The book India 2020 by Dr Kalam and Y S Rajan (1998) had a good impact giving a hope for ushering into 21st century.Year 2020 is with us now, having passed two decades in the 21st century.There are many years to look ahead for YOUTH and also most Indians.There is a need to ACT BETTER than what has been done so far: this statement applies to the nation and also to INDIVIDUALS.
In addition the articles in this website capture the CHURNING that is going on in India and the world. They also provide solutions going away from Delhi-centric, State-capital centric approaches. Local autonomy and freedom for investors and consumers are the keys. Education needs radical changes to release potential of the youth to succeed in the modern world. Poems express the angst and throw light on the hopeful directions...................
Please see the poem Twenty First Century by clicking on the Article section.
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This is the link for the Digitalised version of the autobiography notes by Y S Rajan from his birth to about 2020. The present link gives upto part of the 1980s covering Y S Rajan’s writings on his life and work at ISRO, DST, TIFAC and several reports, memo's from and to Professor Dhawan and others. Rest are mostly in audio format with some writings. This is a partial list and full set of material will be available by end of 2025.
It covers many major personalities from India and abroad like from NASA, Soviet Union, etc. His direct experiences with Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, T N Seshan and many others. Plus many hitherto unknown items.
Since these writings are closely linked to major happenings in S&T of the country (from ISRO since formative years, then DST etc.) National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) which has a major project for S&T Archives, has taken all audio/ written materials, and other documents from YSR and started digitalising them and placing them on their link for global access.
Click here to open the archive
YSR writings in chronological order can be seen here
All poem books in Tamil and English of Y S Rajan are freely down loadable from this google site. In the same link full book of Bharati Padalgal in English, by great experts, can be accessed and downloaded.
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