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Develop rational thinking, Kalam tells students

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He may teach students for
a semester
Delivers 10 commandments

DINDIGUL: Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam hinted that he might teach students for a semester at Gandhigram Rural University.

He said this while interacting with students in a packed auditorium at the GRU at Gandhigram near here on Friday.

He said that he had come to the university to fulfil the ambitions of Gandhiji, father of the nation, with the help of students.

“Fifty-four million youths in the country are a formidable human resource. You are a great resource to the nation.

If you work hard, you can make this university that had sown the seeds of village renaissance a role model.” There was an overwhelming response from the students.

Reading one his poems, he said that students should have a big goal or a noble mission in their lives. Dr. Kalam insisted that students must develop rational thinking.

Delivering 10 commandments, the former President advised the youth to take an oath to make at least five persons literate, plant five saplings, save five persons from drugs, not to show any partiality in the name of religion, caste and language and to respect women.

When a girl student asked him how to eradicate corruption, the President said that approximately 30 per cent of people or 60 million homes were corrupt. Students must insist on their parents not to be corrupt.

“You should have courage to think, travel and discover the solution for the impossible.”

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