Text of PMs address (via video conferencing) at the Global Citizens Festival in Mumbai

Text of PMs address (via video conferencing) at the Global Citizens Festival in Mumbai

Hello, my young friends.

Namaste

I see you are having a good time.

I know that I stand between you and Cold Play and so will make this brief.

Back in 2014, I had enjoyed attending the Global Citizen Festival in the beautiful Central Park of New York.

However, this time around, my schedule did not permit me to come in person.

 

But then, I just could not miss out on the first time this was happening in India.

So here I am on V C

Many of you have already connected with me over my Mobile App.

I look forward to your feedback and suggestions in the future as well.

I always look forward to being among young people.

It refreshes and re-energizes me.

You bring an Energy and Idealism that is unparalleled.

I can feel it now, even when I am hundreds of kilometres away from you.

This is a welcome break from my usual routine of old files and cold Delhi.

I congratulate Hugh Evans, Shiv Khemka, Gauri Easwaran, Poonam Mahajan and the many others who have worked hard to put this together.

To make public policy Cool, is no mean task!

Thank you guys for having me over.

You have been smart in asking me to only address the gathering, and not sing.

Else, I am pretty sure your audience would be asking you for their money back.

And that too in 100 rupee notes.

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My dear young friends, on the whole, I am convinced that we can, and we will build a Swachh Bharat, free of all forms of filth within one generation.

I also know that we will surely do so, the moment You decide to do so.

Hence, I am deeply grateful for your walking shoulder to shoulder with me in this Cleanliness drive, and look forward to your continuing to do the same.

As I leave you to enjoy Cold Play, let me end on a musical note.

Artists have often inspired a generation. I have had my own set of idols.

But, you will perhaps be more familiar with Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Chris Martin and

A.R. Rahman.

So to quote from one of Dylans transformative anthems which holds as much meaning today as it did when it was first sung in the 1960s.

Come mothers and fathers 

Through-out the land.

And don't criticize

What you can't understand.

Your sons and your daughters

Are beyond your command.

Your old road is rapidly aging

Please get out of the new one 

If you can't lend your hand 

For the times they are a-changing.

Elders must learn from these words of wisdom.

We better get out of the way, as indeed, the times they are a changing.

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India is a Young Nation.

And our Future is built on the Choices YOU Make, and the Actions YOU Take.

Hence, I hope YOU too will seize the moment and be the winds of change that are transforming our nation.

Because, as Chris has said in his songs.

You can see the change you want to 

Be what you want to be

Everything you want is a dream away

Under this pressure under this weight

We are diamonds taking shape

We are diamonds taking shape.

Thank you.

Enjoy 

And may God Bless You.