PM Modi's candid interaction with Rashtriya Bal Puraskar winners

Published By : Admin | December 26, 2024 | 21:55 IST

Award Recipient – I have written three Books, my main cause of writing books is I love reading. And I myself have this rare disease and I was given only two years to live but with help of my mom, my sister, my School, …… and the platform that I have published my books on, I have been able to make it to what I am today.

Prime Minister – Who inspired you?

Award Recipient – I think it would be my English teacher.

Prime Minister – Now you have been inspiring others. Do they write you anything, reading your book?

Award Recipient – Yes.

Prime Minister – What kind of messages do you receive?

Award Recipient – one of the biggest I have got is, people have started writing their own books.

Prime Minister – Where did you do it? Where did you get your training? How did it happen?

Award Recipient – I had no formal training.

Prime Minister – Nothing? You just felt like doing it?

Award Recipient – Yes, Sir.

Prime Minister – Which other competitions do you participate in?

Award Recipient – I participate in English, Urdu, and Kashmiri ones.

Prime Minister – Do you have a YouTube channel, or do you perform anywhere?

Award Recipient – Yes, Sir. I am on YouTube, and I also perform.

Prime Minister – Is there anyone else in your family who sings?

Award Recipient – No, Sir, no one else.

Prime Minister – You started it?

Award Recipient – Yes, Sir.

Prime Minister – What did you do? Do you play chess?

Award Recipient – Yes.

Prime Minister – Who taught you chess?

Award Recipient – My father and YouTube.

Prime Minister – Oh, I see.

Award Recipient – And also my teacher.

Prime Minister – It’s quite cold in Delhi, very cold indeed.

Award Recipient – This year, to mark the silver jubilee of Kargil Vijay Diwas, I cycled 1,251 kilometres from the Kargil War Memorial to the National War Memorial. Two years ago, to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, I cycled from the INA Memorial in Moirang to the National War Memorial in New Delhi.

Prime Minister – How many days did you spend on each journey?

Award Recipient – For the first journey, I cycled for 32 days, covering 2,612 kilometres. For this one, it took 13 days.

Prime Minister – How much distance do you cover in a day?

Award Recipient – On both trips, the maximum I cycled in a single day was 129.5 kilometres.

Award Recipient – Namaste, Sir.

Prime Minister – Namaste.

Award Recipient – I have achieved two international book records. The first was for reciting 31 semi-classical verses in one minute, and the second was for reciting 13 Sanskrit shlokas in one minute.

Prime Minister – Where did you learn all this?

Award Recipient – Sir, I learned it from YouTube.

Prime Minister – Alright. Just for a minute, show me what you do.

Award Recipient – ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात्। (In Sanskrit)

Award Recipient – Namaste, Sir.

Prime Minister – Namaste.

Award Recipient – I also won a gold medal in judo at the national level.

Prime Minister – Everyone must be afraid of you! Where did you learn this—at school?

Award Recipient – No, Sir. I learned it from an activity coach.

Prime Minister – That’s impressive. What are you aiming for next?

Award Recipient – I aspire to bring glory to the country by winning a gold medal at the Olympics.

Prime Minister – Wow, so you are working hard.

Award Recipient – Yes, Sir.

Prime Minister – You have so many hacker clubs.

Award Recipient – Yes. At present, we are providing training in Jammu and Kashmir to strengthen law enforcement. We have also taught 5,000 children for free. Our aim is to implement models that serve society while also pursuing our interests.

Prime Minister – How is your Prarthana project progressing?

Award Recipient – The "Prarthana" project is still in the development phase. We are conducting research to include translations of the Vedas into other languages, such as Dutch and a few other complex languages.

Award Recipient – Additionally, I have developed a self-stabilising spoon for individuals with Parkinson’s disease, and we have created a brain age prediction model.

Prime Minister – How many years have you worked on this?

Award Recipient – Sir, I have worked on it for two years.

Prime Minister – What will you do next?

Award Recipient – Sir, I plan to continue my research.

Prime Minister – Where are you from?

Award Recipient – Sir, I am from Bangalore. My Hindi isn’t very good.

Prime Minister – It’s excellent, even better than mine.

Award Recipient – Thank you, Sir.

Award Recipient – I do Harikatha performances with a blend of Karnataka music and Sanskritik Shlokas.

Prime Minister – How many Harikatha performances have you done?

Award Recipient – I have done nearly a hundred performances.

Prime Minister – Very good.

Award Recipient – Over the last two years, I have climbed five of the highest peaks in five different countries, raising the Indian flag on each. Whenever I visit another country and people learn that I am from Bharat, they show me immense love and respect.

Prime Minister – What do people say when they meet you and learn you are from Bharat?

Award Recipient – They give me a lot of love and respect. The purpose behind every mountain I climb is to promote girl child empowerment and physical fitness.

Award Recipient – I do artistic roller skating. I got one international gold medal in roller skating, which was held in New Zealand this year and I got 6 national medals.

Award Recipient – I am also a para-athlete, Sir. From 1st to 7th December this month, I competed in the Para Sport Youth Competition in Thailand, where we brought glory to our country by winning the gold medal.

Prime Minister – Wow.

Award Recipient – I also won a gold medal in the Youth Championship this year. I secured gold in the 57 kg category and set a world record in the 76 kg category, winning gold there too. I even won a gold medal in the overall competition.

Prime Minister – You are taking away all the medals!

Award Recipient – No, Sir.

Award Recipient – Once, a flat caught fire, and no one realised it initially. I noticed the smoke coming from the house, but no one had the courage to enter because they were afraid of getting burnt. They tried to stop me, saying I was crazy and would die if I went in. But I showed courage, went in, and extinguished the fire.

Prime Minister – Were many lives saved?

Award Recipient – There were 70 houses and 200 families in the building.

Prime Minister – Do you swim?

Award Recipient – Yes.

Prime Minister – So you saved everyone?

Award Recipient – Yes.

Prime Minister – Weren’t you scared?

Award Recipient – No.

Prime Minister – After it was all over, did you feel good knowing you had done something great?

Award Recipient – Yes.

Prime Minister – Well done!

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Letter of Intent on Investment Cooperation between the Government of Gujarat, Republic of India and the Ministry of Investment of the United Arab Emirates for Development of Dholera Special Investment region

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Letter of Intent between the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) of India and the Space Agency of the United Arab Emirates for a Joint Initiative to Enable Space Industry Development and Commercial Collaboration

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Letter of Intent between the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates on the Strategic Defence Partnership

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6

Establishment of a supercomputing cluster in India.

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