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Changes in 15 years, 2030

Peace and stability- Middle East 2) Technological advancements. 3) Manned space shuttles to Mars. 4) Robots 1) Fifteen years ago, it seemed like this year would be the peak of human civilization.movies? Fifteen years on, 2030 is not far away. I would like to envision 2030 in a great way; flying cars, robots and so on. I have to get back to reality though, as those will certainly not exist. Although 2030 should be a landmark year, I would still like to see it pan out differently. 2) The most important thing that I would like to see in 2030 is an even more technologically-advanced human society. Yes, we might admit that in 2015, we humans can do anything; from going to the bottom of the Mariana Trench or stepping foot on the Moon. But there are several things that still remain beyond our control. 3) A great example is cancer. A disease that has existed for as long as humans itself, we have yet to find a cure for it. Research for cancer has been progressing over the years but cancer cont...

Straight from the Heart

By Dhanvin Kumar, National Finalist at ESU-MIDP Public Speaking 2016 Albert Camus, a world-renowned philosopher, once said. ”If you create rules to live by, sooner or later you'll encounter the situation where wisdom will have you break them. " A very good morning, members of the hall. Today, I seek all of your ears for my speech, "Straight From The Heart." I am not here today to recite poetry, nor a Hindi movie, but to plant the seed in each and every mind in this hall that integrity is a virtue that comes straight from the heart and doesn't require rules.  For us to judge the statement well, let me resolve the statement into its two main components- integrity and rules. From what I know, integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles in one's life. Rules on the other hand, are a set of regulations within a particular area or activity. Rules and integrity are two man-made designs that seemingly are unable to liv...