Delhi gets its highest Monumental Flagpole of 207 feet

Delhi's highest monumental flagpole, measuring 207 feet, was hoisted by member of parliament from Kurukshetra and chairman of Jindal Steel and Power, Naveen Jindal at Central Park.

Jindal, who conceived the idea of monumental flagpoles, said he is, "inspired by Rahul Gandhi's idea to hoist our National flag near the Paliament.

The concept of monumental flagpoles was conceived and introduced by the founder of the Flag Foundation Naveen Jindal in 2009.

"The flag would be sufficiently illuminated that would enable it to be left flying from dusk to dawn. India now has the largest number of monumental flags in the world," Jindal said while hoisting the 46th monumental flag.

This comes after a policy decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs on December 23, 2009 which allowed the National Flag to fly day and night on a pole of height 100 feet and above with proper illumination.

Other guests present on the occasion included Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Jalaj Shrivastava.

The event, which witnessed the attendance of a large number of Delhi citizens, started with the recital of the National song 'Vande Mataram' followed by the National Anthem.

The first monumental flagpole measuring 207 feet was installed at Kaithal in Haryana. Ever since, the foundation has installed flagpoles at 12 such places in the country.

Besides India, there are 11 more countries, which have got such monumental flagpoles.

Loyalty towards the boss

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of them were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting the job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him - Sir, I have promised to my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5 30 pm.

His boss replied "OK, You're permitted to leave the office early today"

The Scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As usual he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch when he felt he was close to completion.The time was 8.30 PM. Suddenly he remembered of the promise he had given to his children.

He looked for his boss,,He was not there. Having told him in the morning itself, he closed everything and left for home.

Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children.He reached home. Children were not there.His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines.

The situation was explosive, any talk would boomerang on him. His wife asked him "Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if
you are hungry.

The man replied "If you would like to have coffee, i too will have but what about Children ??"
Wife replied "You don't know ?? Your manager came here at 5.15 PM and has taken the children to the exhibition "

What had really happened was ... The boss who granted him permission was observing him working seriously at 5.00 PM. He thought to himself, this person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his children they should enjoy the visit to exhibition. So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition

The boss does not have to do it everytime. But once it is done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss eventhough the stress was tremendous.

By the way , can you guess as who the boss was ????????
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He was none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Ex- President of India.
Best wishes for National Science Day.