to listen to the words of the Lord
in the Gita.
16. Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear".
17. Struggle hard to get money, but don't get attached to it.
18. Feel that you are great and you become great.
19. To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness
of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.
20. At my will mountains will crumble up. Have that sort of
energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.
21. It is those foolish people who identify themselves with
their bodies that piteously cry, 'Weak, weak, we are weak'.
22. Keep the motto before you: "Elevation of the masses without
injuring their religion".
23. Man never progresses from error to truth, but from truth to
truth, from lesser truth to higher truth.
24. Avoid all weakness, for weakness is sin, weakness is death.
25. Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad
they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that.
26. I shall inspire men everywhere until the world shall know
that it is one with God.
27. Let us go forward and do yet greater things.
28. The more selfish a man, the more immoral he is.
29. Give to the weak, for there all the gift is needed.
30. Knowledge exists, man only discovers it.
31. Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven.
32. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them.
33. Be the witness and do not react, only thus can you be happy.
34. None can help you, help yourself; work out your own salvation.
35. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work.
36. Try to love anybody and everybody.
37. You have to gwo from the inside out. None can teach you,
non can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own
soul.
38. Know it for certain that you are in everything.
39. Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year.
40. Let all your nerves vibrate through the backbone of your religion.
41. Do not talk much, but feel the spirit within you.
42. If you want to be spiritual, you must renounce.
43. Your way is the best for you, but that is no sign that it
is the best for others.
44. Renounce the lower so that you may get the higher.
45. Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own
hearts and in every living being?
46. Your work is to serve the poor and miserable, without
distinction of caste or colour.
47. Help another because yu are in him and he is in you.
48. The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the
afflicted,...let these be your God. Know that service to these alone
is the highest religion.
49. If I am in the dark, let me light a lamp.
50. The earth's bravest and best will have to sacrifice
themselves for the good of many, for the welfare of all.
51. Every duty is holy, and devotion to duty is the highest
form of worship of God.
52. We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the
world is bad and we are good. It can never be so.
53. You will understand the mighty strength of Krishna better
with a little of strong blood in you.
54. It is struggle against nature and not conformity to nature
that makes man what he is.
55. Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule,
opposition and then acceptance.
56. First there should be strict integrity...Secondly, entire
devotion to the cause
57. The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause
and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
58. You fail only when you do not strive sufficiently to
manifest infinite power.
59. Whatever you do, devote your whole Mind, Heart, and Soul to it.
60. Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think
yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong,
strong you will be.
61. Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the
beauty of life - these failures.
62. He works best who works without any motive, neither for
money, nor for fame, nor for anything else.
63. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not
believe in himself.
64. Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
65. You should work like a master and not as a slave; work
incessantly, but do not do a slave's work
66. Believe that the soul is immortal, infinite and all powerful.
67. Even if the order be wrong, first obey and then contradict it.
68. Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear".
69. Our first duty is not to hate ourselves; because to advance
we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.

நான் படித்ததில் பிடித்தவை

கவனிக்க வேண்டியது
         யோசிப்பதானால் நிதானமாக யோசியுங்கள்
செயல்படுவதானால் உறுதியுடன் செயல்படுங்கள்
விட்டுக் கொடுப்பதனால் பெருந்தன்மையுடன் விட்டுக் கொடுங்கள்
எதிர்ப்பதனால் துணிந்து எதிர்த்து நில்லுங்கள்.....


நிலை மாற்றம்


         பதவி,பணம் சிலரை மனிதர்கள் என்னும் நிலையிலிருந்து எப்படியெல்லாம் இறக்கி விடுகின்றது……


தோல்வியின் ஆரம்பம்


       எழுந்திருப்பதை 10 நிமிடம் தள்ளிப் போடுவதிலிருந்து அன்றைய தோல்விகள் ஆரம்பமாகின்றன !!!



தேடுதல்:


       தெரிந்த விஷயங்கள் இருக்கின்றன, தெரியாத விஷயங்கள் இருக்கின்றன, இரண்டுக்கும் நடுவில் தேடுதல் இருக்கிறது ...


நிலமை:


      வெற்றி பெற்றவனிடம், அவன் கூறுவது எல்லாம் உண்மையா என்று யாரும் கேட்க மாட்டார்கள்.


நிதர்சனம்:


   எல்லா மனிதர்களிடத்தும் இறைவன் இருக்கிறான். ஆனால்,
இறைவனிடத்தில் எல்லா மனிதர்களும் இல்லை. இதுதான்
மனிதனுக்கும் இறைவனுக்கும் உள்ள வேறுபாடு.


கற்றதும் கல்லாததும்:


    நமக்கு தெரிந்தது மிகவும் குறைவு என்பதைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள நான் எவ்வளவு விசயங்களைத் தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டி இருக்கிறது


தேவையான தேடல்:
    நாம் இறக்கும்போது நமக்காக அழக்கூடியவர்களை
நாம் உயிருள்ளபோதே தேடி வைத்து கொள்ளவேண்டும்....


பாதை:


     நீ போகும் பாதையில் எவ்வித தடங்கலும்
இல்லையென்றால் அது உன் பாதை அல்ல....
யாரோ கடந்து போன பாதை...


பெண்மையின் ஒப்புமை:

    பெண்களை ஆண்கள் காவல் புரிவதால் பெண்மை தாழ்ந்ததன்று
வன்மை இரும்புப்பெட்டி மென்மை தங்கத்தை காப்பாற்றுகிறது
தங்கம் தாழ்ந்ததென உலகம் கருதுகிறதா?.



உள்ளத்தின் கேள்வி:
    பொய்யாக சிரித்து போலியாக புகழ வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் பலருக்கும் வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளிலும் ஏற்பட்டிருக்கலாம்.
நம்மில் எத்தனை பேர் சந்திக்கின்ற அனைவரிடமும் அன்பாக இருந்திருப்போம்


உழைப்பாளி,முதலாளி:

    'எப்படி?'என்று தெரிந்திருப்பவன் உழைக்கிறான்
ஆனால் 'ஏன்?' 'எதற்கு?' என்பதையும் தெரிந்திருப்பவன் ஊதியம் அழிக்கிறான்


விவாதம்:

   கடைசி வார்த்தை தன்னுடையதாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்பதில் கவனமாக இருவர் மோதிக் கொள்ளும் விஷயம் தான் வாக்குவாதம்...


இவைகளின் பொருள்:
     சமூக மரியாதை, செல்வாக்கு என்றெல்லாம் சொல்கிறார்களே, அதற்கெல்லாம் என்ன பொருள்???
நம்மீது பிறர் கொண்டிருக்கிற அபிப்பிராயம்தான் அவையெல்லாம்! இந்த அபிப்பிராயங்களை அவர்களாக உருவாக்கிக் கொள்வதில்லை. நம்முடைய வார்த்தைகள், செயல்பாடுகள், அணுகுமுறைகள் எல்லாம் சேர்ந்து நம்மீது சில அபிப்பிராயங்களைக் கட்டமைக்கிறது.


சுதந்திரம் பறிக்க படும் நேரம்:

இனாமாக நீ ஒன்றைப் பெற்றுக் கொள்வாயானால் உன் சுதந்திரத்தை பறி கொடுக்கிறாய்....

Happy New Year 2012

பழையன கழிந்து புதியன புகுந்து புத்தாண்டு மலரும் 

இவ்வேலையில், 

இன்னல் இடையூருகள் மறைந்து, அன்பு, அமைதி, 

ஆனந்தம் பெருகி, தாங்கள் கொண்டுள்ள

கனவுகள் கைகூடி, சாதி, சமய வேறுபாடுகள் மறைந்து,

மனிதம் மலர்ந்து,

மனித மாண்புகளான பிறர்நலம், பரிவு, இரக்கம்,

இரக்கம், கருனை பெற்று தன்னிலை உணர்ந்து,

நானிலம் போற்றும் நல்ல குடிமகனாக, மகளாக

வாழ்ந்து சிறக்க,,,,,

இந்த புத்தாண்டு எல்லா வகையிலும் தங்களுக்கு

உதவிட எல்லாம் வல்ல பரம்பொருளை

பிராத்தித்து, இனிய புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்களை பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறேன் 

Helping Hands are Better than Praying Lips

Hi
 Let it reach the 110 Crores Indians and the remaining if any.
 Kindly, share this valuable information wherever possible.
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 7.  By the next 10 months, our earth will become 4 degrees hotter than
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all of us lend our hands to fight GLOBAL WARMING.
      -Plant more Trees.
      -Don't waste Water & Electricity.
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 8.  It costs 38 Trillion dollars to create OXYGEN for 6 months for all
Human beings on earth.
 "TREES DO IT FOR FREE"
 "Respect them and Save them"
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how to donate eyes plz visit these sites. http://ruraleye.org/

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 11. Medicine for Blood Cancer!!!!
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 12.  Please CHECK WASTAGE OF FOOD
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 They will come and collect the food. Please circulate this message which
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 AND LETS TRY TO HELP INDIA BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN

 Please Save Our Mother Nature for
 "OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS"
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Clean Environment Empowers the Societies

Address during the inauguration of Workshop on Campaign Clean India By the Ministry of Tourism  New Delhi, Dec 20 2011 Updated on Dec 20 2011 Published bywww.abdulkalam.com   Clean Environment Empowers the Societies What can I Give?  What can I Give??  And what can I Give??? I am indeed delighted to participate in the inauguration of Workshop on Campaign Clean India organized by Ministry of Tourism. My greetings to all the participants of this important workshop. Friends, today I would like to share few thoughts on the topic "Clean Environment Empowers the Societies". India is aspiring to be a developed nation by 2020 and is constantly working in this direction. When society is in the growth path, the magnitude of the pressure put on the environment proportionately increases. Our growth has to be sustainable and also must ensure that it does not make environment non-livable for the posterity. In addition, nation has to ensure that we are in a clean-green environment which will attract national and international tourists to our tourism centres. This action is vital for enhancing the growth rate in tourist arrival, particularly international tourist arrival to over 15 million tourists per year during the 12th plan period. On this occasion, I would like to share with you three important programmes that I have observed during my visit to various states in our country and abroad. The first one is municipal waste disposal and power generation, the second one the fly-ash clearing leading to an economic activity and the third one is the synergy mission for environmental up-gradation. Also, I would like to present two models of garbage surveillance and cleaning system and my experience on promotion of tourism as a holistic package. Electricity Generation through Municipal Waste Increased urbanization has led to a serious problem of accumulation of municipal solid waste. Efficient and environmentally clean disposal of garbage has always been a major technological challenge. While being a threat to the environment, mounting garbage is also a rich source of energy. The potential for converting this waste into useable energy, which will eliminate a major source of urban pollution, was realized by one of our innovative organizations - Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) of Department of Science and Technology which helped in developing a completely indigenous solution for the processing of waste into a source of fuel. This fuel could, in turn, be used for generation of electricity through mini plants. Number of plants are coming in our urban areas which will not only promote campaign clean India, but also provide energy which is vital for our growth. India needs thousands of mini power plants using municipal waste in small towns and urban areas. Tourism Ministry has to work with banking sector for promoting creation of such power plants in major municipalities with the collaboration of small and medium enterprises. Recently, I have come across a "plasma enhanced melter system". In this system high temperature, DC plasma arc is used to gasify the waste in steam reforming atmosphere to convert organic material into a synthesis gas - a mixture of mostly hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gas is used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine for generating electricity. The entrepreneurs involved in generation of electricity through municipal waste can consider this technology for implementation in certain municipalities. The ministry of tourism should ensure a decision of the cabinet to tell all the states the necessity of planned municipality waste management and energy conversion, and even the Central Govt can offer investment support for such a mission. A project director for this mission can be appointed by the tourism ministry in association with other ministries including environment ministry. Converting the fly ash as Wealth Generator and Clean Environment As you are aware, the use of coal for power generation results in increased quantum of fly ash production, which has reached over 100 million tonnes per year. All out efforts are needed to utilize this fly ash not only for environmental considerations, but also to avoid land usage for fly ash dumping. Though there has been a steady progress in fly ash utilization from 1990, we have a long way to go to reach the target of 100% fly ash utilization. It is reported that the agricultural increase of grains is around 15%, green vegetables 35% and root vegetables 50%, when fly ash is mixed with the soil. Toxicity tests have proved that there is no toxic element due to fly ash. But it has higher nutrients due to increased availability of iron and calcium. The fly ash can become a wealth generator by making use of it for agriculture and producing "green building" materials. Presently, the fly ash utilization is in the range of 40 million tonnes per year providing employment for over 50,000 personnel. At full utilization of the generating stock, this will provide employment potential for three hundred thousand people and result in a business volume of over Rs. 4000 crore per year. Tourism Ministry can work with electricity generating authorities and road building and agricultural ministry for enabling full utilization of fly ash for producing green building material and also facilitate the use of ash as manure by farmers. This will enable maintenance of clean atmosphere in power plant based regions. Synergy Mission for Environmental Upgradation The status of environmental cleanliness is one of the indicators of development of a nation. As a nation, we have to keep our environment clean and tidy including all our places of worship and rivers. I learnt that the Kali Bein rivulet is the place where Gurunanak Devji is said to have received enlightenment. I found that Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, a social reformer organized a people's participation movement in stopping the massive flow of sewage into the Kali Bein river and cleaned 160 km long polluted and choked rivulet during the last decade. This involved deployment of over 3,000 volunteer pilgrims per day. Over the years this rivulet had turned into weed choked drain. Today one can feel the flow of fresh water in this rivulet released from the Tarkina Barrage by the Government of Punjab. Now, the river is clean through a societal mission. The revival of the rivulet has recharged the water table as the hand pumps that had become dry for the past 4 decades are now pumping out water. I still find some problems in maintaining the river cleanliness. We have to seek the cooperation of factory owners in the area, so that they do not divert dirty and effluent into Bein river. They should treat the affluent through affluent management system and release only the clean water into the river. Tourism Ministry can study this model and promote cleaning of Ganges in Varanasi, Allahabad and Yamuna in Agra as a public-private-partnership mission. Such an action will make our tourists destination attractive to both international and national travelers. I would like to put-forth a thought for discussion in the "Campaign Clean India" for evolving a method of extending the cleanliness drive in worshiping places. In major places of worship, every day at least five hundred thousand people on an average go for prayers. Normally, when we go to a religious place we pray for our happiness and prosperity. At the place of worship, shall I suggest, display of the following vows. Each devotee can take any one of them as a thanks giving for The Almighty: 1. I will activate at least one water pond in my neighborhood or nearest village. 2. I will plant five fruit bearing trees in my neighbourhood and nurture them.  3. I will keep my house clean and also the street clean without dumping the garbage on the street.  4. I will work with my neighbourhood colleagues for timely clearance of the garbage from my area.  5. I will try my best not to pollute the environment. 6. I will promote clean energy practices 7. I will not use plastic as it is non-biodegradable The Campaign Clean India members can adopt certain religious places and display the boards with the vows I have suggested. They can also display the vows along with small devotional plays on screens while the pilgrims are approaching the sanctum sanatorium. Mapping the Neighbourhood Department of Science and Technology has taken up a programme called "Mapping the Neighbourhood". In Almora district in Uttaranchal children from number of schools have been motivated to use mapping techniques to investigate and map basic socio-economic, environmental and ecological issues being faced by the neighbourhood community. Armed with the scientific and technological tools such as Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), Space Imagery incorporated in the hand held computers, the students are creating maps with the neighbourhood details to improve their understanding of the immediate environment. These maps will enable further the technological community to find solutions for the regeneration of fast disappearing natural sources of water, improving road connectivity, finding better locations for electricity sub-stations with transformer and water distribution points, reducing traffic congestion, improved systems of garbage collection and overall improvement of environment. The students have extended their understanding to issues of agriculture and irrigation, health and nutrition. The mapping carried out by the students enables prevention of indiscriminate dumping and better location of garbage collection points and recycling by the municipal authorities for facilitating a clean environment. Since the students are involved, even the elders abide by the laws of the land and contribute to the upliftment of the neighbourhood. I would suggest the participants of this campaign to study the Mapping of the Neighbourhood project and implement them in the schools in regions where large-scale of tourists attractions are present. This mission will enable the Tourism Ministry to realize clean villages or cities. Clean villages or cities will lead to clean district. Clean district will lead to clean state. Clean state will lead to a clean nation. Integrated Zero Waste Management I have come across a total sanitation programme organized at Gandhi Nagar town Panchayat in Vellore district. Here the Panchayat authority in collaboration with non-government organization has been able to segregate the waste into organic and inorganic items. They have formed men self help groups and women self help groups for managing the waste in the Panchayat. These groups have established roadside dustbins, which are emptied regularly. They also have special services for hotels and marriage halls. The drainage system in the village is being cleaned thrice in a week. The fault reporting system is so efficient that sanitation faults in the village are attended to and rectified on the same day. A village having two thousand four hundred families generates garbage of over 48 tonnes per year. This garbage is converted into manure and recyclable waste generating over Rupees three lakhs in revenue. All the two thousand four hundred families in the village are able to have a clean green village just by paying around ten rupees per month per family. The scheme provides employment to number of people who are paid employees of the Panchayat. Part of the funds required for the payment of these employees is generated by the sale of manure and recyclable waste. This is a self-generating system of waste management and is economical also. I would suggest the Tourism Ministry to take up implementation of such a scheme in all our Panchayats through the intervention of Panchayat Raj Ministry. This can be a complementary effort along with the mapping of neighbourhood approach I have suggested earlier. Two experiences In 2003, when I was in Dubai, I met the Ruler of Dubai. He said that Dubai is planning to increase the tourist arrival by five times in the next five years. Once this decision was taken, I found, that the aviation minister was planning for a new airport and also new types of aircraft needed for attracting the tourists. The surface transport minister was planning a number of additional road lanes required in the highways. The works ministry was planning for increase in the hotel accommodation for accommodating the tourists without disappointment. The health ministry and urban development ministry had a road map for waste management and a plan for providing the clean water and clean environment needed. This was the type of integrated response that I found in the whole government to fulfill the national objective. Tourism Ministry of India has to take a message coming out of this experience and plan for the multiple requirements simultaneously for promoting world-class tourism in the country. And this would definitely require integrated efforts across multiple ministries. Maldives Model of Tourism During my Presidency, in 2004, I met the President of Maldives during his visit to our country. I had a detailed discussion with him particularly on Maldives tourism. At that time, the tourism in Maldives accounted for over 19% of their GDP, a fifth of total employment, approximately 30% of national income and 70% of foreign exchange earnings. Tourism, the dominant sector of the country's economy, is very dependent on choices made by international consumers. The Maldives attracts tourists with its beautiful island resorts in the form of aesthetically crafted thatched cottages and bungalows. In 2004, Maldives had attracted tourists, twice its population. On analysis, I found the reasons for the growth as, that the Government of Maldives gives the Islands for development as tourists spot on lease to private enterprises. The private enterprises invest and develop the whole Island with self-contained resorts including roads, power system, communication, drainage, waste management, environmental upgradation system, shopping malls, entertainment areas and banking system. There is no Government investment made in the project. The Indian tourism Organisation can study this model and evolve a total package for turn key tourist systems to be developed by private sector partners which will include maintenance and up-keep of tourist destination to international standards. The Indian Tourism Ministry can adapt this model in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep. Similarly, in each of the tourist regions, the ministry can create a tourist rural complex which give a comprehensive experience of rural cultural tourism. Of course, this will require an integrated effort in infrastructure development, electrification, security and transport for which we can take Private-Public-Community Partnership Model may be evolved. Conclusion: Clean habitat is my goal The Hon'ble Supreme Court has laid down "The Polluter Pays" principle. We are a developing country and certain percentage of people live below poverty line. Every citizen has a right to have a clean environment and we must ensure that the poor alone are not made to bear the brunt of environmental degradation. It is essential to uplift the citizens to the normal life with employment, habitat, healthcare and education. This will definitely have a positive impact on the environment. The government, civil society, Non-Govt Organisations, Students, and the media have to work together and take proactive steps for the prevention of environmental de-gradation due to non-maintenance of cleanliness in homes, streets, community centres, educational institutions, hospitals, hotels, religious places and tourist spots. India has 38 lakh Bharat Scouts and Guides, 13 lakh NCC Cadets and large number NSS Volunteers and students. I have started a youth movement called What Can I Give wich has about 200,000 active members across the nation working in different dimensions of giving to make a better India. I would be happy to include Campaign Clean India as part of their environmental mission. These enlightened disciplined youth can definitely be empowered to promote a Campaign Clean India movement in all tourist destinations. This can tasks can become a project assignment for the students and the tourism department can come out with a suitable honorarium packages for the students including their travel and stay costs. With these words, I inaugurate the Campaign Clean India workshop. My best wishes to all the participants success in their mission of making India a preferred tourists destination for all world travelers.  May God bless you. Oath for Environment Protection 1. I will plant at least five trees or saplings in my house or in my neighbourhood and nurture them.  2. I will ensure that my house is a clean house and my street is a clean street. I will ensure that the streets will not be a garbage dumping ground.  3. I will persuade the municipal authorities to lift the garbage without accumulation, keep the road approaches and drainage system clean at all times in my area.  4. I will not allow the drainage system of the neighbouring factories is let out into rivers or streams. 5. I will persuade the companies to get the effluent treated before it is drained into rivers.  6. I will minimize the use of fossil fuels and progressively change over to renewable energy both for household consumption and transportation. 7. I will work for conversion of municipal waste into fuel for generating electrical power.  8. I will conserve energy and promote green building concept wherever possible  9. I will teach my family members and friends "Clean home leads to clean neighbourhood, clean neighbourhood leads to clean state, clean state leads clean nation, clean nation leads to clean planet earth".  10. I will activate water bodies in my neighbourhood wherever possible and ensure greenery around it. By, Dr. APJ Abdulkalam www.abdulkalam.com

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.........போர்க்களமா வாழ்க்கை – தன்னம்பிக்கை கவிதை.......

போர்க்களமா வாழ்க்கை?
பார்க்கலாமே ஒரு கை!
சோர்ந்து விடாதே!
இதுதானா வாழ்க்கை என்று
கோழைகளின் பட்டியலில்
சேர்ந்து விடாதே!

இல்லையென்பார்,
இருப்பதைக் கொடுப்பாய்;
இன்னமும் என்பார்
இதுதான் முடியும் என்பாய்!

மறுகணமே
கஞ்சப் பிரபு என
புறம் கூற புரண்டு நிற்கும்
பஞ்சப் பிரபுவின் நாக்கு!

கொடுத்ததை
திரும்பக் கேட்டால்
கோமாளி என்பான்;
இரக்கப்பட்டு விட்டுவிட்டாலோ
ஏமாளி என்பான்!

நாம் இழைக்கும்
தவறுகளிலே
கதைப் பேசி
பிழைக்கும் கூட்டங்கள்

இந்த
நயவஞ்சக நாக்கினைக் கண்டு;
கதற வேண்டாம் -உன்மனம்
பதற வேண்டாம்!

வீணாய்
ஒலித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும்
ஓநாய்களின்
ஒப்பாரி சத்தமிது..

தானாய்
குறைந்து விடும்;
ஒரு நாள் காணாமலே
கறைந்து விடும்!

கருணையற்ற கூட்டம்
காணும்படி,
கண்ணீரை மட்டும்
சிந்தி விடாதே!

இவர்கள் -உன்
விழி நீரிலே விளையாடும்
விந்தை மனிதர்கள் -உன்
கண்ணீரிலே கவிபாடும்
கந்தை மனிதர்கள்!

வில்லில் பூட்டின
அம்புக்கும்,
அவர்கள் நாவிலே
பிறக்கும் வார்த்தைகளுக்கும்,
அதிக வித்தியாசமில்லை!

இரண்டுமே
காயப்படுத்திவிட தயாராய்;

அம்பின் கூர்மையும்
மழுங்கி விடலாம்;
வம்பளக்கும் அவர்களின்
நாவுகளோ ஒருநாளும்
மழுங்கி விடாது!

புறம் கூறிடும்
வஞ்சக கூட்டத்தின்;
நிறம் மாறிடும் நாட்கள்
வெகு தொலைவில்
அல்ல தோழா!
நன்றி கெட்ட
மனிதனின் நாக்கு;
அப்படி இப்படி
புரளத்தான் செய்யும்!

அவனுக்கும்
ஒரு கூட்டம்;
எப்படி எப்படியோ
திரளத்தான் செய்யும்!

போகட்டும்
அவர்களிடம் இல்லாத,
ஆனால் உன்னிடம் இருக்கும்
ஒரே ஆயுதம் மன்னிப்பு!

இவர்களைப் பற்றி
இனி மனதிலே
சிந்திக்கவும் வேண்டாம்!

மறந்தும் கூட
நிந்திக்கவும் வேண்டாம்!

காலம் கண் போன்றது!
கவனித்துக்கொண்டே இருக்கிறது!! http://rammohan1985.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88/

Youth movement for Developed India 2020

Recently, in Hyderabad, I met a group of citizens who are putting into practice the motto of transforming of our youth into enlightened citizen. The Lead India 2020 Foundation created by Dr. N.B. Sudershan at Hyderabad is training thousands of students in many districts of Andhra Pradesh in partnership with the District Administration. Particularly, I happened to know the transformation which has taken place among the students of Medak district. As per the district authorities the impact of the training on the students is visible in terms of self-discipline, love for their parents and teachers shedding of stage fear and recognition of their duties towards the nation. I talked to Ms. Padma, a student leader from Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare School, Nalgonda who related how she weaned her father away from smoking after imbibing the spirit of the 10 point oath from the Lead India Training Camp. This gives me an assurance that the youth of our country are on the right path through this mission oriented programme. With the ignited minds of the 540 million youth below the age of 25, which I consider is the most powerful resource on the earth, under the earth and above the earth, we have to empower the youth through value based education and leadership

By, Dr. APJ Abdulkalam

www.abdulkalam.com