India, July 21 -- The year was 2001-02 and a video on then Prime Minister Atal Bihari's Vajpayee flagship national scheme 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' was shot in scenic locations showing happy students going to school through different terrain, some even taking a ride on bullock cart or camel. It was aired on Doordarshan.

The video opened with Vajpayee holding the hands of two students in uniform and couple of meaningful lines, which essentially urged children to go to school, ' aao school chale hum.'

The video ended with the late President Abdul Kalam asking children to repeat after him the following words, "I go to school to learn, Learning gives creativity, Creativity teaches to think, thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes me grea...