‘Shortcuts will cut you short’: PM Modi’s message for youngsters at former President Kovind’s autobiography launch

Fo me
P eside t
Ram
Nath
Kovi d
with
PM
Na e d a
Modi
at
book
lau ch

NEW
DELHI:
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
Wed esday
u ged
you gste s
to
avoid
taki g
sho tcuts
i
life,
wa i g
that
“a
sho tcut
will
cut
you
sho t.”He
made
the
ema ks
while
eleasi g
the
autobiog aphy
of
fo me
P eside t
Ram
Nath
Kovi d
i
the
atio al
capital.”I
would
pa ticula ly
like
to
u ge
the
you ge
ge e atio —we
live
i
the
age
of
‘Reels’
a d
social
media
i flue ce s.
Eve
i
this
e a
of
sho tcuts,
let
us
emembe
somethi g
ofte
w itte
at
ailway
statio s:
A
sho tcut
will
cut
you
sho t,”
PM
Modi
said.He
also
e cou aged
you gste s
to
ead
the
autobiog aphies
of
pe so alities
they
admi e,
sayi g
such
accou ts
offe
a
u ique
pe spective
o
the
histo ic
eve ts
of
thei
time.“The
pe iod
cove ed
i
a
biog aphy
b i gs
o e
ve y
close
to
histo y
itself.
That
is
why
I
si ce ely
hope
that
the
ha d
wo k
put
i
by
Kovi d
ji
p oves
be eficial
to
futu e
ge e atio s
a d
especially
to
the
youth,”
PM
Modi
added.PM
Modi
fu the
p aised
Kovi d’s
“guida ce”
a d
ecalled
the
fo me
p eside t’s
“special
affectio
a d
wa mth”
fo
him.“Today,
we
have
the
oppo tu ity
to
wit ess
the
lau ch
of
Ram ath
Kovi d
ji’s
autobiog aphy.

I
have
k ow
Kovi d
ji
fo
a
ve y
lo g
time
a d
have
had
the
oppo tu ity
to
k ow
him
closely.
His
guida ce
du i g
his
te u e
as
P eside t,
alo g
with
his
special
affectio
a d
wa mth
towa ds
me,
has
bee
a
t uly
valuable
asset
fo
me,”
he
said.

Exp essi g
co fide ce
i
the
book’s
sig ifica ce,
the
p ime
mi iste
desc ibed
Kovi d’s
autobiog aphy
as
a
pote tial
“che ished
legacy”
fo
I dia
democ acy
a d
society.“…
Based
o
my
u de sta di g
of
his
life
a d
my
k owledge
of
his
capabilities,
I
ca
say
with
full
co fide ce
that
Ram ath
Kovi d
ji’s
autobiog aphy
will
become
a
che ished
legacy
fo
I dia
democ acy
a d
society.
The e
is
so
much
I
could
speak
about
at
le gth– ega di g
Kovi d
ji’s
life
jou ey
a d
his
co t ibutio s
to
society
a d
the
atio .
Howeve ,
a
book
lau ch
eve t
should
o ly
se ve
as
a
‘cu tai – aise ‘;
it
is
best
if
you
all
de ive
the
full
be efit
of
the
book
by
eadi g
it
you selves,”
he
added.Mea while,
Kovi d
desc ibed
the
lau ch
as
a
emotio al
mome t
a d
exp essed
g atitude
to
those
who
atte ded
the
eve t.“It
is
a
emotio al
mome t
fo
me
to
add ess
you
all
f om
this
platfo m
today.
I
have
add essed
you
o
seve al
occasio s,
but
today’s
occasio
is
diffe e t.
I
am
g ateful
to
all
of
you
fo
joi i g
this
p og amme
to
ma k
the
lau ch
of
my
autobiog aphy.
I
was
wo de i g
what
I
should
say
today.
I
have
al eady
w itte
eve ythi g
i
my
autobiog aphy,
a d
eade s
will
ead
it,”
the
fo me
p eside t
ema ked.