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 " If I have to die today, what would my Legacy be?"

I was watching the series 'The Good Place, and in one of the episodes, one of them talk about not wanting to go away without any legacy and think of what they have done in their lifetime. I began to think " If I have to die today, what would my Legacy be?"

The first thing that came to my mind was, the book of Annihilation of Caste by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, that we got a reprint of, it's one of the things I am very proud of as President of ASA, and as an individual. Every time I look at it I feel very happy that I made something like that possible, it gives me hope that if I put my mind to it I can accomplish things, great things, despite obstacles, it reminds me I am on the right path and I must keep going forward despite the setbacks. Because like Rosa says in Brooklyn 99 "two steps forward and one step back is still one step forward". Maybe that's why this book gives me so much hope.

Apart from that what else do I have? I thought of my speeches, at least the ones that have been recorded, I know it's not much but it does mean something right?
And then I thought of the two short stores I wrote.

All this is not bad, but is this enough? I want to do more, more than this, something that makes a real difference to people.

I thought of the time Praveen Annayya passed away and thought of all the fond memories we had of him, looking back at his life today we can say he was truly a remarkable person, he was a very loving and kind and he excelled at what he did. He was part of the Hyderabad and Chennai metro rail projects. So no matter what there is a part of him in that, it's something he left behind.

When I die what will people remember me by?


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