People consider India as a 'land of ideas' but the USA as a 'land of opportunities' That is why our young people with aspirations go to the USA or to some other well-off country, which provides them an opportunity to reach their own potential. Our challenge is to make India a land of opportunities. That again requires positivism and faith in ourselves.

Not only this, we Indians should acknowledge and respect our way of life. Surprisingly, the West is gradually drifting towards the Indian way of living. The world wants to go back to nature, back to yoga, back to Ayurveda, back to spiritualism, which is all the Indian way of life.

Our challenge today is to maintain this traditional record of diversity while finding more room for quality and individual freedom.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Indian independence, the countrymen should retrospect and should learn to respect their achievements and freedom. This will set the mood and tone for our future. We can make it a golden chapter if we believe in ourselves. All that we need is an attitudinal change towards life and work.