 Manakkam, Vice President, Sriman Venkaya Naiduji, Guru Murthyji, Rajnikanji, Readers of Tughlaq, Friends, Manakkam, this is an occasion of double delight, 50 years of Tughlaq magazine and this program is being held when Tamil community worldwide is marking Pongal. India Pongal, Valtukkal, I would have loved to be there among you but technology has been of a great help in bringing us together. In any case for this magazine, its readers and this illustrious legacy, I am no guest, friends in all these happiness, there is also one regret, the regret Cho is not with us today. But Cho remains with us in our thoughts, he will be very proud of the progress this magazine has made in the last five decades, Cho had a special style of journalism, for him three things were fundamental, one was facts, facts are most important, they give moral strength to the report, second was intelligent arguments, any reader seeking to formulate an opinion will always appreciate intelligent arguments as they are logical and based on reason, third was unique to Cho, only and only Cho, he had extensive focus on satire, the first page of Tughlaq carries satirical cartoon, satire is the best way to make your point and educate people, Cho was the master of satire, most people from the political class were thankful that Cho edited magazine was a weekly one and not a daily newspaper, just imagine if it came out daily, friends the dynamism of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil people amazed me, Tamil Nadu has been a guiding light for our nation for centuries, here economic success mixes beautifully with social reform, this land is home to the world's oldest language, in September last year I had the honor of saying a few lines in Tamil language during my United Nations address, many people wrote to me that they felt very proud hearing it, friends over the last few years many efforts have been made for Tamil Nadu's progress, when we took the ambitious decision of setting up two defence corridors, Tamil Nadu was a certain choice for one of them, this corridor will bring more industries to state and boost employment opportunities for the local youth, friends the textile sector plays a vital role in Tamil Nadu's progress, the central government is modernizing the sector to help citizens, financial assistance has been provided under the national hand droop development program, two mega handloom clusters are to be set up, resources have been allocated for machinery modernization as well, friends fisheries is one of the most upcoming sector today, we want to make the fisheries sector more vibrant, our focus is on technology, financial assistance and human resource development, just a few days back deep sea fishing boats and transponders were handed over to the fishermen from Tamil Nadu, our fishermen have been linked with Kisan credit cards, now fishing harbours have been built for fishermen, help is being given to boat modernization to friends, we are also working round the clock to boost India's tourism sector, I am happy to share that over the last five years, foreign tourist arrival to India had gone off significantly, so has the foreign exchange and from tourism, the world economic forum released a travel and tourism competitiveness index, in those ranking, India's ranking now stand at 34, when we took office India was at length 65, our improvements over the last few years has been noted by the world, I urge you all to visit at least 15 places in India in the coming two years, last year the majestic shores of Mamla Puram, welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping, I am told this led to great interest in the Mamla Puram and Tamil Nadu, keeping this spirit I request you to invite your friends from other parts of India to visit one place in Tamil Nadu every year, you will be glad to know that Tamil Nadu is greatly benefiting due to the Union government's Swadesh Darshan and Prasad schemes, the coastal circuit from Chennai to Kanyakumari, Kanchipuram and Vellanakali are going to be made more tourist friendly, it's Tagalog March 50 years at a time when India march 70 years as a republic, our constitution carries traces of India's rich past and gives us a roadmap for making an India of our freedom fighter's dream, I bow to the people of India who have time and again upheld the spirit of the constitution in later in spirit, now as India enters a new decade it is the very people of India who will guide India's growth trajectory and take it to new heights, I have always believed there are two essential reasons that our great civilization has prospered, the first is India's celebration of harmony, diversity and brotherhood, the second reason is the will and zeal of India's people, whenever the people of India decide to do something no force has been able to stop them, my last five years in government have validated this belief, we have made remarkable progress in several sectors because the change has been powered by the spirit of 130 crore Indians, if India has been able to move towards being ODF and achieve outstanding sanitation coverage it is due to the people of India, if mindset have changed and the gender ratio is improving infant mortality is falling it is due to the people of India, when digital transactions witness historic rise it is due to the people's proactive nature, friends the people of India no longer want to be spectators but they want to be active stakeholders in taking our nation forward, why else would senior citizens give up the railway concessions on one request, why else would a pensioner donate significant part of his pension towards a cleaner India, why else would over one crore people give up their gas subsidies, there are many such examples as governments or media houses we will have to respect this period and keep pace with it, here I would also like to appreciate the role of the media, they have taken forward every possible noble emission of nation building be it cleanliness reducing single use plastic and protecting the environment, I hope the same spirit get reinforced in the time to come, friends one of the things I found when I came to Delhi was that those who got the opportunity to rule the nation for many many years love to keep things in pendulum mode, we all know what a pendulum is moving here moving there, keep things unsurpassed, cause the problem further it and then pretend to solve it, things have changed now, our government has taken up the mission to solve problem persisting for decades, take the example of the removal of article 370 and 35A evolution of triple talak or making GST a reality or issue like 10% reservation for the upper caste poor, increased maternity leave up to 26 weeks, healthcare for the poor and middle class through Aishwant Bharat setting up of OBC commission, the least is very long, our decisions have helped further India's economic and social integration, today as India is developing at a rapid pace and things that were seen as impossible are becoming a reality the same western interest group is unable to digest the changes, they are trying their level best to mislead, confuse and cause unrest, in such times the responsibility of a magazine like Tughalak increased to keep the people of India aware just as a show would have done, with this I once again congratulate you on this special occasion and end my remarks, thank you, thank you very much