The Power of Dreams

-by

VIPUL SEHGAL, MBA(IT), IIIT-Allahabad

Have you ever wondered, What you can do? Where you can go? What you can achieve?.........in your DREAMS!!!

What if you are chosen as the youngest prime minister of India??!!! How amazing would it be? Imagine your first ever address to the nation. What are you going to say to your countrymen in your first ever speech? Well as far my thoughts go.............read on..................

Good afternoon to all my countrymen!!!

First of all I would like to thank all you for showing faith in me. I’m really overwhelmed by the affection and the regard shown to me by so many people across the length and breadth of the country. I stand here today as India's youngest prime minister, humbled by this experience. It will be my sincere endeavour to live up to the expectations of all those who have elected me and I’m fully aware of the greatness of the responsibility which has been placed on my shoulders.

From expanding opportunities to protecting our country we have made great progress. But a lot of unfinished business lies before us. Our economy's growing at unprecedented rates and we should be confident enough to achieve the growth targets which we have set for ourselves.

However these benefits of the upsurge in the economy have not reached all the sections of the society.What I want to say here is that we cannot look at the future without first addressing the needs of the underprivileged and weaker sections of the society with special attention being made to the empowerment of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes. We should ensure that they too find a place in the sunshine of country’s growth and development. Our efforts and commitment towards achieving this goal won’t be complete until all the people of the country benefit from it. As Gandhiji said our pledge won't be fulfilled until we are able to wipe the tears from everyone's eyes.

Corruption is another evil that's eating up our system. We all should remember that every rupee which goes out of our system due to corruption is a rupee less for the development of our country and we cannot afford to lose the resources which are meant for our development. So we must strengthen the measures for removing corruption & provide more transparency in our system.

The future of our country is also impacted by the advances in science and technology and therefore we must encourage the students to pursue basic sciences. As we all know that education is the most important tool for empowering the people of our country and that is why since independence we have sought to build a huge infrastructure in education. As we are working towards the goal of achieving nationwide primary education, we must also encourage the students to enrol themselves in higher and technical education. I firmly believe that the light of modern education should touch every citizen of our country. In the end I would like to sum up by saying that my action will speak louder than my words and as the saying goes i will further prove it by taking India with a strive.                          

                                                                                                                                                                - JAI HIND