She was a prayer in action. a moving kindly light. She brought smiles and hope in the life of countless children abandoned on the heaps of dirt and rubbish. She saw God in every human being. She was filled with milk of human kindness and compassion. She was devoted to the service of the people in words, thoughts and deeds. Her compassion for all reminds us of Gautam Buddha. Her vision of kindness was very vast. It compassed the whole of the world. She never saw any distinction between man and man. She was a Christian but her religion was love and service. Such a religion is divine which does not see in terms of Christians, Hindus or Muslim. For her all were human beings, sons and daughters of the one Supreme God.

She was the first Indian woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize in1979. it was given to her in recognition of her great service to humanity. It was a proud day for India. She was given many other big honors. She was awarded Bharatan Ratna, the highest civilian award of India. She never wanted an award or honor, but they came to her as rivers come to the ocean. She was above these awards. By honoring her we actually honored humanity.

Because her long mission of service and charity she became a living legend.Wherever she went, she brought love, smiles and sun-shine. She inspired thousands of social workers and sisters of charity. She inspired thousands of social workers and sisters of charity. She filled them with a new hope, confidence and sens kof service to the poor.

She was born on 27th August, 1910 in Yugoslavia. Then her name was Agnes. She
Became a nun at the early age of 12 and joined the Irish Loreto Nuns. Later she became an Indian citizen, and worked in Kolkata. She was shocked to see the misery and suffering of the slum-dwellers in Kolkata. She decided to serve them asll. She started hospitals, dispensaries, shelters, hoes and schools for the llepers, dying, diseased and homeless children. Today her Missionaries of Charity has its branches all over the worked.

They all are engaged in the untiring service of the entire humanity. Under this institution there are clinics, hospital, dispensaries, asylums, shelters, homes, and schools.

She was very simple, sincere and loving. Her wants were simple and few like those of Mahatma Gandhi. She just aimed at keeping her body and soul together. She was a living example of care, service, lover and sympathy. The whole of India and the worked feel proud of her work, life and service.

She traveled all over the world. She carried the message of service and sympathy with her. Wherever she went she received honor, respect, love and welcome unlimited. Service was her only mission and motto. We wish there were a few more women like her.
She gave limitless care and love to the unwanted children and mothers. She gave limitless care and love to the unwanted children and mothers. She was an incarnation of kindness and mercy to all helpless and hopeless people. She was everywhere in the world with her service, love and sympathy.

Dr. Kalam has been devoting his precious time in the past few years to develop the concept of India Millennium Missions 2002-a blueprint for transforming India into a developed nation. He wants the children of India to ignite in their minds a love for science and technology.

Dr. Kalam believes like Gandhiji in simple living and high thinking. He is a very liberal and broad-minded person who has complete trust and faith in secularism. He cites from the Bhagvad Gita as often he does from the Holy Koran. ?For great men, religion is a way of making friends, small people make religion a fighting tool?, he remarks.

His hobbies include playing the rudra veena and writing poetry in Tamil which is his first language.

Dr. Kalam enjoys remarkable energy even at this age. He works late into the night and wakes up early to go for a long walk. he is a pure vegetarian as well as a teetotaller. He has never smoked in his life.

He has great faith and confidence in his country?s bright future. He believes that only way to show the strength of the country is the might to defend it. ?Strength respects strength and not weakness.? Strength, according to Dr. Kalam, means military might and economic prosperity.

Dr. Kalam?s elevation to the most prestigious office of the country has been widely welcomed. Known as the Missile Man and branded as 200% percent India by his colleagues, he will bring to his office an element of scientific rationalism which has been missing from the public life in recent years. India has already had a philosopher as President, but never a true-blue scientist/engineer. Let us all pray to the Almighty for his long healthy life.