My Vision For India

My Vision for India
E- Learning – Department of English

Erode Arts and Science College Prepared by the
Dept
THE OUTLINE TEXT VIDEO OF DR.APJ ABDUL KALAM’S VISION OF INDIA
Introduction
 Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the President of India between

2002 and 2007.
 He became the 11th President of Indian and is one of the
most distinguished scientists of India.

 He was born in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.
 The essay is one of the most popular speeches of Abdul
Kalam.
 He wants the Indians to be more responsible and to take
care of future India and plea to change their attitudes to feel

pride of the nation and appreciate the wealth and
advancements in India.
Dr. KALAM’S THREE VISIONS
 The first vision is that of ‘FREEDOM’.
 The second vision is ‘DEVELOPMENT’.

 The third vision is that INDIA MUST STAND UP TO

THE WORLD
First Vision Of Kalam :FREEDOM.
The first vision is that of ‘Freedom’. Though many

countries invaded us, captured us, conquered our minds
starting from Alexander to that of British Government who
came and looted us completely and yet we have not done
this to any other nation since we respect the freedom of
others. That is why the vision of Kalam was that of
‘Freedom’. He believes that India got its first vision of
freedom in the year 1857 when India first started the war
of Independence. We must protect and nurture our
freedom otherwise no country will respect us.
Second Vision Of Kalam :DEVELOPMENT.
The second vision of Kalam is ‘Development’. For the

past 50 years we have been a developing nation. It is
time to look upon ourselves as a development nation.
We are among top 5 nations of the world in GDP
(Gross Domestic Product) and 10% growth in most
areas. We achieved globally in major fields but still we
lack self confidence to see our nation as a developed
one. We should change this nature.
Third Vision Of Kalam : INDIA MUST STAND UP TO
THE WORLD
The third vision is that India must stand up to the

world. Unless we stand up to the world no one will
respect. Only strength respects strength. We must be
strong not only as a military power but also as an
economic power and both must go hand in hand. He
feels very proud to work along with great minds such
as Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of Space, Prof.
Satish Dhawan who succeeded him and Dr. Brahm
Prakash, father of nuclear material.
Media Exposure in India
We are a great nation, and we stand first in milk production,

second in wheat production yet we lack to recognize our own
strengths and achievements. We have millions of such
achievement, still our media is only obsessed (fixed) with bad
news, failures and disasters. Kalam narrates an incident that took
place in Israel. Once he was in Tel Aviv, reading an Israeli
newspaper and it was the day after lot of attacks and deaths, but
the front page had the picture of Jewish gentlemen who in five
years had transformed a desert into an orchid and a granary
(place to store grains). The killings, attacks and death were
described in middle paper and were buried with other news.
Why Indian newspapers are so NEGATIVE?
Adapting foreign culture
Kalam once went to Hyderabad and he got an opportunity to meet

a 14 year old girl who asked for an autograph. He asked her what
her goal in life is. She replied that, she wanted to live in a
developed India. For her, we should build a developed nation by
working together and by praising our own culture. In Singapore
we don’t throw cigarette butts or eat in stores, we wouldn’t eat in
public during Ramdan (festival) in Dubai, we don’t dare to drive
in Washington and tell traffic police that I am so and so’s son, or
chuck an empty coconut shell in the beaches of Australia and New
Zealand. We will throw cigarette butts and throw papers on the
road the moment we touch Indian soil. Why is that we can’t
follow the same as we respect the foreign system?
Blaming others
We wanted to sit back comfortably and expecting someone

to pamper us in all deeds. We expect the government to
clean the garbage all over the place, but we will never stop
throwing stray papers. We blame Indian Railways and
Indian Airlines to provide the best in everything but we fail
to learn the proper use of Public property. We talk about
burning social issues like dowry, child marriage but we fail
to follow them when it comes to our own life. We vacate
India to foreign nation in order to earn more money, if there
is some problem they will plead to Indian government to
save them.
Conclusion
 “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”.
 The article was written by Kalam to create awareness

amongst the Indian and a call upon to all the Indian
citizens to contribute towards making our country a
great one.
Learning strategy
 Mind map
 Spelling
 Vocabulary
 Soft skills : comprehension
 Communication
Mind Map
Archaeological Source of ancient Literary sources

sources Indian History
Foreign accounts
Spelling
Choose the correct Spelling
1. Vacine - vecciane – vaccine

2. Census – cences – censis
3. Patriact – patriot – pathriact
4. Intregation – integrataon – integration
5. Tertary – tertiary – tertairy
Vocabulary
Polysemous words MEANING : A Polysemous Word Is

A Word Which Has Many Meanings
movement of something through the air

e.g, : flight journey by air
an aircraft
stairs
escape
Soft skills : Fill up the blanks
1. Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the President of India between _______.
2. Kalam has _____ main visions about India.
3. The first vision is that of _____
4. The second vision of Kalam is ______
5. The third vision is that ________
6. We are a great nation, and we stand first in _______.
7. We achieved globally in major fields but still we lack _______ to see our nation as a
developed one.
8. In Singapore we don’t throw _______ in stores, we wouldn’t eat in public during Ramdan
(festival) in Dubai.
9. We will throw cigarette butts and throw papers on the road the moment we touch ______
10. We talk about burning social issues like ______ but we fail to follow them when it
comes to our own life.
11. We are a great nation, and we stand second in_____
12. We are a great nation, yet we lack to recognize our own ____ & _____
Communication
SPEAKING
 Make a list of three of your dreams and state how you

would make them a reality
Communication – LISTENING
SPEECH BY MARTIN LUTHER KING
COMPARE KALAM’S DREAMS WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING’S DREAMS
Communication – WRITING
Paragraph Questions

 Write a paragraph about the first vision of Dr.APJ
Abdul kalam
 Write a paragraph about the second vision
 Write a paragraph about the third vision

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E- Learning – Department of English

 Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the President of India between

most distinguished scientists of India.

care of future India and plea to change their attitudes to feel

 The second vision is ‘DEVELOPMENT’.

 The third vision is that INDIA MUST STAND UP TO

The first vision is that of ‘Freedom’. Though many

The second vision of Kalam is ‘Development’. For the

The third vision is that India must stand up to the

We are a great nation, and we stand first in milk production,

Kalam once went to Hyderabad and he got an opportunity to meet

We wanted to sit back comfortably and expecting someone

 “ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO

 The article was written by Kalam to create awareness

 Soft skills : comprehension

Archaeological Source of ancient Literary sources

Choose the correct Spelling

1. Vacine - vecciane – vaccine

Polysemous words MEANING : A Polysemous Word Is

movement of something through the air

 Make a list of three of your dreams and state how you

 Write a paragraph about the second vision

 Write a paragraph about the third vision

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