TELUGU
For a strong India
AMBIKA ANANTH
INDIA 2020 — Nootana Sahasrabdhi Disagaa: by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Y.S. Rajan; Tr. by Nagasuri Venugopal, Saroja Prasad, Goparaju Narayana Rao; Alakananda Prachuranalu, 59-6-15, Kanchukota Street, Opp. Maris Stella College, Vijayawada-520008. Rs. 200.
DR. ABDUL Kalam, along with a close associate of his in the space programmeY.S. Rajan, foresees an empowered India by 2020.
In this seminal work, they examine our nation’s strengths and weaknesses in its effort to become one of the top five super powers and suggest ways of reaching that position.
The authors say in the preface that in the1960s, many were sceptical about the envisioned space programme becoming a reality but the rapid advance of space technology since then is there for all to see now.
Some of the important questions raised by the authors are: Should we let the people stagnate or make them forward-looking? Should one be concerned about the upper social strata, forgetting the rest? Where we would like India to be in the next five decades?
The book sets up the vision of India emerging at the top of the world and exudes supreme confidence that it can be realised.
The book has 12 chapters and they deal with topics such as agriculture, food processing, chemical industries, health care for all, infrastructure, and biological wealth. The translation is easy-flowing. It is a must-read book.
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