KMM Orientation 2026 | Naren | Life School |

Happy evening! Happy evening! Happy evening! Happy evening! Happy evening, Joe! Happy evening! Welcome to you all back to the next season of KMM. Happy evening! Happy evening!

Happy evening!

Happy evening! Happy evening! To keep this evening Happy. Let me start with my signature style, some fun in the beginning of the session. So we're going to do a rapid fire, okay? And in this rapid fire, can you please help me to mute everyone so that they can listen? Thanks. So there's this very handsome gentleman called Ausmalin Shah who helps me with the meetings. So thank you, Aushu. Starting of the session. So let's start with the rapid fire. Okay, bina soche samjay likhna hai, zada analyze nahi karna hai. Okay, what is that one word? What is that one word that comes to your mind the moment you feel when you think about your school time? In the chat box, one word that comes to your mind the moment you think of school? Oh, musti, wonderful, fun, fun friends, happy musti, very nice. Kisi nahi likha hai jitni mar par diya. Yeah, the prank I played, wonderful, very nice, very nice. Now let's go a step further, okay? What is the fondest memory that you have? For example, I was on stage playing an old woman, but just before entering the stage, I wiped off all the makeup and looked very beautiful. So that is my fondest memory, naughty but fondest memory. So what is that fondest memory you have of your school time? Marathi teacher classes, very nice. Charlie Chaplin role, wonderful. Going for PT off period, even my favorite. Tiffin, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. KitKat from strictest teacher. Wonderful. English class. Beautiful. Povada. Shahi roll. You have to teach me that. Very nice. Ground. Ground punishment. That is your fond memory? Punishment is your fond memory? Wow, wonderful. Nishiganda, I'll need to speak to you personally for this. Bunking classes, of course. Me too, number one bunker. Sorry, but that's sometimes. Okay, now let's move to the next one, and this is the last one. Okay, prank, wonderful. The last one. Today, when you look back at your school time, what are those few words or one thing that you think somebody should have told you? A sentence or something that somebody should have told you when you were back in school. You can do it. You can do it. Wonderful. You matter. KMM, yes. Love. Very nice. You can do it. Tukar lega. How wonderful, na? It's unanimous. You can do it. Beautiful, beautiful. You know, after the session gets over, this chat is going to become my fondest memory of this session because I'll sit and see who's written what. So thank you so much for sharing. And since you're sharing this, let me also take you to the classroom of a very, very special boy. Uh, this happened a few years back, I can say a few decades back, in a small town towards the southernmost tip of our country. Okay, one child was sitting in the class, curious, starry-eyed. Mere jaise dikhta na starry-eyed ek dum mein jo KMM session me rehti ho. Looking at the teacher, wondering what the teacher is going to say next. That day, teacher Shiva Subramanya Iyer was teaching them about flight of birds, how the birds take off, the coordination, the rhythm. And Iyer ji didn't stop at that. He gathered all the kids, and since it is the tip of the Indian, uh, southern part of India, they are near the beaches. All of them went and sat down near the beach, and there the teacher with experience shows them how the birds take off, how the coordination is done, and these kids are mesmerized with the view. What did Mr. Iyer do? He just didn't teach the concept. He gave the students an experience. That experience, that one moment, for this child with curious starry eyes was a turning point that ignited something in him, that shifted something in him. As he looks back, he says, "Teachers showed me not just how the birds took flight, he showed me how to dream of taking a flight." You know who this child went on to become? Honorable Shri Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Whom I had the privilege to meet and speak about Keep Moving Movement. Now, one teacher, one experience, one spark changes the direction of the life of student, also changes the destiny of a nation. I remember when APJ was the president, I used to feel so proud of our country. I feel always proud, but that time I was prouder. And that's what happens when a teacher takes a little more interest in students. There are endless number of such teachers who have shaped the direction of students' lives. And you know what KMM is all about? KMM is about celebrating the magical moments that these teachers created inside the classroom. KMM is about celebrating the possibilities every young child has in the classroom. And more importantly, KMM is about celebrating the incessant spirit of contribution with which our volunteers, our pillars of goodness, for the past 25 years have gone back to the classrooms year after year wanting to create those magical moments. So this is Jyoti Gosavi wishing you all a very, very warm evening. Welcome to orientation of 2026 and another year of creating magic inside the classrooms. I want to see some virtual hearts, not for me, but for all the volunteers who are present here and all the to-be volunteers who are present here. To you all from my heart, thank you, thank you so much. You know, last year was very special to us. It was our 25th year. The year-long celebrations continued. Right from the orientation to the marham event that we had. I'm sure you would have seen that small video clipping that I sent you, the poem that Maram had written for KMM. Wasn't it just too beautiful? Very apt. Now, as we are discussing about the 25 years, there are a few highlights. So let me take you through those highlights, okay? First, let's come to the numbers. What did we do last year? So the year KMM 2025, we had 400+ volunteers, we covered 30+ cities, 2 countries, India and US. We had more than 125 schools, 300+ divisions, 2,200 sessions done in a span of mere 5 months. You— we must pat ourselves on the back. For these numbers. And the total students impacted was 15,500+ in the 25th year. Yay! Arey, toh ra excitement kesaad? You know, these are not just schools reached, 125. These are classrooms where confidence was awakened. These are not just students reached. These are dreams which were encouraged last year. And you know, 400+ is not just the number of volunteers we had. It were a rare breed of people who decided to be siva subramanyam aayar in the lives of some students waiting out there. So to all my dear volunteers who have been there for the past n number of years, salutes to you. Let us continue the spirit. More power to you, and may you create more magic inside your classrooms. Now every year we also have something called the Star of the Future Awards. My old volunteers know about it. The people who are joining us for the first time today, let me explain in brief. In the year that we take KMM, say 2024, in the annual exams, if any child in the 10th standard crosses 1% plus minus of the historical high of the school, they are given by KMM and its volunteers an award called the Star of the Future Award. Making them believe you've already stood first and you are a star in the future as well. They also get a Mercedes-Benz ride, a brand new Mercedes-Benz. They will be sitting in the window seat like a prince and princess. They'll take a long drive to the city. This year, 2025, you will be happy to know 43 students from 30 schools across the country qualified And this is the highest we've ever, ever received. One more pat on the back for the volunteers. Not only this, last year we started an initiative that let teachers also take sessions in Keep Moving Movement. I proudly congratulate Bhoomika ji, who's taking sessions in a school in Burhanpur. One of her students stood as District Topper too. She qualified for Star of the Future as well. So even where academics is concerned, we are creating waves. You know those reactions for this star, for those stars, for every star? Thank you, thank you, thank you. So that was brilliant. This year, 50 cross. Jitne zada star of the future honge, I imagine. It takes one child to show the rest of the class it's possible. Sabse beautiful when we had this event. We had it at a very beautiful family, the Motwani family. Rajiv Motwani, Ajay Motwani, Rohit Motwani, Ananya, all part of the KMM family helped us with their venue. Can you see the students there proudly standing for star of the future? And when we took the students to the ride, now we were going to take these 13 cars on a very busy highway. Our another Warrior KMM volunteer Aditya Saraya decided that he's going to take a recce of the road, and there is one turn on the Bombay-Puna Highway when you just are about to touch the expressway, that turn is a little traffic. Now this Aditya, you can only imagine Aditya doing that. He goes to the cop there and says, Mama, and these bends are not small cars, they are big cars. 'Now if you stop them, you know, my children will not experience fun.' Can you imagine? The cop made the traffic stand still. This happens only for VIP patrols, okay? The traffic stood still and the kids passed by with the windows open. They are standing up high. Some of the cars were driven by KMM volunteers and they said that is the maximum high they have ever experienced. Because to see those children who are already champions in that Benz car and saying, because we've got this award, we are going to multiply our results. So Star of the Future Award was a big, big highlight, and we are looking forward to this year making it even mega. That is the second highlight. Third, we said since it's the 25th year Inspiration ka next level hit hona chahiye. Every year we have a session around the 15th of August. We go to the classroom, we talk about patriotism, bhagaya bhagaya. But we said, let's involve these students also in community feeling. They also should feel they are contributors. So what did we do? We asked the students to write a letter of gratitude, pour their heart out in thank you to the soldiers who are standing out there on the border. I can still remember the first session taken in these series was taken by Rita Jethwani in St. Anne's School. 9 o'clock her session starts, 9:40 this lady calls me weeping, she's saying, I never imagined A 10th standard child can write such a deep letter to a soldier. The letters were written in Hindi, English, Marathi, Urdu, and even Gujarati. And from all the letters that we had, the best 5,305 letters sorted, put into boxes, have crossed all across the country. So there is some regiment sitting somewhere and one box of KMM goes there. A big thank you to Amit Varde to make this possible. Amit, this is just because of you that we have done it. One, one big round of applause for Amit. Big round. Now knowing him, he doesn't stop at that. You know what he did? He said, Marathi letters toh hai na, toh Marathi toh humne jaake dekhe aana chalge. So there is this 15th Battalion of Maratha Light Infantry which is in Pune. A band of 12 of us with the Maratha letters, Marathi letters, went to this unit. We met Colonel Jitendr Thomas there. We gave him those letters and I must tell you, we were treated like VIPs. Lunch wahan sab kara ke, they showed us across the unit. What was most important was we went there to say our gratitude and we came back feeling very special because they wanted to show they are also involved in the nation-building along with us. And they said, 'Aapko jo bhi karna hai, bataiye, hamare bachcho ke liye aap karege. Kabhi bhi aaye bachcho ko leke aaye.' So much love from the other side. So thank you, Amit. And I'm sure those 503,005 letters which you volunteers have made the students write inside the classrooms must be creating some magic. And you know, immediately post the Sindoor operation, it just felt right and it remains as a memory for a lifetime. So 25th year of KMM was just, just brilliant. And I think we have 25 more glorious to go. Before the next 25 vests that we create. So we are still heading there. So this is the 26th year. We are looking at not doubling, tripling, but multiplying our impact multifold and having many, many Seviya Subramanyam Ayers created in the process. So thank you so much, volunteers. Once again, thank you for the spirit of KMM that brings us back together year after year. And since we are talking about soldiers, we said, why not see if we have any of our KMM students also in the forces? Amit also shared with us about this very nice gentleman from one of our schools who chose focus over distraction, who chose to be the person who fulfills his father's dream to go into the services. Who worked hard and today is commissioned in the Armed Forces. Dear friends, as a lovely surprise to you, presenting one of our KMM students who has now joined the forces, Lieutenant Abhijeet Dorat. Some hearts, some reactions for him, please. And may I please have him with me on the screen? Can I have him in the spotlight, please? To tell you about him, we were just having a discussion with him, okay? And he is asking me, naughty boy, maine toh KMM kar liya aur maine toh progress kar liya, mujhe batao, KMM nikya ki hai. Can you imagine? And that was brilliant. So here's Abhijit for all of you. Abhijit, tere toh ni tang ke chungya chale karna, madam, with all due respects to your uniform, huh?

Good evening to everyone. And yes, yes, Joe, you just, you can go ahead with that.

Very nice, very nice. So just, can you just tell us about yourself a little brief, you know, for our volunteers to know you better?

Yeah, of course. So I'm Lieutenant Abhiji Turath and I'm commissioned into Army Aviation and my fallback arm is 20th Maha Regiment. Born and brought up in Pune, but currently I'm posted into Hyderabad.

So wow, my brother is also there in Hyderabad. Yeah, we are some connection there as well, right? When did you participate in KMM? Which year? What? How old were you?

Uh, so the first session when I got from KMM, it was in 2016. Uh, so just like a decade back, you know. Um, by that time I was 16, oblique 17 years old. And, um, not that, I was 15 years old. I was in 9th standard, you know. And that was something out of the box, you can say. Uh, very much tedious and monotonous school classes. Apart from that, some new concept is coming into school. Everyone was curious and just willing to know what it is about. So that was the thing.

So do you remember the first few sessions or the speakers who came to our class?

Yeah, uh, so I would love to mention him again. So he was Amit Vardhese, sir, and you know, till the date Um, fortnightly, every 15 days, we do interact, you know.

Yes.

So it is not just the bond in the class, but the volunteers, they carry it throughout life, I believe, and they help the student or like in ups and downs throughout their life. So it has been 10 years, I can say.

Wonderful, wonderful. And you've stayed in touch with Amit?

Yes, absolutely.

He's a tough taskmaster.

He is, you know, uh, what made me connect with him, you know, personal connection when I had with him was he himself is a defense aspirant. And when I got to know that, sir, he has been through SSB interview, the very rigorous one and one of the difficult one which has been considered in India, you know. So that was very personal thing and made me connect with the sir and He is just mind-blowing.

You also mentioned about another speaker in your class whom you fondly remember.

Yes, yes, uh, he, he was there, uh, like, uh, you know, he was there in my 10th standard, and but I was being involved into games and other things, so had a very less interaction with him. But again, he had a very nice, you know, experience that he mentioned that he was having an injury, you know, in the limbs or something like that, but recovering that, and then he ran half marathons, and that, that was the very big thing. The volunteers themselves are the inspiration. They do not need, I guess, the stories from outside. So that is very nice thing of them.

How wonderful, how wonderful. And you're speaking about our most loved TJ Naik. Yeah, his name, and he continues to inspire us with his running. Especially when he completed his Comrades. Hats off to him. So TJ, if you are there in the crowd, to you as well. This child remembers you from 10 years back. Very nice. Uh, Abhijit, also tell me, uh, is there any one thing from the sessions which has stayed with you or you remember very vividly?

You know, the one thing, or the class, particular class, I will, uh, speak into two parts about that. So, you know, the first thing which continued, and you know, I have that on my wall still at the back, the posters I have made, you know, so 3 D's in the life, that is dedication, determination, and discipline. So dedication towards your goal, discipline in your personal life, and determination in your actions. That was really very beautiful thing which will sail through a person throughout their career or in a personal, social, any kind of the circle of the life, you know. And the second thing is very basic, a bare minimum which we say nowadays, but people do lag in that— being a good human being. You know, being a good human being is very much important. Like, you achieve anything in your life, or be it in the either side, you have to stay grounded, you have to help out the needy one. And that thing was brought out by the sir in particular one session that stays still like with me.

How sweet, how sweet! Tell me, if you get a chance, you'll join KMM now?

Last time whenever I just had conversation with the volunteer, I'm like, is there any scope to join? Because the professional thing which do not allow me, but would love to at least take one session in the nearby when I'm posted in cities, would love to do that.

We will make it happen for you in whichever city you are posted, right? Okay, so every year we do KMM, we will make a session happen for you, right? That's my promise.

That's a privilege.

Uh, when you were joining the Armed Forces, and were there any struggles? Or when you go through difficulties, um, what is it that helps you pass it? And has KMM helped you in this Uh, mindset develop.

So I would just like to, uh, like focus on the thing, like dwell upon, you know, the person who is in 9th, 10th standard, uh, he is at a certain age that he have to decide where he, uh, life should lead in a career aspect. But we are, our mental acumen is not that up to that level, oblique, our IQ, EQ is not developed, but we shy off to express to our parents because we think that they will judge us or they will just, um, you know, force their own dreams, oblique, they, whatever they want, expect out of us. But other thing is students or our friends, peers, we cannot share with them or they are of equal acumen. So someone volunteering and someone, you know, I earlier also mentioned that a person who is directing without any judgments, he or she act as a polestar in a life. Always direct a person towards a goal and validate the person that he or she is going in the right direction or not.

How wonderful! So Amit is your polestar.

Yes, he is.

How sweet, how sweet. And, uh, just a couple of things and then I will, uh, yes, thanks, release you. Uh, I must say you are looking very, very smart and inspiring in your uniform. So thank you for being with us in your uniform, and may those stars continue, multiple badges come, and every time it comes, do send it to us because our KMM volunteers, you know, would love to see where you are reaching, right?

Right.

Thank you. So, uh, what would you wish for KMM's future?

I would just say, you know, um, KMM's future. Like, I've seen KMM 10 years back, a decade back, and still it was in the developing phase, kind of. There was struggle. KMM saw struggle. After that, 5 years later, in COVID, KMM saw struggle again. Still, after that, we are sailing through, and the volunteers have reached 400. That is absolutely great. Uh, would say to volunteers that it is, you know, privilege to be a catalyst for someone's life. You know, uh, it is a very big term, you know, in itself. We can use it anywhere, be it a chemistry or be it a personal life. You can act as a catalyst. You can just fast forward the reaction in a life or slow down or just heat it up. So getting that opportunity in someone's life is a big thing, I believe. And a volunteer should always grow and motivate students to do something good for their family, for themselves, and for the country, you know.

How lovely, how lovely! Thank you so much, Abhijeet. Um, see, as we celebrate KM and we celebrate your success, I would also like you to convey our very warm Best wishes and thank you to your parents. I believe in whatever you are today, they also must have played their part. And whenever the chance happens, at least from the working team of KMM, we would love to, you know, interact with them and tell them that their son not only makes them proud but makes us proud too. So, please, we would love to meet them. More, more power to you. And when the volunteer enrollment starts, you're going to get a link. Please enroll because you never know, this year only you might take a session.

Of course, of course.

So thank you so much for being with us and sharing your words with us. Loads of love.

Thank you so much, Jo, for the opportunity.

Thank you. Our pleasure. Thank you, Amit. Thank you, TJ Nayak. Oof! You know, I always get goosebumps whenever I see somebody in uniform. Aur abhi bhi mujhe inna toda aise aise zarzari chahiye, feel hori hai, mujhe thoda time lagaga settle hone ke liye. But it was just brilliant speaking to him, and I think this entire experience of writing the letters. So thank you volunteers, thank you Amit, TJ, and once again, thank you Abhijeet. Uh, uh, the best part of today's session is going to happen in another 10 minutes' time when we all listen to Nareen. I think we come to orientation to listen to her. But before we go there, for the benefit of the new volunteers who join us, let me do my bit of adding a few details. So this is the time in the session of the orientation where we discuss about what actually happens in Keep Moving Movement. Keep Moving Movement spreads from June to September. Am I audible to all of you? Show me with a thumbs up.

Mine?

Am I audible to everyone?

Beto, you're audible, but you're frozen.

Okay.

Oh, I think—

okay, we'll give Jo just a minute. In that, she will change the internet service provider and she'll be back online. There she is back.

Here I am. Just existence gives us providence. No worries, we'll just understand how KMM works. So KMM starts Serious, all of you smile, smile. 32 teeth, smile. 50 teeth, smile. 50, 64. Brilliant. So we start in June, we go on till October. We have something called as the public speaking training which happens online for the new volunteers. Then we have a team induction meeting for all our Pune volunteers face to face, outstation volunteers online. Then we start with our fortnightly training sessions, which means what? On a Sunday morning, we'll have a session 1 training. The lesson plan will be discussed. Within the next 10 days, you go and take the session in the classroom and then come back for another Sunday training. So it's a 15-day cycle. Sunday training, classroom, third Sunday, October. There are two roles that any individual can play. One is the speaker, where first he goes through PST, then the Sunday morning training, Then we also have some senior citizens with us. Senior citizens, matlab, not 80-85 age, okay, but their experience in KMM is brilliant, makes them senior citizens of KMM, or maybe senior advisors. They, we call them as ACs, Architects of Change. All of us will be segregated into groups led by these ACs. We attend a meeting with them They help us understand the session. They take our mock and we go and deliver. This entire activity goes once every 2 weeks and by October we will have completed our 7 sessions and very, very proudly declare that we have been a KMM volunteer this year. Second role is played by a partner. A speaker takes a full session but a partner will take a part of the session. So these are the two roles, very simple ones. All this will be also given to you over a message in a video format for you to understand better. We'll also help you with a calendar, and the calendar will have all the dates so that you can store it properly. So the moment the session gets over, you'll get all this. You know, the most important thing about being a volunteer is what happens to me as a volunteer. If I have to say, it benefits me in 3 areas. It helps me give back to the society. It helps me say thank you to the teachers. And it also helps me building the niche. You know, let me take a pause here. I remember a story that was narrated to me. Most of us will be knowing about Ramayana. and that very epic scene where the army of Lord Ram reaches the border, the shores of India. Opposite side is Lanka. They don't know how to cross there. Hanuman is standing there on the beach. He knows he has a purpose to fulfill. He has a mission that awaits him, but he wonders, how is it that I can cross over? And at that point of time, Jamun comes to him and reminds Hanuman of the strength that he had. It's not that Hanuman didn't have it, but a Jamun was required to show Hanuman what was hiding deep within. Jamun became the gold miner which dug the dirt out and brought the gold outside. And that helped Hanuman to take the leap of faith, cross across to Lanka, and make the impossible possible. You know, to me as a volunteer, the possibility of looking into the face of a student and saying, "You can," and see the spark ignite is the award the greatest award of all. And year after year, volunteers who participate in KMM get these magical moments to experience. So at the end of this session, we are going to share a code with you. You can scan it. A small form will pop up on your window. It will ask for a few details like your name, surname, email address, your preferred time when you would like to go to the school, Fill it. Don't even think, because unless we explore and experience like that child sitting on the beach did, we won't know the magic of flight. And once we take the flight of being a KMM volunteer, believe me, it becomes that service to nation which becomes our responsibility. Like the soldiers who are standing tall there and taking care of the borders, we become warriors who go inside the classrooms and help every student who's standing probably on the shore realize they are capable of jumping across the ocean. They just need to take that first step. So it's my sincere appeal to all of you Old and new volunteers, let's rock this year. Let's enroll and let's create magic, matra boombala magic inside the classrooms. And you know, this entire vision of KMM was created by one such man who created magic in my life. 26 years ago, on 28th of February, I sat into a classroom and I experienced Naren taking a session for me. I still remember that time we used to have speeches and we had to practice the speeches and give it in front of the class. And in one of those sessions, when he was introducing a speech, he said, "Preparation never goes waste. Prepare, prepare, prepare." It has been etched into my system so much. That before I do anything, preparation automatically happens. You know, he told me, be the first to be in the office and be the last to move out of the office. 26 years of working, I'm the first one to be at office and the last to move out. And I know what it has done to my life. And I can take 2 hours of endless such lessons that I have learned from him. I thank him every year to give us a purposeful avenue like KMM. And it's time now that I hand over the session to the man behind this mission, our darling Naren. So with a lot of hearts, okay, lots of hearts, let's welcome Naren onto the— onto the screen, I should say.

Hello darlings, uh, it's so good to be with all of you and see all of you. Of course, my video is pinned, so probably you are able to see only me, but I see it in the gallery mode, so I am able to see 222 instruments and must be about 250+ people. Like Joe, let me also begin by asking all of you a question. Who is the most successful person you of. Okay, it can be anybody. It can be person you personally know or you have read about. Who is the most successful person you can— you, you know of? Please write the answers in the chat box. It could be Bill Gates, it could be Dhirubhai Ambani, it could be Narendra Modi, it could be Mahatma Gandhi, anybody. APJ Abdul Kalam, Ratan Tata. Okay, most successful person you know of. Okay, wonderful. Now tell me, what is that one quality which you believe has made them successful? What is that one thing they have which makes them successful? Fantastic, fantastic. Fantastic. And you know what's most profound and most beautiful? None of these amazing things that you are writing has been taught in schools. Not a single of the quality that you have mentioned over here is a part of the curriculum. It is amazing that these skills are not taught in school and we expect only through marks children will do really well in life. And that is where is the relevance of something like Keep Moving Movement. What is amazing is the qualities that you wrote are the skills which can help people to bounce back big time from any disaster of their life. What is amazing is anyone can learn these skills. What is also amazing is most people in the world actually do not really care to develop these skills. Now let's change tracks. The future of our country is right now inside the classroom. A future Prime Minister is right now in the schools. The future Supreme Court judge is inside the school. A future Commissioner of Police is inside the school. A future industrialist is inside the school. And since these skills are not taught in schools, if we, that is you and me, have an opportunity to go to the schools and talk to these children. Like today, you heard Lieutenant Abhijit speak about how KMM impacted his life, how he took the 3Ds. We have an opportunity not only to make a difference in the life of one Abhijit, but thousands of such people. I believe Every child deserves a champion who believes in them no matter what. Every child deserves a champion who insists that you can be whatever you want to be in your life. I remember long time back, I was having a conversation with Rajesh Tekriwal, and I just saw Rajesh Tekriwal in one of the cameras over here. Rajesh Tekriwal said When you return money with interest to the bank, your credit rating is good. Similarly, when you return what you have been given to you by the Creator, your credit rating up there is good. Your credit rating up there is not decided by the amount of money you have, or the power you have, or the properties you have. It is not about the awards you have and how how popular you are in the world. When I have been given so much by the Creator, when I return a bit of that, then my credit rating up there becomes good. History never changes if we wait for everybody to work together. History is always changed by a small group of deeply committed people who refuse to stand by one side. People like you, people like us. You know, when I look at all of you today, people present over here, I do not see volunteers. I see those deeply committed people who refuse to stand by the side. I see sparks. A single spark can light a lamp. A thousand sparks can light a city, and a movement of sparks can light a nation. And that is what Keep Moving Movement truly is— not an organization, not an initiative, not a lesson. It is a movement, a movement that is also a very, very strong reminder, a reminder that progress belongs to people who Keep Moving Movement. Even when the world becomes tired, even when life is surrounded by people who are cynical, even if we have too many things which distracts us, even when sometimes things are unreasonable or unfair or the world becomes divided. See, nations do not rise because of speeches. They rise because ordinary citizens decide I will not wait for somebody else to do things. I will play my role. Darling friends, I have a belief. Every generation is handed an invisible baton. You know, relay race mein there is a baton which is passed on. I very deeply believe that every generation is handed an invisible baton. Our grandparents handed us freedom. Our parents handed us stability. And now history is asking us, what will you hand over to the next generation? Our grandparents, they gave us freedom. Our parents gave us stability. And now history is asking us, what will you hand over to the next generation? Will it be fear? Will it be pressure? Will it be anxiety? Will it be unreasonable expectations? Or will it be courage? Will it be character? Will it be confidence? The children of today are carefully watching the adults of today. They are watching how we speak. They are watching how we serve. They are watching how we treat others, how we handle conflicts, how we handle differences. They are watching how we respond to setbacks, how we carry responsibilities, and how do we deal with our negative emotions of fear, frustrations, anger. Whether we realize it or not, we are teaching them what citizenship looks like, what responsibility looks like, what being an Indian looks like. Somewhere along the way, we have taught ourselves a dangerous lie. What difference can I alone make? Well, imagine India as a giant river. A river does not move because of one solid wave. It moves because millions of tiny drops keep flowing, drop by drop, little by little, action by action. Those drops were once just a raindrop, and as a raindrop, it had no idea it will become a river one day. Like the drop, every great change in human history began with one person who refused to stop stand by the side. One volunteer, one spark, one teacher, one principal, one student, one citizen. What is a movement? A movement is simply a small act of courage repeated consistently. That's all. Did you know that human beings were not built just for survival? We were built for contribution. Let me make a very big and bold statement now. Deep down, the human soul does not want success. Deep down, the human soul does not want success. It wants significance. At the end of life, as somebody knows that they are going to pass away, they are not going to ask how many rooms had air conditioner in my house, how much FD did I have in the bank, how many countries did I travel in my lifetime. The deeper question always is, did I matter? Did my life make somebody else's life better? This is why service has a strange magic. When you help another human being rise, something inside you rises too. Sometimes the greatest gift you can give to another human being is not money. You know what it is? It is momentum. For some reason, when something inside them stops, the courage inside them stops because of fear. The desire to think big stops because of some failure. I can achieve things— this belief stops because they were judged. All that they want from you and me is momentum. And that is where we call this Keep Moving Movement, signifying momentum. And what gives momentum? A word of encouragement, a helping hand, a look that says, I believe in you. A hug that says you're special? A smile that says your burning points can actually become your turning points? Sometimes all the person needs is somebody who says come on! Keep moving movement movement don't give up not now not ever why because I am here for you have your back. You know, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. In fact, when a candle lights another candle, the room becomes brighter for everyone. And that is the spirit that we need in this nation. Less complaining, more contribution. Less blaming, more building. Less someone should do something, more let me do something. Patriotism is not only standing for the national anthem when you go to see a movie or on 26th of Jan and 15th of August. Patriotism is standing up for another fellow countryman. Let me tell you another something very, very important tonight. Never underestimate the power of small actions or small things. A small difference makes a huge difference. We are a country of 140 crore people today. But one APJ Abdul Kalam comes along and it lifts millions. A small difference can make a huge difference. A pinch of salt makes all the difference to the taste of the food. A seed looks insignificant until it becomes a forest. A heartbeat looks small until it stops. A wheel moves one inch at a time, yet it can carry an entire nation forward. So your smile matters, your service matters, your contribution matters. You may never fully know how many lives your actions will touch, but ripples always travel further than the stone can ever see. You know, throw a stone in a piece of water, the stone will drown, the ripples will carry on, and the stone will have no idea how far the ripples have gone. So tonight, KMM does not need an applause. KMM has been doing this work from 2001. Bidhu is kind when she says I am the founder of KMM, but it is 14 of us together who are founders of KMM, who started it in 2001. And since then, there have been hundreds of people who have made KMM what it is today. You know, when you begin a circle, probably the dot from where you begin the circle is important. But once the circle is made, every dot in the circle is as important as the first, and the first is not significant anymore. It's just another point in the whole circle. So I was the first person to take the session is insignificant in the scheme of today because I don't take sessions. There are so many people over here who are capable of taking sessions So many of them who have taken sessions. It was mind-blowing in 2011 to see our own darling Vikas Bhandari take all the sessions in so innovative ways. Last year, Betu took all the sessions so brilliantly well. And that's why it's called a movement. Which drop in an ocean is more important than the other? Each drop is as important as the other. So tonight, KMM does not need your applause. Tonight, KMM needs your awakening. I want every person here to ask, what is my role in the future of this nation? What is going to be my role in the future of this nation? Don't ask this question tomorrow. Don't ask this question someday. Don't ask this question later. Ask it today. If you believe your role is in mentoring a child, if you believe you would like to be the force of goodness and aura of positivity in a young child's life, if you believe that your role in the creation of this country is in helping a child who's struggling into a child who believes in themselves. If you believe you simply want to be a person who refuses to spread negativity and brings in a revolution of positivity, then Keep Moving Movement, KMM, is an opportunity for you. I believe nations are not built in the Parliament. They are built in schools. They are built through conversations because children go to the school to learn. They are willing to listen. They have an open mind. They are still fertile. They have not yet conditioned themselves. And there, if somebody comes and speaks about elements of life, like the qualities you wrote— courage, persistence, thinking big, Defeating all the fear. How do you bounce back in life? All the qualities that you have written, that you have admired in people who are the most successful people you know in your life. These, these qualities can become a part of the children through small conversations. They are built by forces of goodness. They are always built through community work. They are built by movements. Like KMM. So tonight I ask you, will you merely witness the future, or will you help create it? Will you be a spectator, or will you be a torchbearer? Will you wait for change, or will you become the reason change happens? Because one day, years from now, our future generations of our country will ask, who helped shape a better India? Let's say your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren will probably ask you one day, who helped build A better India. May at that point of time you confidently whisper to that child, you know, there was this movement called KMM. You know, it had people who chose courage over comfort. It had people who chose service over selflessness. It had people who chose movement over excuses. And year after year, they just kept moving. In fact, tonight is not about even movement. Tonight is about a decision, a decision about the kind of nation you and me will leave behind when we pass away, a decision about whether we will live in India or we will shape in them. Now the good thing about KMM is if your intention is I want to be a contributor, you may still be nervous about, but Narayan, I've never done public speaking, I don't know whether I'll be able to take the session inside the classroom or not. Well, the way KMM has been designed across years is you just need to have the spirit that I want to do this. And then there is a team which teaches you public speaking. And then there is that Architect of Change who will help you practice that speech till you get it right, till you are confident, until that speech becomes a part of your system. And then you go inside the school and you deliver that session. In the process of listening to the session and then getting the session a part of you and then delivering the session, some huge shifts will happen inside you. For example, in one of the sessions, if the session is on defeat every fear that exists inside your mind, you go inside the classroom and you know one child might ask, ma'am or sir, which is the fear that you defeated? So, you know, in its own way, the children will make you accountable. Whether somebody asks the question or not is not important. What is important is you want to be a role model inside the classroom, and the brilliant inner transformation happens. The lethargy of 'I will change one day' goes for a toss, and you go inside the classroom as a role model. And so much about your life gets such a beautiful direction and momentum. So to train you is our responsibility, to get you ready for the class is our responsibility, to create the right content for you is our responsibility, to make it very simple so that everybody present over here can deliver it is our responsibility. Your responsibility to be disciplined, to attend every session. Your responsibility to attend the Architects of Change meeting when it happens. Your responsibility if you have said in 3 days I will give half an hour to make myself ready, you will actually give that time to make yourself ready. How much is required by you? We take 7 sessions, 7 sessions happen over 3.5 months. One session happens once in in 2 weeks. So if you can create even half an hour every day for 3, 3 and a half months, just half an hour every day, you will be one of the top performers of Keep Moving Movement. So the question now is, do you have half an hour every day to create the future of our country? Tonight, if you are willing to not just watch the future but help build Just place a hand on your heart and silently promise yourself, wherever life takes me, I will keep moving. And every time I get an opportunity to contribute, I will also help people to keep moving. Whether you become a part of KMM or not depends on whether this aligns to your interest of contribution. But thank you so much for coming. We are looking forward to one of the best years of KMM ever. If you become a part of KMM, we will be blessed, we will be thankful, we'll be grateful, and the future generations will be proud that somebody was there who did something to make our lives better. And for some reason, if you are not a part of KMM, anyway, thank you so much for your time. May you grow in every aspect of your life, and may in your life you always keep moving. Thank you so much, darlings, with deep, deep gratitude for each one of you. You will get the rest of conversations and communication soon. When you want to become a part of KMM, you will get a QR code, you will get a link in your inboxes very soon. But if you like the whole idea of Keep Moving Movement, Keep Moving Movement. We would love to have you as a part of this journey. Biddu, thank you so much for having a beautiful beginning, and darlings, thank you so much for appearing as usual. Thanks a ton, with deep gratitude and lots of love to each one of you. All the best.