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temple, shining sand and dancing ti
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own destinies. Was I too stubborn o
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Total commitment is a crucial quali
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spellbound to see our hopes flying
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Builders Dr Brahm Prakash helped me
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discussing some finer aspects of th
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envisaged, though as a distant drea
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Padma Bhushan award on me. The next
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PROPITIATION [ 1981 - 1991 ] Let cr
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Seekers A minor tussle over my serv
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air. Once we opened the windows wid
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final phase of integration. He help
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Joshi, and Air Chief Marshal SK Kau
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stature, sitting in the all-powerfu
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to share their power with others an
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agencies would participate in the c
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Shrimati Gandhi asked. I said, “J
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weaver shall look into the whole cl
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Triumphant The young engineers, 280
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was related to the tremendous speed
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motivational inventory of a leader
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a circle within which 50 per cent o
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Torchbearers Indian core competence
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clock for the next ten days, our sc
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CONTEMPLATION [ 1991 - ] We create
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Emancipators O n Republic Day 1990,
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dedicated to making solid achieveme
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of an indigenous ship-launched anti
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uilt nothing, possess nothing—no