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THANK YOU FOR BEING MY PARACHUTE

Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He won acclaims and appreciations from many.

After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said "You're Captain Vishal ! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Vishal.

"I packed your parachute," the man smiled and replied. Vishal gasped in surprise and gratitude and thought if parachute hadn't worked, I wouldn’t be here today.

Vishal couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. He wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, he was a fighter pilot and that person was just a safety worker"

So friends, who is packing your parachute?

Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day.

We need many kinds of parachutes - we need the physical parachute, the mental parachute, the emotional parachute, and the spiritual parachute. We call on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.

We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize the people who pack your parachute.

😊 I just want to thank everyone who packed my parachute this year one way or the other- through your words, deeds, prayers etc!! Don't want to take any of you for granted 🙏🏻

From the bottom of my heart with all my love ❤

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Tribute to PINK

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal 

Tu Kis Liye Hataash Hai 

Tu Chal Tere Wajood Ki 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Jo Tujh Se Lipti Bediyaan 

Samajh Na Inko Wastra Tu (X2) 

Yeh Bediyaan Pighaal Ke 

Bana Le In Ko Shastra Tu 

Bana Le In Ko Shastra Tu

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal 

Tu Kis Liye Hataash Hai 

Tu Chal Tere Wajood Ki 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Charitra Jab Pavitra Hai 

To Kyu Hai Yeh Dasha Teri (X2) 

Yeh Paapiyon Ko Haq Nahi 

Ke Lein Pareeksha Teri 

Ke Lein Pareeksha Teri 

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal 

Tu Kis Liye Hataash Hai 

Tu Chal Tere Wajood Ki 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Jalaa Ke Bhasm Kar Use 

Jo Kroorta Ka Jaal Hai (X2) 

Tu Aarti Ki Lao Nahi 

Tu Krodh Ki Mashaal Hai 

Tu Krodh Ki Mashaal Hai 

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal 

Tu Kis Liye Hataash Hai 

Tu Chal Tere Wajood Ki 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai 

Chunar Uda Ke Dhwaj Bana 

Gagan Bhi Kapkapaaye Ga (X2) 

Agar Teri Chunar Giri 

To Ek Bhukamp Aayega 

Ek Bhukamp Aayega 

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal 

Tu Kis Liye Hataash Hai 

Tu Chal Tere Wajood Ki 

Samay Ko Bhi Talaash Hai

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How a Password Changed my Life

A true story from the reader’s Digest I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office computer “your password has expired” a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for changing it. Coming up with a new code doesn’t seem like a big deal, unless you work at my company, where we have to change it monthly, using at least one uppercase character, one lower case character, one symbol and one number. Oh and the password can’t be fewer than eight characters. And I can’t use any of the same passwords I’ve used in the past three months. Suddenly I was furious, what didn’t make it any better was that I was deeply depressed after my recent divorce. Disbelief over what she had done to me was what I thought all day. That didn’t mean anything to the empty field with the pulsating cursor, waiting for me to type a password that I have to reenter many times – for the next 30 days. I remembered a tip I’d heard from my former boss . He’d said “ I’m going to use a password that is going to change my life” I couldn’t focus on getting things done in my current mood. There was clear indication that I needed to regain control over my life, but I couldn’t heed them. My password became the indicator. My password reminded me that I shouldn’t let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it. I made my password – Forgive@her , I had to type this password several times every day each time my computer would lock. Each time I came back from lunch I wrote forgive her. The simple action changed the way I looked at my ex-wife. That constant reminder of reconciliation led me to accept the way things happened and helped me deal with my depression. As one month wore on, I felt a slow healing began to take place. By the time the server prompted me to change my password following month, I felt free. The next time I had to change my password I thought about the next thing that I had to get done. My password became Quit@smoking4ever . It motivated me to follow my goal and I was able to quit smoking. One month later, my password becameSave4trip@europe, and in three months I was able to visit Europe. Seeing how reminders helped me materialize my goals kept me motivated and excited. While its sometimes difficult to come up with your next goal, keeping at it brings great results. After a few months my password was Save4@ring !!! Life is going to change again !!!

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THE EUROPEAN ENGLISH

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away. By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen world! 

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STAND UP & SHINE

A small candle was being carried by a man who was climbing stairs. Along their way up to the top, the candle asked the man, “Where are we going?” “We’re going to the top and give signals to big ships on the ocean,” the man answered. “What? How could it be possible for me with my small light to give signals to those big ships? They will never be able to see my light”, replied the candle weakly.

“All you have to do is keep burning and leave the rest to me”, said the man.

When they arrived at the top of the lighthouse where there was a big lamp with a loop behind it. The man lit the lamp with the small candle and instantly, the place shone so brightly that the ships on the ocean could see its light. Moral: All you have to do is shine. Sometimes our little bit of brightness is all that is needed to spark a light bright enough to help others, so shine on. 

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PAY ATTENTION

1st year students of MBBS were attending their 1st anatomy class. They all gathered around the surgery table with a real dead dog.  The Professor started class by telling two important qualities as a Doctor. The 1st is that NEVER BE DISGUSTED FOR ANYTHING ABOUT BODY,  e.g. He inserted his finger in dog's mouth & on drawing back tasted it in his own mouth.    Then he said them to do the same.  The students hesitated for several minutes.  But eventually everyone inserted their fingers in dog's mouth & then tasted it.    When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said:  The most important 2nd quality is OBSERVATION, I inserted my Middle finger but tasted the Index finger.  Now learn to pay attention.       Moral:  Life is tough but it’s a lot tougher  when you are not paying attention 

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We wish we were on that bus

Once there was loving couple travelling in a bus in a mountainous area.They decided to get down at some place. After the couple gotdown at some place the bus moved on,As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs.Everybody on board was killed.The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus" 

  Why do u think they said that??

  If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to get down,the resulting time delay could have been avoided and the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed ..!!! Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when you can help Others... "Many times in life, the opposite of Success is not Failure, its Quitting" "Winners never quit, quitters never Win"

  Pray God to bless us to think positive in any situation and surely we shall win our self confidence.

  Look upto people and they shall look upto You

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A Pound of Butter

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker.

One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.

The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure.

The farmer replied, Your Honor, I am primitive. I don’t have a proper measure, but I do have a scale.”

The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?”

The farmer replied “Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter.

If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker.”

What is the moral of the story?

“ We get back in life what we give to others”

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CHEATING THE ANGEL OF DEATH

There was once a learned scientist.. After a lot of practice and efforts, he developed a formula and learned the art of reproducing himself. He did it so perfectly that it was impossible to tell the reproduction from the original. ...  One day while doing his research, he realized that the Angel of Death was searching for him. In order to remain immortal he reproduced a dozen copies of himself. The reproduction was so meticulous that all of them looked exactly like him. Now when this Angel of Death came down, he was at a loss to know which of the thirteen before him was the original scientist, and confused, he left them all alone and returned back to heaven.  But, not for long, for being an expert in human nature, the Angel came up with a clever idea. He said to the scientist addressing all thirteen of them, "Sir, you must be a genius to have succeeded in making such perfect reproduction formula of yourself. However, I have discovered a flaw in your work, just one tiny little flaw."  The scientist immediately jumped out and shouted, Impossible! where is the flaw?" "Right here" said the Angel, as he picked up the scientist from among the reproductions and carried him off.  The whole purpose of the scientist and his formula of reproduction failed as he could not control his pride and lost his life.  You let go your ego in order to succeed.

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So why am I the one to die?

I went to a party Mom,  I remembered what you said.  You told me not to drink, Mom,  So I drank soda instead.  I really felt proud inside, Mom,  The way you said I would.  I didn't drink and drive, Mom,  Even though the others said I should.  I know I did the right thing, Mom,  I know you are always right.  Now the party is finally ending, Mom,  As everyone is driving out of sight.  As I got into my car, Mom,  I knew I'd get home in one piece.  Because of the way you raised me,  So responsible and sweet..  I started to drive away, Mom,  But as I pulled out into the road,  The other car didn't see me, Mom,  And hit me like a load.  As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,  I hear the policeman say,  "The other guy is drunk," Mom,  And now I'm the one who will pay.  I'm lying here dying, Mom....  I wish you'd get here soon.  How could this happen to me, Mom?  My life just burst like a balloon..  There is blood all around me, Mom,  And most of it is mine.  I hear the medic say, Mom,  I'll die in a short time.  I just wanted to tell you, Mom,  I swear I didn't drink.  It was the others, Mom.  The others didn't think.  He was probably at the same party as I.  The only difference is, he drank  And I will die.  Why do people drink, Mom?  It can ruin your whole life.  I'm feeling sharp pains now.  Pains just like a knife.  The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,  And I don't think it's fair.  I'm lying here dying  And all he can do is stare.  Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.  Tell Daddy to be brave.  And when I go to heaven, Mom,  Put "GOOD BOY " on my grave.  Someone should have told him, Mom,  Not to drink and drive.  If only they had told him, Mom,  I would still be alive.  My breath is getting shorter, Mom.  I'm becoming very scared.  Please don't cry for me, Mom.  When I needed you, you were always there. I have one last question, Mom.  Before I say good bye.  I didn't drink and drive,  Sowhy am I the one to die?

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The Talking Bird

  There is an old story about a fellow who lived alone and went to a pet store to buy a parrot. He thought the bird might fill some of his lonely hours. The very next day, however, he came back to complain, "That bird doesn't talk."                 The store owner asked if he had a mirror in its cage, and the man said he didn't. "Oh, parrots love mirrors," he explained. "When he sees his reflection in the mirror, he'll just start talking away." So he sold him a birdcage mirror.                 The bird owner was back the next day to gripe that his parrot still hadn't said a word. "That's very peculiar," allowed the pet expert. "How about a swing? Birds really love these little swings, and a happy parrot is a talkative parrot." So the man bought a swing, took it home, and installed it in the cage.                  But he was back the next day with the same story. "Does he have a ladder to climb?" the salesman asked. "That just has to be the problem. Once he has a ladder, he'll probably talk your ear off!" So the fellow bought a ladder.                  The man was back at the pet store when it opened the next day. From the look on his face, the owner knew something was wrong. "Didn't your parrot like the ladder?" he asked. His repeat customer looked up and said, "The parrot died."                  "I'm so sorry," the stunned businessman said. "Did he ever say anything?"                  "Well, yes. He finally talked just before he died. In a weak little voice, he asked me, "Don't they sell any bird seed at that pet store?'"                   Some of us have mistakenly thought that happiness consists of lining our cages with toys, gadgets, and other stuff. Excessive consumption has become the hallmark of our life. "Whoever has the most toys wins" seems to be the likely candidate to be the bumper sticker for an entire culture. But is it so?                   There is a spiritual hunger in the human heart that can't be satisfied by seeing one's own image reflected back in vanity mirrors, playing with our grown-up toys, or climbing the corporate ladder. Our hearts need real nourishment.The love of family and friends,relationships over the pursuit of more things, personal integrity, a secure connection to God --these are the things that feed the soul. Have you chosen a life course that leads to a destination that matters?

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Great thoughts

"Never Play With The Feelings Of Others Because U May Win The Game But The Risk Is That U Will Surely Lose The Person For A Life Time".

"Coin Always Makes Sound But The Currency Notes Are Always Silent. So When Your Value Increases Keep Quiet''.

"Laughing Faces Do Not Mean That There Is Absence Of Sorrow! But It Means That They Have The Ability To Deal With It".  ----- Shakespeare

  "The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, But because of the silence of good people!" ---Napoleon

  "I am thankful to all those who said NO to me It's because of them I did it myself." --- Einstein

  "If friendship is your weakest point then U are the strongest person in the world." --- Abraham Lincoln  

  "Opportunities Are Like Sunrises, If You Wait Too Long You Can Miss Them". --- William Arthur. 

  "When You Are In The Light, Everything Follows You, But When You Enter Into The Dark, Even Your Own Shadow Doesn't Follow You." --- Hitler. 

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A letter from a just married girl to her mother

Like every normal girl, I was excited about marriage right from my childhood days. I never thought beyond the time that I would spend happily with my prince charming. But today when I am married, I realize that marriage is not all roses. It’s not just about being with your beloved and having a gala time. There is so much more to it. It comes with its own share of responsibilities, duties, sacrifices and compromises.

                        I can’t wake up anytime I want to. I am expected to be up and ready before everyone else in the family. I can’t laze around in my pyjamas throughout the day. I am expected to be presentable every time. I can’t just go out anytime I want to. I am expected to be sensitive to the needs of the family. I just can’t hit the bed anytime I want to. I am expected to be active and around the family. I can’t expect to be treated like a princess but am supposed to take care of everyone else in the family. 

                       And then I think to myself, ‘why did I get married at all?’ I was happier with you, mom. Sometimes I think of coming back to you and getting pampered again. I want to come home to my favorite food cooked by you every evening after a nice outing with friends. I want to sleep on your laps like I have no worry in this world. 

                        But then I suddenly realize, had you not got married and made such sacrifices in your life, I wouldn’t have had so many wonderful memories to hang on to. And suddenly, the purpose of all this becomes clear- to return the same comfort, peace and happiness to my new family that I got from you. And I am sure that as time would pass, I would start loving this life equally as you do. 

                       Thank you mom for all the sacrifices and compromises you made. They give me the strength to do the same. Love you. 

  It’s an excellent letter for all daughters.

  REGARDS MUSTAFA.

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लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती -- A poem by Harivanshrai Bacchan

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,

चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है।

मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,

चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है।

आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,

जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है।

मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,

बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में।

मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

असफलता एक चुनौती है, स्वीकार करो,

क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो।

जब तक न सफल हो, न���ंद चैन को त्यागो तुम,

संघर्ष का म��दान छोड़ मत भागो तुम।

कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की हार नहीं होती।

--हरिवंशराय बच्चन

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Happiness multiplies by giving

A young man, a student was taking a walk with a professor who was known for his kindness. As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed belonged to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day’s work.                     The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind bushes, and wait to see his confusion when he cannot find them.”                     “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich and can give yourself much greater pleasure this way . Put a coin into each shoe, and We watch to see how the discovery affects him.”                      The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. He was absolutely astonished . He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin. His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving thanking some unknown hand which Made his day                   The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears.                   “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your wicked trick?”                    The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

REGARDS MUSTAFA.

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Dr Manmohan Singh

As our current prime minister's term is at an end ... let us have a look at his personal work, history, and achievements .... a man of great credibility he is pioneer in India's modern economy .. and also highly regarded in modern economical world ...

                       Stories of extreme hardship, braving impossible odds and innumerable sacrifices, abound in the lives of nearly 90 per cent of the students in the country. But among them, some perform exceptionally well. Their academic laurels are so brilliant, that at times their CV looks intimidating. And each one acknowledges that it's the right education that made  them what they are today.

                          Some, like our Prime Minister, had to walk miles to reach an unlit school, while some, like Dr Mashelkar, were forced to go to the nearby railway platform to study, the only well-lit place in the vicinity, in the dead of the night when rail traffic slowed down. Some others, like Dr Homi J Bhabha, were not challenged by penury, but faced tremendous intellectual isolation, and at times, prejudices. Invariably each story is one of constant struggle; against poverty, against social order, against the system and at times even against indifference, with only their powerful intellect and tremendous capacity for hard work as allies.

                     Whenever he was asked for the secret of his professional success Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would say only one thing, "I am what I am because of my education." He has often thanked his family for ensuring that he went right up to college and then had opportunities to win many scholarships that finally helped him get a PhD from Oxford University.

                       Manmohan Singh was born into a family of modest means in the village of Gah in Pakistan. For the first 12 years of his life he lived there, a village which had no electricity, no school, no hospital, no piped drinking water. He walked for miles every day to school and studied at night in the dim light of a kerosene lamp. When asked once why he had poor eyesight he confessed that it was because he had spent hours reading books in that dim light.

  His journey from Cambridge to the UN to the Indian government.

                     It was his hard work that enabled him to finish his schooling and attend college in Amritsar, where he lived after the Partition. He then won a scholarship to go to Cambridge University in England to do his Master's in Economics. Another scholarship helped him complete his PhD. He won the coveted Adam Smith Prize in Economics for his outstanding academic record. He always stood first and was a brilliant student.

For all his brilliance, he was a very shy boy. He once told Mark Tully, the famous BBC correspondent in India, that throughout his stay in Cambridge he used to bathe with cold water because the moment hot water was available in the hostel all the other students would come in to bathe and he felt shy to show them his long hair. As the only Sikh student in the hostel he felt inhibited to remove his turban in front of others. It is this shy boy who became the darling of his teachers because he was such a good student. 

                       He returned to India to teach at his college in Amritsar. One day, his neighbour, renowned writer Mulk Raj Anand, took him to meet Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Panditji  asked him to join the government. But he had a commitment to teach at the college and so he could not accept that offer.

                       Later, when he was working at the United Nations under the famous economist Raul Prebisch, he got an offer to join Delhi School of Economics as a lecturer. He immediately accepted that invitation and decided to return to India. Dr Prebisch was shocked. So many brilliant economists would be delighted to get a UN job and this young man was giving it up to teach in India? "You are being foolish," Prebisch told Manmohan Singh, adding, "But, sometimes in life it is wise to be foolish!"

Manmohan Singh returned home first to teach and then to work in the Government. He has held every important job in the field of economic policy making in India -- Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India, Finance Secretary, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Union Finance Minister and now Prime Minister!

In 2005 when he visited Kaula Lumpur for the India-ASEAN Summit he was introduced at the ASEAN Business Forum meeting as "the world's most qualified Head of Government"! That is what makes us all proud. No country in the world has a more qualified head of government and India has never had such a highly qualified Prime Minister.

                                 Manmohan Singh's life is a record of excellence and of merit being rewarded. His life will always be an inspiration to young people who want to work hard and achieve something based on their learning. No rich parents, no influential uncles, no wealth, no inheritance, no one to pull strings and 'put in a word' -- it was always his merit, his hard work, his honesty, his intelligence and, above all, his deep love for India that energised him.

Every young Indian should feel inspired by the life of Manmohan Singh!

 The Sikh Times - Biographies - Manmohan Singh: Architect of the New India

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