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Do the impossible: Kalam

Mandira Nayar

President urges bravehearts to accomplish bigger miracles

— Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

AMID HEROES: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with winners of the National Bravery Award 2006 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: When little Rahul Chourasia — a six-year-old who displayed tremendous courage when two men attacked and killed his mother — handed over flowers to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Tuesday, it was a chance for him and other National Bravery Award winners to get closer to their "hero."

Paying tributes to the brave children who lost their lives trying to save others, Mr. Kalam said, "We would first like to remember these three great children. They are not with us, but we will all remember their courage and what they have done for society."

Mr. Kalam told the children that Gandhiji, at the age of 12, was once told by his mother: "If you can in your entire lifetime save or better someone's life, then your birth as a human being is a success."

"Fortunately you have touched a human life, especially the three children who are no more," Mr. Kalam told the children. In an attempt to encourage the children to go ahead in life and accomplish bigger "miracles," Mr. Kalam also asked the children to take an oath to have the courage to do the impossible.

Asma Ayyub Khan, munching her sandwiches, could not believe that she had actually seen the President. Asma had saved 35 children from drowning at the Additional Bal Griha in Mumbai.

Stand up comedian Raju Srivastava was also present, as his daughter Antara got an award. Antara and 23 other children will receive the National Bravery Award from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a function here on Wednesday.

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