Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has exhorted the youth to explore the unexplored path and combat problems with courage to succeed in their missions.
Inaugurating a school for under-privileged students founded by NRI surgeon Polineni Subba Rao at Martur in the district on Saturday night, Dr. Kalam wanted the students to set high goals and continuously acquire knowledge to realise their dreams. He said, “it is a big crime to set small goals”.
Stating that he had interacted with over 20 million youths in the last two decades, Dr. Kalam said he noted that all of them want to be special in their own way even though the world wanted them to take the beaten path.
He administered an oath to the children to think differently, explore unexplored paths and combat problems boldly to realise their dreams.
Replying to questions posed by the students, Dr. Kalam said his school teacher Sivasubramaniam in Rameswaram was his role model.
Replying to another question from a 10th class student, he said: “going forward we should use thorium in our nuclear reactors”.
“Our nuclear scientists are working on this and they will make this possible in about 10 years”, he added.
He presented a set of thought-provoking books to the school library.
Dr. Kalam lauded Dr. Subba Rao for his noble mission to educate the orphaned children.
State Ministers Siddha Raghava Rao and P. Pulla Rao joined Dr. Subba Rao in felicitating the former president.
