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<p><b><span lang=EN-IN
style='font-family:Verdana;color:#0000CC'><font color="#663399" size="2">TIOL-DDT
179</font><span style="font-size: 10.0pt"><br>
</span></span><span lang=EN-IN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>15 08 2005<br>
Monday</span></b></p>
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<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>The country's <b>foreign exchange</b> reserves stand at an all-time high of
</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>$140.600 </span><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Billion.</span></b></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Mobile phones are growing by about 1.5 Million a month. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:blue;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;'>India</span></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> is among the six countries that launch satellites and do so even for <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> and <span class=SpellE>EU</span> countries.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana; '>India</span></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>'s <span class=SpellE>INSAT</span> is among the world's largest domestic satellite
communication systems.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Back in 1968, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> imported 9M tonnes of
food-grains to support its people. Through a grand programme of national self-sufficiency
which started in 1971, today it has a food grain surplus stock of 60M.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana; '>India</span></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> is among the three countries in the World that have built Supercomputers on
their own. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>There are more IT professionals in <st1:City w:st="on">Bangalore than in the
<st1:place
w:st="on">Silicon Valley. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;'>India</span></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>’s telecom infrastructure between Chennai, Mumbai and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region>,
provides the <b>largest bandwidth capacity in the world</b> </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>With more than 250 universities, 1,500 research institutions and 10,428 higher-education
institutes, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b>India</b></st1:country-region><b>
produces 200,000 engineering graduates</b> and another 300,000 technically trained
graduates every year. . </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Statistics that show:</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>38% of doctors in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>12% of scientists in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>36% of NASA scientists,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>34% of Microsoft employees,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>28% of IBM employees,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>17% of INTEL scientists,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>§<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>13% of XEROX employees,</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>… <span class=GramE>are</span> Indians.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>IIT</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> = Harvard + MIT + <st1:place
w:st="on">Princeton</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>"The <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> imports oil from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:country-region>, cars from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>, TVs from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>
and Whiskey from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region>.
So what do we import from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>?
We import people, really smart people," - from a TV show</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>It is the only society in the world which has never known slavery.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;'>India</span></st1:country-region><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana; '>India</span></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> was the richest country on Earth until the time of the British in the early
17th Century.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>Robert Clive’s personal wealth, amassed from the plunder
of <st1:place w:st="on">Bengal during the 1750’s, was estimated to be around
£401,102</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:blue;
'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>It has been estimated that the total amount of treasure
that the British took from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> had reached £1,000,000,000 (£<span
class=SpellE>1Billion</span>) by 1901. Taking into consideration interest rates
and inflation this would be worth close to $1,000,000,000,000 ($<span
class=SpellE>1Trillion</span>) today.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana; '>India</span></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. The place value
system, the decimal system were developed in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>
in the 100 BC. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Aryabhatta was the first to explain the spherical shape, size, diameter, rotation
and correct speed of Earth in 499 AD. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>The World's first university was established in <span class=SpellE>Takshila</span>
in 700 BC. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Sanskrit is considered the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most
precise, and therefore the most suitable language for computer software. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Ayurveda</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. <span class=SpellE>Charaka</span>,
the father of medicine consolidated <span class=SpellE>Ayurveda</span> 2500
years ago. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Christopher Columbus was attracted to <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>'s
wealth and was looking for route to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>
when he discovered the American continent by mistake. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>The art of Navigation was born in the river <span class=SpellE>Sindh</span>
6000 years ago. The word ‘Navigation’ is derived from the Sanskrit word <span class=SpellE><i>Navagatih</i></span>.
The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit <span class=SpellE><i>Nou</i></span>.
</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>In <span class=SpellE>Siddhanta</span> <span class=SpellE>Siromani</span> (<span class=SpellE>Bhuvanakosam</span>
6), <span
class=SpellE>Bhaskaracharya</span> II described the gravity of earth about 400
years before Sir Isaac Newton. He also had some clear notions on differential
calculus, and the Theory of Continued Fraction.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Madhavacharya</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> discovered the <st1:City
w:st="on">Taylor series of Sine and Cosine function about 250 years before <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Taylor.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Madhavacharya</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> discovered Newton Power series.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Madhavacharya</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> discovered Gregory <span
class=SpellE>Leibnitz</span> series for the Inverse Tangent about 280 years before
Gregory.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Madhavacharya</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> discovered <span
class=SpellE>Leibnitz</span> power series for pi about 300 years before <span
class=SpellE>Leibnitz</span>.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Bhaskaracharya</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before
the astronomer Smart. (Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484
days)</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Infinity was well known to ancient Indians. <span class=SpellE>Bhaskaracharya</span>
II in <span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>Beejaganitha</span></span><span class=GramE>(</span>stanza-20)
has given clear explanation with examples for infinity.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Theory of Continued Fraction was discovered by <span class=SpellE>Bhaskaracharya</span>
II.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Indians discovered Arithmetic and Geometric progression. Arithmetic progression
is explained in <span
class=SpellE>Yajurveda</span>.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Positive and Negative numbers and their calculations were explained first by
<span class=SpellE>Brahmagupta</span></span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Aryabhatta also propounded the heliocentric theory of gravitation, thus predating
Copernicus by almost one thousand years. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>The <span class=SpellE>Surya</span> <span
class=SpellE>Siddhanta</span>, </span></i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>a textbook on astronomy of ancient India, last compiled
in 1000 BC believed to be handed down from 3000 BC by aid of complex mnemonic
recital methods still known today,<i></i></span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
'>o<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>Showed the Earth's diameter to be 7,840 miles, compared
to modern measurements of 7,926.7 miles.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;'>Showed the distance between the Earth and the Moon as 253,000
miles, Compared to modern measurements of 252,710 miles.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>The value of "pi" was first calculated by <span class=SpellE>Boudhayana</span>,
and he explained the concept of what is today known as the Pythagorean Theorem.
He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
This was ‘validated’ by British scholars in 1999.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>.
Quadratic equations were propounded by <span class=SpellE>Sridharacharya</span>
in the 11th century. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
class=SpellE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;'>Maharshi</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'> <span class=SpellE>Sushruta</span> is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago
he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like caesareans,
cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>The usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>.
Over 125 surgical equipments were used. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology, aetiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify;'> <span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span>
<span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>We had a highly scientific Tax system and the classic <span class=SpellE>Arth</span>
<span class=SpellE>Sasthra</span></span></p>
<p> <span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span> <span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>"In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>
today, we have a lady born a Catholic (Mrs. Gandhi) stepping aside so a Sikh
could be sworn in by a Muslim president to lead a nation that's 80 percent Hindu.
I defy anyone to cite another country with such diversity in its political leadership."</span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-IN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>- Sanjay <span class=SpellE>Puri</span>,
executive director of <span class=SpellE>USINPAC</span></span></p>
<p> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:
Wingdings;'>Ø<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span> <b><span
lang=EN-GB>“I have three visions for <st1:place
w:st="on">India.”</span></b></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>1. In 3000 years of our history people from all over the world have come and
invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. <span class=GramE>From
Alexander onwards.</span> The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese,
the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over
what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered
anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried
to enforce our way of life on them. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>Why? <span class=GramE>Because we respect the freedom of others.</span> That
is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. </span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>I believe that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> got its first vision
of this in 1857, when we started the war of independence. It is this freedom
that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will
respect us. “</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>2. My second vision for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> is DEVELOPMENT. For
fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as
a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP.
We have 10% growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements
are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see
ourselves as a developed nation, self-reliant and self-assured.</span></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>3. I have a THIRD vision. <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> must stand up to the
world. Because I believe that unless <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> stands up to the world, no one will respect
us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military
power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand.</span></p>
<p><b><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
'>- President <span class=SpellE>APJ</span> Abdul <span class=SpellE>Kalam</span></span></b></p>
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