Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Inspirational Story

Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.  By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal. It was a big failure.  That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India]. Prof. Dhawan, the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had worked very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. Now, I was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization.  The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite -- and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You conduct the press conference today."  I learned a very important lesson that day. When failure occurred, the leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience.  What a wonderful leader! - See more at: http://inspireurfriend.blogspot.com/2012/10/dr-apj-abdul-kalam-inspirational-story.html#sthash.kIVrHNUp.dpuf

गजल: मान्छे भई मर्न पाए

मान्छे भई जन्मेपछी मान्छे भई मर्न पाए 

कती राम्रो हुन्थ्यो हजुर अमर काम गर्न पाए 

जो जो भेटें जिन्दगीमा सबै बाट सिक्न पाएँ 

आफ्नो शिप-ज्ञानहरु समाजमा छर्न पाए

कती राम्रो हुन्थ्यो हजुर अमर काम गर्न पाए 

पाप धेरै धर्म थोरै पुण्य कर्म सुन्य भयो 

समाजसेवा गर्दै हजुर वैतरणी तर्न पाए 

कती राम्रो हुन्थ्यो हजुर अमर काम गर्न पाए 

कर्म बिना मान्छे पनि जन्तु  भनी कहलिने 

बेशै हुन्थ्यो मानवको बर्ग भित्र पर्न पाए 

कती राम्रो हुन्थ्यो हजुर अमर काम गर्न पाए

मान्छे भई जन्मे पछी मान्छे भई मर्न पाए  

"धन भए धन देउ -मन भए मन देउ "

लुमन्तीले समाबेसीटोल र सुन्दरटोल(पोखरा)का महिलाहरु द्वारा गठित सुन्दर समाबेसी महिला सहकारीका सदस्यहरु लगायत स्थानिय आवास ब्यवस्थापन समिती र  टोल बिकास नगर समन्वय समितीका सदस्यहरुको लागि  आयोजना गरेको ४ दिने  बिरगन्ज /कलैया भ्रमणका क्रममा भ्रमणटोलीले  बिरगन्ज-१ शान्तिटोलकी एक गरिव बिधुवा महिलालाई आर्थिक सहयोग गरी आफ्नो सदासहायता प्रस्तुत गरेको छ । 

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