Summary of Dimensions of Creativity by Dr. Abdul Kalam

Dimensions of Creativity” was a speech addressed to children at Bal Yoga Mitra Mandal, Munger on Feb.14, 2004. In his motivational speech to the child

Dimensions of Creativity - Summary

Dr. Abdul Kalam’s “Dimensions of Creativity” was a speech addressed to children at Bal Yoga Mitra Mandal, Munger on Feb.14, 2004. In his motivational speech to the children, he spoke about the importance of creativity and the achievement of great thinkers through their creativity and field knowledge.

He begins his speech by stating that learning develops creativity and it leads to thinking and thinking results in knowledge. In the past 60 years in the field of aeronautics, space technology, and electronic and computer science impossible things have become possible. Bioresearch has transformed into technology that produces agricultural products. In the future, with the help of creative minds, one can see the integration of gravitational forces, electromagnetic forces, relativity theory, space and time. Humans may set up their habitat or industry in one of the planets. In the next 50 to 100 years fuel from fossils will become rare instead humans get it from solar power satellites.

Kalam illustrates the past achievements by the scientist. Farnbraun, a famous rocket designer, who completed the Moon Mission in 1961 and built the Saturn V in 1975 made the impossible possible. Ptolemaic astronomy was used in ancient times to calculate stars and planets. People assumed the earth as flat. But great astronomers like Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler had given new dimensions and proved that the earth is spherical and it orbits around the sun. This paved the way to new findings. The present technological advancements are the outcome of the scientific explorations of the scientist in the past.

Kalam mentions how humans can change as impossible as possible by quoting achievers. Lord Kelvin, the president of the Royal Society of London in the 1890s, said that particles heavier than air cannot fly. This impossibility was possible by the Wright Brothers two decades later. Kalam talks in detail about the creativity of Indians which led to many innovations. Dr.Vikram Sarabhai in the 1960s asked the Indians to develop a large satellite launch for communication satellite, remote sensing satellite. Many thought it was impossible. But this vision of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai ignited many scientists and later those impossible things became possible.

In the 1960s the scarcity of food grains affected India. Americans brought wheat in ships to India to help the Indians. This pitiable condition of India changed the thinking and implementation of the green revolution by two thinkers Shri.C. Subramanian, a political thinker, and Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, an agricultural scientist. Now India harvests millions of tonnes of grains which are exported to foreign too.

In the 1980s I.T and creative thoughts were limited in India and now it also has developed. Similarly the Pharma industry too has developed much. Hillary and Tenzing made it as impossible as possible by reaching Mount Everest. Sir.C.V.Raman found the molecular scattering and gave it as a reason for the blueness of the sea. Chandrasekar Subramaniam proved ‘Chandrasekhar Limit’ that all the stars will not shine and discovered the black hole. Homi Bhabha’s invention of electric energy to treat thyroid disorder and cancer was considered impossible in the 1960s.

He concludes his speech by giving the result of empowerment to various sets of people. The child becomes a responsible citizen when it is empowered by various sets of people. The empowerment of the teachers leads youngsters to a value system. The empowerment of a leader results in the birth of many leaders. Women’s empowerment makes society a stable one. The empowerment of students leads the country with a development mission. Hence he asks the students to have a powerful mind for the development of the nation and he asks the children to take a ten-point oath.

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