Dr.Parveen Sultanas Speech at College -- So Inspiring

It was the occasion of College Annual Day. Dr.Parveen Sultana, lecturer JBAS, Chennai and a renounced speaker was the chief guest. This is a glimpse of her enlightening speech.

The turning point of ones life may come from any ones mouth any time and anywhere. So, be attentive always.

She narrated a fascinating story. A boy could not tolerate a lecturer's class. He went out of the class and jumped down from the first floor. He cried in pain. When his friends asked him he just told "This pain is bearable. But that lecturer's class is not bearable. That is just a dog and pony show". From this we can infer that speaking is not difficult whereas listening is.

The next was a true incident involving a ruthless youth and an old man in a bus which she witnessed. The old man wanted to sit in the seat. The boy spoke in a rude manner to him. The world does not need those kinds of youth. Youth means vibrant i.e. full of energy.

She emphasized that planning is of paramount importance to succeed. "If you fail to plan you plan to fail".

The Indian education system has to be improved. Education drives people away from the home land. A student who has completed twelfth gets out of his village and a graduate leaves the country.

Our Country has huge amount of wealth. But we don't know to unearth the wealth. We should change the way we deal with things.

Understanding life is more important than earning 100 $. Freedom involves not only in doing whatever you like but also not in doing what you don't like.

A Negro lady once told her "Indians are intelligent but they do not know to sell themselves well in the interview".

Once, American President John.F.Kennedy was traveling across a street. Many people waved flags at him. He noticed a boy staring at him. He then called the boy and asked, "Gentleman, am I disturbing you?" The boy replied "yes". He told that when he grew up he wanted to be in the position in which John.F.Kennedy was there. He grew up to become Mr. Bill Clinton. This was possible only because of the burning desire he had.

Set targets in life. And if you succeed don't stop at your success. Keep on trying out new things in life. Our attitude towards life should change. We should face obstacles in order to succeed.

Dr.Parveen Sultana illustrated how Chinas teaching methodology is different from ours. If 19 is to be subtracted from 42 we teach "Borrow 1 from 4". We teach of borrowing but never teach of returning it back. In China the teaching goes like "4 will help 2 with a 1". There should be a transformation our teaching methodology.

She criticized the old Crow and Vada story. It is not a moral story. It speaks about hunger, theft and cheating. She told a modified one.

A crow was hungry. It went inside the house of a lady. She was struggling to light the wet fuel. The crow then brought her some dried sticks. It got its salary for the work done. The lady gave him vadas.

She then narrated another story. Two monks went out for a work. They had to return by 6 PM. Since it was getting late the younger monk wanted to go by the shortest route. The elder monk took the route reluctantly. Many gals were bathing in the river. A gal suddenly drowned in the water. The younger monk saved her. The elder monk scolded him for doing like this. He told that he can no longer be a monk as he touched a girl. This continued even when they reached the math. The younger monk who was silent till then replied "I left her in the bank. You still carry her in your heart".

Finally she spoke about Alfred Nobel who invented the Dynamite. He earned lots of money because of his invention but was not satisfied. He regretted for inventing such a thing. It killed many people. He donated all the money he earned for a noble cause. This is how Nobel Prize for peace is given year by year.