I recently had a chance to meet a legendary personality, a role model herself, Lata Mangeshkar was presiding over a function in remembrance of her father , Shri Dennath Mangeshkar. Lata mangeshkar is a recipient of Bharat Ratna and I felt honored that she had asked me to inaugurate the 450-bed Dennath Hospital and Research Center in Pune. I visited the hospital just before the inauguration. I found that it would be treating nearly 30 percent of the patients free. I was touched by the fact that despite her wealth and fame, she had not lost sight of the fact that one needs to do all one can to relieve the sufferings others.
Her songs, played over the radio have brought pleasure to countless hearts over the decades. During the Indo-China conflict in 1962, her song 'Aye mere watan ke logo' moved an entire nation. Few people can claim to have influenced the life of millions in such a delightful way. Role model can help to focus what is correct for us as individuals, as a group, and of course, as a nation. They can also lead us to great success. We seem to have gooten carried away with the succes of a few in the field of information technology. But that indeed is nothing compared to what we can and should achieve. Ancient India was a 'knowledge society' and had a leader in many intellectual persuits, perticularly in the field of mathematics, medicine and astronomy. A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a superpower of knowledge rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of higher technology.
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