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great like Mr. Kalam and Mr. Nehru. Mr. Kalam taught the children to dream high. If the children keep on considering him as their ideal, India will remain no more merely a country only by 2020 but will become a centre of attraction to the whole world.
Now-a-days I feel the condition of children is both good and bad. I consider it good for the attention paid to the children in this age was never paid to them earlier. Today every parent is ready to spend a lot for the sake of his children. Earlier, parents did not allow even to spend a sum of 10 paisa for an ice candy but now they are provided with mobile and scooters. I remember my childhood. I began putting on a full length pant when I was in 9h standard and I was bought an old bicycle in my 10" standard but today parents buy you a scooty even in your 7th standard. Such a great change has taken place during the last 15-20yrs. of period.
When I look back into my past, It seems, we grew up in a simple way and in an ordinary style. Now, the best schools are selected for the education of children. New and highly advanced scopes have emerged for higher education. In early times, the kings or the rich would have looked after their children very well else ordinary children would keep on growing them like the vegetables of any field. Therefore, Children! You must feel proud of your age. Now, parents are devoted to make any kind of sacrifice for their children whether it is a matter of sending them abroad for higher education or spending lacs of rupees for their luxurious way. In our age, it was not easy even to meet our parents face to face and to speak or talk in a high tone was a matter of far distance. But now the freedom that has been availed to the children, I would hope that they will become the future builder and prove themselves a backbone of our nation. They will shine the name and fame of their family
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