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Prime Minister: Shubh, you are out in space, so it takes a day or two to get used to it.
where gravity is next to nothing, but every
Indian is seeing how down-to-earth you are. Did Prime Minister: India’s strength lies in both
you feed the Gajar ka halwa you carried with science and spirituality. You are on a space
you to your friends? journey, but the journey of India must also be
Shubhanshu Shukla: Yes, Prime Ministerji! I had going on. India must be running inside you. Do
brought some food items from my country, like you get the benefit of meditation and mindful-
Gajar ka Halwa, Moong Dal Halwa and Aam Ras and ness in that environment?
I wanted my other friends, who have come from Shubhanshu Shukla: Yes, Prime Minister Ji, I com-
other countries, to also taste it and experience the pletely agree. I believe that India is already running
rich culinary heritage of India. So, we all sat togeth- and this mission is just the first step of that big race
er and tasted it, and everyone liked it very much. and we are definitely moving ahead and we will
have our own stations in space and many people
Prime Minister: Shubh, Parikrama is a centuries will reach there and mindfulness also makes a lot
old tradition of India. You have got the good of difference. There are many situations during
fortune of doing Parikrama of Mother Earth. normal training or even during launch, which are
Which part of the Earth will you be passing over very stressful and with mindfulness you are able
right now? to keep yourself calm in those situations and if
Shubhanshu Shukla: Yes, Prime Minister Ji! I don’t you keep yourself calm, you are able to take good
have that information right now, but a little while decisions.
ago I was looking out the window, we were passing
over Hawaii, and we orbit 16 times a day. We see 16 Prime Minister: You are doing many experi-
sunrises and 16 sunsets from orbit and this entire ments in space. Is there any experiment that
process is very amazing. In this orbit, at this fast will benefit the agriculture or health sector in
speed, we are moving at the speed of about 28000 the future?
kilometers per hour Shubhanshu Shukla: Yes, Prime Minister Ji, I can
say with great pride that for the first time Indian
Prime Minister: Shubhanshu, You have worked scientists have designed 7 unique experiments,
very hard. You have gone through a long train- which I have brought with me to the station and the
ing. Now you are in a real situation, you are first experiment that I am going to do, which is on
actually in space, how different are the condi- Stem Cells. Along with this, the other experiment is
tions there? How are you adapting? on the growth of microalgae. These microalgae are
Shubhanshu Shukla: Everything is different here very small but very nutritious.
Prime Minister Ji, we did training for the last one
year, I knew about all the systems, I knew about Prime Minister: Shubhanshu, after the success
all the processes, I knew about the experiments. of Chandrayaan, a new interest in science was
But as soon as I came here, suddenly everything born among the children and youth of the
changed, because our body gets so used to living country, the passion to explore space increased.
in gravity that everything is decided by it, but Now this historic journey of yours is further
after coming here, since gravity is microgravity strengthening that resolve. Today children do
and is absent, even small things become very not just look at the sky, they think, I too can
difficult. Right now, while talking to you, I have reach there. This thinking, this feeling is the
tied my legs, otherwise I would go up and the real foundation of our future space missions.
mike too, these are small things, that is, even What message would you give to the young
if I leave it like this, it keeps floating like this. generation of India?
Drinking water, walking, sleeping is a big chal- Shubhanshu Shukla: first of all I will tell you that in
lenge, you can sleep on the roof, you can sleep the direction in which India is moving, we have seen
on the walls, you can sleep on the ground. The very bold and very high dreams and to fulfil those
training is good, but the environment changes, dreams, we need all of you, so to fulfil that need,
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