Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad:
“I was raped every day for 6 months. They killed my mother for being too old to be a sex slave. They killed all my brothers for refusing to convert to Islam. They call us devil worshippers.”
The Islamists who did this are the real devil worshippers!
Study until you're excited for the exam, coz that moment when you open the test paper and know all the answers is peak satisfaction. Let’s make it happen. Tara, aral na tayo!!
You might have your differences with Modi ji, but I feel this was a great gesture by him. I will tell you why- it puts Tejas on the map in the minds of millions of young boys and girls across the country.
I am an aeronautics engineer. Growing up it was my only dream to be an aircraft designer and build a company like HAL to make fighter jets. I have always been a nationalistic patriot and yearned to have a robust indigenous aircraft program. I used to dream of having our own bombers and F-16s and Sukhois designed and made in India and for India.
I even worked diligently on this dream- went abroad and got myself a in Aeronautics degree with a major in aircraft design. I came back in 2009 and even started a company. Became a vendor to HAL to start small and grow organically. Thats when reality hit me. People there were lax, corrupt and there was absolutely no direction to anything. LCA was in the works for decades with no sight of a production plan nor an order even from IAF. Our plan for an indigenous engine was a monumental disaster. I have seen engineers sit idle all day or have a full-time part time gigs in private sector because there was just no work to do at HAL nor were there any askers-tellers. I realised we are atleast 50 years away from being serious about this and that I should not waste my life on it. My dream ended.
But a wind of change started in late 2014 and I credit Shri Manohar Parikkar for it. Man was solid gold. He brought in direction and accountability into the organisation. The engineers who were previously always available for part-time gigs were now “no sir, we are very busy. We have deadlines to meet” and I was the happiest about it! LCA/ Tejas picked up pace and there were now production plans with actual orders. HAL which was always in slumber even built a *new plant* for helicopters and that too in record time! India finally had a fighter aircraft program which was alive and kicking!!
I know all this because l closely follow the space. Its my passion. And it will become the passion of many young kids when its talked about loudly. And I think Modi ji’s sorties today will play its part towards it! It will definitely spark the enthusiasm of a few young minds who will take a peek into the world of aerospace and some might start dreaming like I did. They might start dreaming to make India a great aerospace power like I did 25 years ago! And hopefully for them it might even come true! I pray it should and I pray I am alive on that day to see it happen! ♥️ Thanks Modi ji! 🙏