Kapil Dev urges students to be ambitious Doha: India’s legendary cricketer Kapil Dev has urged school students to be ambitious and focused as they chart out their future goals.
Passion, dream and personality development are three key things which bring success, Kapil Dev said while speaking at the Republic Day celebrations at the DPS-Modern Indian School here yesterday. “Try to have a dream and a passion for it. People who come to this world without a dream will not achieve anything. It’s important to become something in life,” said the 51-year-old. “Education is absolutely important, as a sportsmen’s life lasts for just 10 to 20 years. But, education remains with you till you die. Numbers and grades are not so important, but the personality and character, are keys to your future.” Kapil Dev also recalled his days at school. “Although I played for the country, I feel school days were the most beautiful days spend of my life. No pressure and without any expectations, go and enjoy myself. I wasn’t good at studies. Definitely, I wasn’t good,” he said. But his subject was different, he said. “My subject was cricket and I came out with distinction. I had a passion, despite 100 reminders of you must do something in your education from my parents, I could not do anything. I could not fulfill my parents’ dreams, but I fulfilled my dream and that’s what I would like to tell the parents. Do not try to push your children what you want them to become and never see what they want to achieve. Find a dream in your child. Don’t try to fufill your dream in them. Don’t look for your dream in them but look for their dreams,” he said while urging the parents not to push their children. The cricket all-rounder who played for India from 1978 to 1994 advised the student to make the most of their school days. “School days are the important days of you r life. If you make up your mind, what you want to do, then no one can stop you, that is all human race is about. We are survivors and we can achieve what we want,” he said He urged the parents and teachers to support the child dreams, but also cautioned the children not to take for granted the advice of the parents and the teachers. “Always listen to your teachers and parents they will not give wrong guidance. A good student is one who is able to sit across the table and discuss his viewpoints with his parents and teachers, reasoning what they want to do in life,” said the Haryana Hurricane He also advised the students to respect their teachers. M R Qureshi, Second Secretary-Embassy of India who was the Chief Guest also spoke besides DPS-MIS President Hassan Chogule. The programme included hoisting of the National flag of India, followed by the singing of the National Anthem, floral presentations, patriotic songs, speech in Hindi by Rakshit of class IX and Aisha of class V, and dance by the senior students. Headmistress Shibonti rendered thevote of thanks.
