13 December 2008

My Role Model

APJ Adbul kalam is my role model.I first took note of this missile man of India when he became the president of India in 2002.His first speech itself made me a fan of him. To know more about him,I started reading his books. I read wings of fire, his autobiography and ignited minds which was an instant hit among youth. My respect towards Kalam grew more after reading these books followed by India 2020, Dialogue with the soul & most recently the "Kalam Effect" by his Private secretary. His journey from a newspaper boy in ramesharam to the First citizen of India left me stunned!
We may have read many stories like this of great people but his story remains unique in the sense that he never tried to acquire power or money but everything was coming in search of this little man. When I read "my experiments with truth" by Mahatma Gandhi in the year 2000, I was left with the thought that Gandhiji is a saint, its impossible to follow his footsteps. But after wings of fire, Kalam made me think that everything is possible for us provided we dream hard,work hard towards the goals with self confidence & above all belief in God.
I was blessed on Aug2,2008 to meet him live at St.francis college,Hyderabad.I would like to end with the Golden quote of Dr.Kalam - Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transfer into thoughts. Thoughts result in action!

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