New Delhi: Urging the youth to utilise the power of social media to spread stories about the valour of soldiers who were recently decorated for their bravery while fighting for the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary which is observed as Martyrs’ Day, said this will make people proud and inspire them.
In his monthly radio talk, Mann Ki Baat, which was aired on Sunday, he also paid tributes to soldiers who died in avalanches in Kashmir at a time when the country was holding Republic Day celebrations.
With the exam season round the corner, Mr Modi exhorted students and their families to treat exams as a festival and not as a source of stress, saying they should “smile more to score more” and not take it as “test of life”.
He underlined the need for students to relax by taking breaks from studies and rest properly and said that the memory's recall power is at its best when the mind is relaxed.
He also asked students to choose “anuspardha” (competing with self) over “pratispardha” (competing with others) and cited the example of legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar who kept challenging himself and bettered his records.
Incidentally the cricket icon later in the day thanked Mr Modi and stressed that preparation is key for everyone, be it a student or a player.
Students, parents and teachers were the focus of Mr Modi's 40-minute radio address as he noted that he found exams a source of concern for them wherever he went all these years and he always felt that they should come out of this “strange psychological pressure”.
