Ignited Minds

Post independence India has very few honest and respectable leaders. For the current generation one of the most admirable leader is Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, a leading scientist and current President of India.
Recently a friend of mine handed over to me one of Dr. Kalam's book "Ignited Minds". The book is mean't forthe young generation of India which should "dream" of making India a developed country. The book is very beautifully written and it seems as if Dr. Kalam is conversing with you his ideas. As the title suggests Dr. Kalam interacts with school children are trying to explain the skills and tools needed to make this a reality.
Couple of points which have lingered in my mind after reading the book are

1. we should stop degrading ourselves as Indians and should have a "can do" attitude towards achieving our goals.
2. Do things from the heart, express your spirit and thereby you will spread love and joy around you.
3. One must know that we deserve the good things in life
   
4. Hunger for achievement is highly evolved one and undoubtedly the strongest one
5. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you
6. Knowledge has always been the prime mover of prosperity and power

There are success stories among failures. There is hope among chaos, promise among problems. What we need is visionaries like JRD Tata, Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan and Dr. Verghese Kurien who can drive India to a developed country.
I hope the passion and dreams of Dr. Kalam are carried by every Indian especially children. So that we can build India as we always dream of.