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Mars with an orbiter
craft designed to
track the planet in
an elliptical orbit.
India in fact earned
laurels for being
the only nation,
till date, to have
achieved the feat in
its maiden attempt.
This milestone
accomplishment has
placed India in the
elite club of Martian
explorers, till now
occupied only by
United States,
European Space
Agency and former
Soviet Union. India
drew the envy of
China and Japan,
two other Asian
giants who have
always maintained
a towering presence
in this realm. The
success story has
given a boost to India’s
global standing
in space research
programmes.

It has also revived in
us, a deep sense of
pride in our ancient
wisdom, which by what great minds in the West are saying
shows us innumerable ways to improve and writing about India. ‘Make in India’ will
our lives. Delving into our glorious past, we be ‘Made in India’. And remember, we made
understand how the key towards every single everything first.”
aspect man needs for a peaceful comfortable,
noble life happens to be in ancient Indian May Mangalyaan, the ‘Journey (Yaan)
scriptures- it was all envisaged, conceived, to Mars (Mangal)’ be the beginning of an
planned and executed in this land. Quoting ‘Auspicious (Mangal) Expedition (Yaan)’ for
noted Swadeshi activist Dina Nath Batra, “It India in every aspect!
is time we start taking pride in what we have
and what we can achieve if we apply our
minds now. To quote Dr Arnold Toynbee,
it is already becoming clear that a chapter
which has a Western beginning will have to
have an Indian ending. At this supremely
dangerous moment, salvation for mankind Vineetha Menon
lies in the Indian way. You have to only go Columnist, Janam TV
vineethamenon7@gmail.com

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