Prez says ‘Keep away impossible’

By SNV Sudhir

Visakhapatnam, Feb 12: “Keep yourself away from people who utter the word impossible, ” President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam told the students of Ramanath Secondary school of Naval Science and Technological Laboratory here.Interacting with the children on Sunday, Dr Kalam has narrated a story how the words of Lord Kelvin the president of Royal Society of London and a great scientist of 18th century were proved wrong in 1902 after Wright brothers discovered the aircraft. “Kelvin said that any heavy object cannot fly, but that was proved wrong within a decade and these sort of discoveries could be possible only if one thinks that nothing is impossible and of course science is dynamic” said Kalam.He not only gave suggestions to the children but also advised the teachers to inculcate the sense of oneness and religious tolerance among the children. Answering a query raised by K Nithin, a 9th standard student of the school about terrorism he said terrorism and other social disorders in the society are due to differences in opinions, Kalam recollected his school days and said he was taught daily about all the religious and spiritual leaders like Jesus Christ, Khalifa, Lord Buddha, Einsten, Mahatma Gandhi and Srinivas Ramanujam for one hour at school, which made him a tolerant and peace mongering person. He stressed that if kids are taught in a similar way at their school levels there won’t be any difference of opinions.Answering another query rose by Prashanthi a 10th standard student about the cloning and its impact on India, he said “no” to the cloning. “We are created millions and millions of years ago by the genetic engineering techniques of god and my personal opinion is not to disturb the god’s creation. It would be beneficial if human components like eyes, arms can be cloned” Kalam said. He further stated that three persons are very important in anyone’s life and they are Mother, Father and the elementary teacher.