28/07/2015
INDIA LOST A JEWEL
The Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - The MISSILE MAN passed away.
He was intimately involved in India's civilian space program and military missile development efforts. He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India.
Kalam played a major part in developing many missiles under the mission including Agni, an intermediate range ballistic missile and Prithvi, the tactical surface-to-surface missile. In 1980 he had launched Slv-3 as a Rocket Engineer successfully.
He remains undoubtedly the most loved and admired Indian in sheer numbers, easily tens of thousands more, adored him than the first prime minister of India.
What has made Avul Pakir Jainulabudeen Abdul Kalam so, is his raising and being, a low profile one with modest beginnings hawking newspapers for the extra buck at that, in his first 50 years. It is this that made him the fierce nationalist that he was and continued to be an inspirational Indian to newer generations of younger Indians even in his 60s, 70s and 80s. And true to his life, particularly the years after he was president, he passed on while lecturing at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillon.
Drawing on the impulses of the teacher in him, Kalam has published some inspirational and instructional books. Two of his great writings include:
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A P J Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari
Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India by A P J Abdul Kalam
One of his inspiring quote:
"Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success."
He was a leading light who will always be remembered for his services to the country.