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

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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 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.

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 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 towomen, 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

Culture and Religion of Arunachal Pradesh

Culture and Religion of Arunachal Pradesh



There are about 25 major tribes and a number of sub-tribes inhabiting the area with unique cultural heritage of their own ancestors. Most of these communities are ethnically similar, having derived from an original common stock but geographical isolation from each other has brought among them certain distinctive characteristics in language, dress and costumes.

Broadly, the people may be divided into three cultural groups on the basis of their socio-religious affinities. The Monpas and Sherdukpens of Tawang and West Kameng districts follow the lamaistic tradition of for their religious fervor, the villages of these communities have richly decorated Buddhist temples, locally called the Gompa.Though largely agriculturist practising terrace cultivation, many of these people are also pastoral and breed herds of Yak and mountain sheep. Culturally similar to them are Membas of Siang belt who live in the high mountains along the northern borders. Khamptis and Singphos inhabiting the eastern part of the State are also Buddhists of  are said to have migrated from Thailand and Myanmar long ago and the Khamptis still use ancient scripts derived from their original homeland.

The second group of people include - Mijis, Akas, Nyishis, Tagins, Apatanis, Adis, Galos, Mishmis etc. who worship the Sun and Moon God, namely Donyi-Polo. They worship their God in Neydar Namlo, Medar Nelo, Dere etc. Abo-Tani is the original ancestor for most of these tribes. Their religious rituals, largely coincide with the phases of agricultural cycles. They invoke nature deities and make animal sacrifices. They traditionally practise jhuming or shifting cultivation. These tribes also extensively practise wet-rice cultivation and have a considerable agricultural economy.

The third group comprises Noctes, Wanchos, Tangsa, Tutsa etc of Changlang and Tirap district. They are hardy people. Noctes and Wanchos strictly follow their structured village society in which the hereditary system of village chief still play a vital role. The Noctes also practise elementary form of  Tangsas worship their God in Rangfrah mandir.

Some Arunachalees have adopted Christianity and Hinduism as their religion. Despite their religious practice4s, these group keep the traditions they are belonged to, like participation in the festivals.

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DHARMA AND RELIGION

Sri Sri Bor Da
Sri Sri Thakur says

To uphold
  one's own life and growth
     with that of others
         is Dharma,

and to bind oneself

   with the love-lord

       through sacred devoutness
                                                  and to follow Him accordingly
                                                     is Religion.

Jagatmata Bor Maa

Jagatmata Bor Maa

"Keep your eyes
    on yhe welfare of every individual
         with due nurture for the display
             of his existantial tradition
                 and volitional activity;

thus make everyone
    propitious and progressive
        and have the stay of state
            strong in upkeep-condition."

ALMIGHTY MERCY

Americans are becoming more like Hindus and less like the traditional Christians in the way they think about the God, themselves, and eternity. Many American no longer believe in the idea that theirs is only true religion and all others are false. They believe that many religion can lead to eternal life.

 Sree Sree Thakur

Almighty Mercy
    is ever equitable,
        never equal,
            never same,
               but ever similar;

every specific group of distinctiveness,
    evolves into classes,
       due to the affinity of
           variatal nearness,
              and being becomes thereby;

but sameness invites dissolution
    and disintegration,
       hence, it is a demoniac drag
          to the hell.