My Vision For India

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam
 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(October 15, 1931 — July 27, 2015)
● My Vision for India is a speech delivered by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, India’s former
President, while addressing the young minds at the campus of IIT, Hyderabad on
May 25th, 2011.

● He explains his three visions for India if it is to join the club of developed nations.
● He works to educate people about their responsibilities and urge them to work
together to develop a stronger India developed nation.
● He tries to make people realise their duties and motivate them to build a stronger
India.
3 Vision for India

● First vision: Kalam’s first vision for India is freedom. He recalls how India has, time
and again, been looted by invaders. India, on the other hand, has never invaded any
country because it respects the freedom of others. Modern India’s First War
of Independence was fought in 1857. Having subsequently achieved independence,
we need to protect this freedom, without which no one will respect us.
● Second vision: Development is his second vision for India. India is growing
economically and the rate of poverty is declining. The 10% GDP growth rate is a
healthy sign. But Dr. Kalam observed that Indians have failed to see themselves as a
group of self-reliant people. He, however, wants to see India as a developed and not
just a developing nation.
● Third vision: Strength is the third vision for India. To see India strong, both
economically and militarily, because people tend to respect those who are strong.

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Four Milestones in Dr.Kalam’s Career

● Project director for India’s first satellite launch vehicle.

● Second bliss when Agni met its mission requirements in 1994.
● The partnership between Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO for the nuclear tests on
May 11 and 13.
● Helping the children in Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences

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Drawbacks of Indian society

● The Media’s Obsession with Bad News, Failures and Disasters

● The Nation’s Obsession with Foreign Things
● Conformity in Foreign Countries but Detached in Motherland
● The Easy way Out: Blame it on the System

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Stylistic Features

● Epigrammatic Expressions
● Repetition
● Rhetorical Questions

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“Ask what we can do for India and
do what has to be done to India
what America and other westerner
countries are today.”