Yes, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam visited CMU today, and due to a lucky coincidence (I was looking for something to eat), I had the opportunity to attend his talk and the interaction session that ensued. At the beginning of the talk, he asked the audience to pick a topic that they wanted him to talk about. Unfortunately, nobody suggested anything (and I neither) and he fell back to his default starter topic - his career and contribution to India's science and technology.
It was amazing to hear him say "I don't buy the brain drain." And I agree with it too. The world knows no borders - the countries are human made divisions on earth for their self-destruction. Even Sunita Williams, after having spent a record time in spaceflights and spacewalks, said the same thing - she couldn't see borders between countries.
He concluded his talk with the an answer to the question: "What's India's biggest problem right now?" - Confidence.
Naresh got an autograph from him at the end.
It's a bit (to be frank, it's highly) surprising though to learn from Dr Kalam that [lack of] confidence is India's present biggest problem. Is it really so?
ReplyDeleteIf I am frank, that's the biggest problem to everybody who feels he/she is in problems. He first asked the audience what they thought the problem was. People answered with "Corruption","Literacy", "Population", etc......but one guy said "Confidence", and then Kalam said "Confidence! 100 marks for you!"
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