modified beabig beFDIC. sae Bank summet, ished & ed loans eonthe Lin the sath. An (on per- sosupe- sof the seatch- IHE exploratory mission of the Indian, spacethip to the moon launched on Friday from an island in the Bay of Bengal grabbed my attention. ‘This unprecedented apace mission Is a historeal one in that it aims to send a ‘probe that will go around the planet Earth ‘to study deposits of ainerals and otherele- ‘ments deep in the womb of our planet. ‘This mission reflects the tere scent. ie capabilites Indians have acquired to be ableto explore the space with thelr scence While the Indians have proved their capebiities in. mannfacturing computer chips and CDs, the Arabs are still unable to proxduve anything beyond potato chips and. ALalafel ones Away from the great Arb success in pro- ‘ducing ALFalofel with the Feyptian flavour ‘or with any other Bavour, India seeks to ‘enroll itself as a mombir ofthe space club through its scientific project. {ntends to launch 60 space missions 112013 aimed at exploring the moon. ‘What distinguishes the indian space programme is that itis the cheapest in terns of expenses at the ‘international level. The Indian budg- for the space fs esti- mated to be $700 milions compared with the US $16 billions, In eppreciation of this Indian achievement, I would like to con- srotalate all Indians and express my Seep respect for them and for Sh country. {would like to extend my sincere ‘congratulation tothe Indian commma- ity in our country, especiallyto those ‘simple workers who gather in certain, «eds of Doha atthe weekend ‘The great Indian scientific achieve- ments pulled off by the indigenous scientific eapabilty should compel us the Arabs to take a critical look at our ‘own poor track recordin science and British PM is pouring crazv sims af monev-for the two-week eitravasanza-9 1 Indian Space Prow While Indians are making computer chips, Arabs have not gone beyond potato chips ace AT technology andesk ourselves this question: ‘What have we dane for our present and for the futnre? Is our scientific ment caused by our politcal regimes orisit the result of the weaknesses of our educa Hon system or the bankruptcy of Arab mentality? ‘While we have become specialists in fab- ricating conflicts among ourselves, ereat- ing disagreements and igniting sedtions and divisions, other nations of the world are busy pulling off one scientific feat after ‘another atl one civilisations viotry after the other. ‘We have to be frank with ourseives and Jook for the reasons that have put india in the forefront ofscientific and technological ‘march and made it a nuclear power while the Arab mentality has no identity. ‘What is the reason for the achievernents that have become Fala hated tobe the pie ot eayindastrs has Become ani that managed by Alan labourers retarant th Gl tates ‘What makes me {eel sad is the bad ‘wrong impression we have anter hhave Indian identity. The Indians! taken 2 big step towards ‘once wih he lunch of tes moon start dealing with them ac because they belong to a great that has cartid is flag into thes After India succeeded in I Chandrayaan, we have to treat sh Indian labourers with greater because tine deserve that. || ‘What makes us fel jealous is 1 while there is a stiff competili among several nations in our bourhood to explore the space, fh Arabs have been specialising in art of invading one another’ tafi- tory; while other nations are + with one another in reaching, the stars, Arabs are busy ‘poems and romance. The only