"IGNITED MINDS", THAT'S WHAT HE WISHED FOR US TO BE!

Only some have the ability to touch hearts of people, they never even met. A bundle of beautiful ideologies and principles, the values he imparted to young Indians will always be cherished. He left behind the direction he wanted to give and his words, to guide us through. Looking at 'Ignited Minds', an inspiring book I read when I was in middle school, makes my heart sink today. What he gave to India can never be forgotten. Some people stay alive in our minds and in our hearts. The beauty of a beautiful heart surpasses everything. Indeed, he had both beauties of heart and brain. He said that the day he leaves us he'd want us to work and not declare as a holiday. People who genuinely admire him and respect him should work on Mission 2020. He was a gem, one of a kind. He is a man, of an altogether different class of people, who are what's called as 'Khuddar' in Urdu, when it comes to expecting for themselves and selfless when it comes to providing for others. Speechless I was when I heard the news and I wanted to express my sorrow but had no words to express what I was feeling. Unbelievable it was for me to accept that the one person who inspired me so much in my childhood was gone. However, it brings me closer to his teachings and values that he gave us Indians to absorb and be better beings because that's all we have now. I wish he could come back. Now that he can't we can still keep him alive as our inspiration for years to come. He went while doing the thing he loved to do i.e. talking to the youth of this nation. I hope, one day, we as young Indians will be able to make him proud of all of us. He gave us the 'Wings of Fire' and its time we fly so high that we could meet him somewhere near the sky.