We (India) are changing..........

sunilg

Hello friends, I recently received this mail from one of the IMers....... felt proud after reading it and felt like saluting this gentleman for his patriotism...

however, the main aim of my post here is not to criticise any country or cuntrymen ..... I just wanted to say thank and salute millions of farmers and scientists who made this day possible by bringing Green Revolution in India.



A mail from Dean of IIT - Madras, it's worth it.


Dear Friends,

Here is a personal experience, as well as a moment of national pride,
which I want to share with you. Hope you find it worth the time you put
in reading it :

"In the middle of 1965 India-Pakistan war, US govt - then a close friend
of Pakistan - threatened India with stopping food-aid (remember
"PL-480"?). For a food deficient India this threat was serious and
humiliating. So much so that in the middle of war, Prime Minister (Late)
Lal Bahadur Shastri went to Ram Leela Grounds in Delhi and appealed to
each Indian to observe one-meal-fast every week to answer the American
threat. As a school boy, I joined those millions who responded to Shastri
ji's call. I continued the fast even when the war was over and India
became self sufficient in food. Hurt deep by the national humiliation
suffered at the hands of the US govt, I had vowed to stop my weekly fast
only when India starts giving aid to USA.

It took just 40 years. Last week THE day arrived. When Indian ambassador
in Washington DC handed over a cheque of US$ 50 million to the US govt,
two plane loads of food, medical aid and other relief materials were
waiting to fly to the USA. Time to break the fast? With no bad feeling
about the USA, and good wishes for the Katrina victims, this humble
Indian feels proud of the distance India has covered in 40 years.

Let's celebrate a New India,.


- Vijay Kranti.
Dean - IIT Madras.

__________________
...Bismillah

sunilg

yes......there are problems, there are still more problems.

but i believe "Together We Can, And We Will Make A Difference".........