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August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary
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From: Mario Goveia
> Now I find a speech by the brilliant but tonsorially-challenged ex-
> President Abdul Kalam that did just that back in January, 2009, which
> somehow none of our Indian Goanetters found of enough interest to post
> here:
>
> http://randomthougts101.blogspot.com/2009/01/letter-to-every-indian-apj-abdul-kalam.html
>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:24:19 -0400
From: "Bosco D'Mello" <[email protected]>
This is another hoax article unless the date and location of the original
publication of this piece is provided or if this was a speech, the date and
place where it was made.
Another bout of hollow jingoism!! I doubt the thorough gentleman, Abdul Kalam
would address his fellow citizens as above.
Mario responds:
Nothing gets past Bosco keen sense of accuracy - except the REAL condition of
the Canadian health care system:-))
Bosco is absolutely right. This "Letter to every Indian" by Abdul Kalam MUST
be a hoax. I mean, think about it. Why would any Indian leader point out the
abysmal lack of civic sense among Indians? That would be un-Indian, would it
not?:-))
Here are all the Indian sources who were also fooled by this hoax. Note the
author of the first link in the following list, as well as the author of the
last link, one of our own Goanetters who has been MIA for awhile:
http://drvsacharya.blogspot.com/2008/11/most-forwarded-mail-of-year.html
http://randomthougts101.blogspot.com/2009/01/letter-to-every-indian-apj-abdul-kalam.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10961950/A-Letter-to-Every-Indian-by-A-P-J-Abdul-Kalam
http://schools.papyrusclubs.com/kv1uppal/voice/a-letter-from-dr.-apj-abdul-kalam
http://itsdawn.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/10/a-letter-for-every-indian-apj-recd-through-email.htm
http://www.uttishthata.org/category/apj-abdul-kalam/
http://blogs.ibibo.com/darshak/a-letter-to-every-indian-apj
http://blogs.ibibo.com/Tanublog/very-touching-dr-a-p-j-abdul-kalam-s-sp
http://your-contribution-to-the-society.learnhub.com/discussions/12408-dr-abdul-kalams-speech-in-hyderabad
http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/laughter-accelerated-just-chill/613-letter-apj-abdul-kalam.html
http://aspiration.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/10/11/Speech-By-APJ-Abdul-Kalam-1.html
http://forum.santabanta.com/showthread.htm?t=92518
Hey, look at this. I also found a reference to this article by one of our own
Goanetters on Facebook:
Fwd: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's Letter to every Indian
Posted by: "Radhakrishnan nair" [email protected] vprnair1966
Sat May 16, 2009 4:32 am (PDT)
http://te-in.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=47891397782&topic=9361
