APJ Abdul Kalam

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NAME:- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

FULL NAME:- Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

• NICK NAME:- Missile Man

Father:- Jainulabdeen(a boat owner)

Mother:- Ashiamma(housewife)

BIRTH DATE:- October 15, 1931

• PLACE OF BIRTH:- Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, India
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• ZODIAC SIGN:- Libra
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• EDUCATION:- Madras Institute of Technology
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• OCCUPATION:- Engineer, World Leader, Scientist, Professor, Author
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• Awards Received:- Padma Bhushan in 1981,Padma Vibhushan in                                                                                1990,Bharat Ratna in 1997

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       Kala as a Student Kalam                                         APJ Abdul Kalam

Introduction:-

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam usually referred as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was the eleventh President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007. He is also popularly known as the People's President. For his distinguished contribution in launching the missiles project in India, he is popularly known as the Missile Man of India and is considered a progressive mentor, innovator and visionary in India.

A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM, was born on October 15, 1931 in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. His schooling was from Schwartz High School, Ramanathapuram. After graduating in science from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi, he took a diploma in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in the mid-1950s.

Family Background and Personal life:-

                                                                HOUSE OF KALAM

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam who we used to call as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October, 1931 in Tikundi of Dhanushkodi in the district of Rameswharam. His father was Jainaluddin and mother Ashiamma. 

His father Jainaluddin was a humble boat owner, which he used to rented out to local fishermen. He was a devout Muslim and a close friend of the Rameshwaram temple priest. And this has made Kalam to grow up in a multi-religious, tolerant society with a progressive outlook. His father often quoted from Quoted to make the young Kalam see the world without fear. From childhood Kalam loved the sea and spent most of the time at beach watching the waves. He is strictly vegetarian. The spiritual simplicity of his parents has turned to be today’s Kalam who believes in God, reads Koran and Gita daily as an ideal secular Indian. His mother kindled the tender feelings in him which infuses him to practice music and poems. 

Kalam had seven siblings, and his mother at times made chappatis for Kalam, while the others got rice as Kalam’s day would start at 4 am and end at 11 pm. As his father was not educated he wanted Kalam to study. Kalam would get up at 4 am and have bath and then go to mathematics class, the mathematics teacher used to teach only 5 students in the whole session and bathing before the class was the condition he laid to the students. After the class, Kalam along with his cousin Samsuddin went around disturbing newspaper. 

The town had no electricity, kerosene lamps were lit at his home between 7 pm to 8 pm as Kalam studied till 11 his mother used to save for later use. The house where Kalam was born can still be found on the masque street. 

                      Mosqu where kalam and his family use to offer their prayers

                     The simple surroundings of Schwartz High School, Ramanathapuram

APJ Abdul Kalam

                                                                     Kalam's Friend's

                                        Hover Craft Kalam with Krishna Menon

 Teachers at Schwartz High School.Iyadurai Solomon (standing, left) and Ramakrishna

                                                                     APJ Abdul Kalam

                                                  Kalam with senior Scientists

                         Dr.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM AND Prof. SATHISH DHAWAN EXPLAIN                                                           ABOUT SLV-3 PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI

Poetry:- 

                 ****The Life Tree****

 

Oh, my human race,
How, we were born,
In the Universe of near infinity,
Are we alone?

I was seeking answer for the great
Question of creation, weighing heavy
My mind as I am in seventieth orbit
Around sun, my little habitat, the star
Where my race living, lived billions of years
And will live billions of years, till the sun shines.
This is the millennium question of humanity,
And sought the help of our creator.

On the eventful day, I was flying 
The earth below me, the human habitat
Vanished in the white river of cloud,
Silent, turbulent free everywhere the divine
Splendour reflecting.
On the above, the full moon with its magnificent might,
My heart melted, my friend co-passenger
Vidyasagar joined in the heavenly display.
The beauty entered into our soul 
And blossomed happiness into our mind and body.
We the humanity bowed to the heavenly answer,
We are not alone, billion of billion lives
Of various forms spring in the planets of 
Galaxy after galaxies.
Then the dawn of divine message.

There was the divine echo in the full moon night
From my creator.
Shaken, bewildered and wondered
The echo engulfed me and my race
"You, the human race is the best of my creation
You will live and live.
You give and give till you are united,
In human happiness and pain.
My bliss will be born in you
Love is the mission of humanity,
You will see every day in Life Tree
You learn and learn
My best of creations."
Beautiful morning it was,
Sun radiating, driving away the clouds
Parrots and Kokilas were at their musical flight
We the yellow heaven group entered
Flower garden of Asiad
Roses were in their splendour
Radiating beauty in White and Crimson
Bowing to the dawn of sun
We walked and walked, our feet on the green
Meadow giving velvet touch,
Children somewhere ringing in unison in their innocence
Peacocks in the background giving beautiful display.

There was a majestic scence of Life Tree
Cluster of tall and straight Nag Phali grove
Undaunted to the sun rays direction
Multi layered, each flower plant bubbling with life,
We approached very close to the happy plants
Astonished to see the nature?s wonder.
Bottom layers have shed the flower all around the sand
Whereas mid layer flower blossomed
In number to the magnificence
Perfume radiating, beauty all around 
Honey bees filling the flower bed, mutual love flowing
Intoxicated with the scene, we looked at the top layer
Ring of the buds about to blossom
And new layers at their birth.

Again the great divine echo enters all around us 
Flowers blossom, radiate beauty and spread perfume
And give honey. On the eve of life
Flowers silently fall to the earth, they belong.
Oh my creation this is mission of human life
You are born, live life of giving 
And bond the human life
Your mission is the Life Tree.
My blessings to you my creation.

Oh my human race!
Let's sing the song of creation.

Me and my friend Prof. Vidyasagar travelled together by air between Hyderabad and Delhi. Our plane flew through the sky surrounded by milky white clouds. The grand scene moved our souls. Thereafter, when we were walking at the Asiad Village Complex, the layers of branches and flowers of Nagphali tree soaked our souls with a divine experience. I was provoked into writing 'Life Tree'. 

                                                                                                                    By, Dr. APJ Abdulkalam

Kalaam’s Poems during Student Life:-

              *****MY MOTHER *****

Sea waves, golden sand pilgrims’ faith, 

Rameswaram Mosque Street, all merge into one, 

My Mother! 

You come to me like heaven’s caring arms. 

I remember the war days when life was challenge and toil- 

Miles to walk, hours before sunrise, 

Walking to take lessons from the saintly teacher near the temple. 

Again miles to the Arab teaching school, 

Climb sandy hills to Railway Station Road, 

Collect, distribute newspapers to temple city citizens, 

Few hours after sunrise, going to school. 

Evening, business time before study at night. 

All this pain of a young boy, 

My mother you transformed into pious strength 

With kneeling and bowing five times 

For the Grace of the Almighty only, My Mother. 

Your strong piety is your children’s strength, 

You always shared your best with whoever needed the most, 

You always gave, and gave with faith in Him. 

I still remember the day when I was ten, 

Sleeping on you lap to the envy of m elder brothers and sisters 

It was full moon night, my world you knew 

MOTHER! MY MOTHER! 

When at midnight I woke with tears falling on my knee 

You knew the pain of your child, My Mother. 

Your caring hands, tenderly removing the pain 

Your love, your care,your faith gave me strength 

To face the world without fear and with His strength. 

We will meet again on the great judgement Day,My Mother! 

         Our mission is water:-

*******************Our mission is water***********************

My mother called me Blue Nile
I am also named by mother White Nile
When we grew and grew we asked
Oh mother, Oh mother
Tell us, why did you name us Nile
Our mothers said lovingly
Oh our children
You travel and travel
Cross mountains, forests and valleys
Thousands of miles, enriching nine countries
you reach Khartoum
you Blue and White Niles confluence with a mission
God has commanded you to give a message
you give a beautiful message
When we rivers confluence
Oh humanity why not your hearts confluence
And you blossom with happiness. 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Prayer for departed children of                          Kumbakonam

Oh dear little ones! Oh dear little ones!
For you, parents had glorious dreams !
And you were all immersed in your own dreams
Yet, Agni engulfed you and all of those dreams
Taking you to Almighty's divine presence
Usually, departed old parents are buried by sons
Whereas, Kumbakonam, saw a sad scene!
Crying parents burying their little ones!!
Oh Almighty! show Your grace on those little ones
And keep them all in Thy Holiest Presence!!
Oh Almighty! bless those parents wilting in grief
To have the strength to bear this great loss
May Thy compassion and grace pervade all souls
And bring down the pain and wipe away the tears
Oh Almighty! show Your grace on those little ones. 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

   Rakhi Day is Righteous Day:-

This full moon day our hearts are in brim
Feeling of faith and serenity in mind.
We light the lamps and our hears glow
Radiance of happiness and peace are in flow.
Harmonious homes are like streams of joy
Flowing and flourishing the landscape en route.
Nobility in heart and character in deed
Righteous homes alone make a beautiful State.
Sisters will tie the thread on the brothers
Abiding them to do only what is right and clean.
Put the Kumkum and blessed rice on the head
Where will dwell right thoughts and noble action. 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

           Guru Prakasham:-

Many many years ago our Gurus lit the lamp
And the Prakasham was born carrying power of the soul
This light of truth on the lands of five rivers
It orbited and orbited around the sun
Along with the earth that carried it as sindhur
This earthly Prakasham is so powerful
Of human's universal message of one God
Four hundred orbits gone in no time
The great Prakasham has even out-glowed the Sun
As it orbits all around the sun, even sun bows in enhanced reverence
And salutes the earth, for all that it carries
The Greatest Prakasham of Guru Granth Sahib 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

               Soaring Dream:-

Fabulous air show of Paris in motion
My thought too in flight and yearns for my Nation
When will the planes designed in my land
Pierce the sky as lightening in action
And gracefully land as angels in full boom
All to the envy of spellbound spectators
Yes we can !!
When we are united in action and addicted to deeds
Sky can’t be limit for my nation in action !!

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

                 The Vision:-

I climbed and climbed
Where is the peak, my Lord?
I ploughed and ploughed,
Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord?
I sailed and sailed,
Where is the island of peace, my Lord?
Almighty, bless my nation
With vision and sweat resulting into happiness

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

         I am the Indian Ocean:-

Surge of my waves and their mystical themes

Embracing Bombay and Dar-es in hold
We all belong to the cradle of earth
Same human civilization pervades us all
Generations of life in these lands were like waves
Rising and falling and melting in time baobabs and
Banyans stood witness to these cycles
Bondage of slavery and foreigners yoke
Are gone with the past and power now to people
Gandhiji and Nyerere’s nobility and soul strength
Got thy the freedom, and now you have a mission
Enlightened youths, now you have to sweat
For making thy people prosperous and happy
For ye are the greatest hope, for this part of globe 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

               Rock Walls:-

  

Some build rock walls all their lives,
When they die miles of walls divide them.
Others build rock walls, one rock on another,
And: then build a terrace, where they pray for love.

Yet others build walls to enclose orchards,
Endeavouring to find ways to fulfill hunger.
A few others build rock walls - to make a home,
It is their mission to serve humanity and nature.


I build no walls, to confirm to joy or sorrow;
To sacrifice or achieve, or to gain or lose,
I just grow flowers on all open spaces,
And float lilies on ponds and rivers.

I keep planting trees, for birds to have nests,
At the dawn of the sun, when morning breeze blow.
Sun light get filtered through shining tree leaves,
Birds' flight gives me sense of freedom and pleasure.

Scattered light of colour and treasure,
Fragrance of flowers gives me delight of creator.
Lilies floating over like nature's dance,
Why should I build walls to confine them all?

I have no house, only open spaces,
Filled with truth, kindness and dreams.
Desire to see my country developed and great,
Dreams to see everywhere happiness and peace.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

              Where are we?

Where are we now, dear friends,

In the Maha Sabha that shapes as history,
The call of heart beats of Indian people,
People ask us, people ask us;
“Oh! Parliamentarians, the sculptors of Mother India,
Lead us unto light, enrich our lives.
Your righteous toil, is our guiding light,
If you work hard, we all can prosper.”
Like King, so the people,
Nurture great thoughts, rise up in actions,
May righteous methods be your guide;
May you all prosper ever with Almighty’s grace. 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

         Earth shining in Glory:-

Our Milky Way is shining,

with millions and millions of stars.
Our beloved star Sun,
along with eight other planets around.
Orbits the Milky Way,
finishes one orbit in two hundred and fifty million years.
Somewhere in the galaxy,
echoed a voice in surprise.

"See there the Earth shining in glory
how come it got its light?"
A sweet and soft reply comes:
"It is not the mere light,
It is the light of knowledge,
It is the light of service,
It is the light of peace.
Specially radiating from Prasanthi Nilayalam

When Earth completes its eightieth orbit
Carrying a great soul in its bosom" 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

     Radiating message from Sree                    Siddaganga Maths

You, in front of you, see a sage.
Wearing beautiful spiritual blessings, the sage.
Everyday, Almighty has given this sage,
A precious diamond of life.
The sage, strung over thirty six thousand,
Diamonds into a priceless garland of Tapasvi life,
With the message to humanity:
"O my fellow citizens,
In giving, you receive happiness,
In Body and Soul.
You have everything to give.
If you have knowledge, share it.
If you have resources, share it with the needy.
Use your mind and heart,
To remove the pain of the suffering,
And, cheer the sad hearts.
In giving, you receive happiness.
Almighty will bless all your actions."

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Achievements:- 

***Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam’s 79 birthday was recognized as world Student’s Day by United 

     Nations. The honor of receiving Doctorates from 4 Universities goes to Kalam.

***The government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bushan in 1981. 

***In 1990 Padma Vibhushan was awarded for his work with ISRO and DRDO and his role as a scientific 

    advisor to the Government. 

***1996 Prof Y. Nayudamma Memorial Gold Medal 

***1996 GM Modi award for science 

***1996 HK Firodia Award for Excellence in S&T 

***1997 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Government of India 

***1998 Veer Savarkar Award Government of India 

***2000 Ramanujan Award Alwars Research Centre, Chennai 

***2007 Honorary Doctorate of Science University of Wolverhampton, U.K 

***2007 King Charles II Medal Royal Society, U.K 

***2008 Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 

***2009 International von Kármán Wings Award California Institute of Technology, U.S.A 

***2009 Hoover Medal ASME Foundation, USA 

***2010 Doctor of Engineering University of Waterloo 

***2011 IEEE Honorary Membership IEEE 

***2011 Doctor of Science by S.Gijarati University

APJ Kalam as President of India 

APJ Kalam served as President of India, succeeding K R Naryanan. APJ Kalam won the 2002 presidential election with an electoral vote of 922884 against Lakshmi Sahgal 107366. He served as president from 25th July 2002 to 24 July 2007.On 18th June, Kalam filed his nomination papers in Parliament of India accompanied by Vajpayee and his senior Cabinet colleagues.The polling for the presidential election began on 15th July 2002 in the Parliament and state assemblies with media claiming that the election was a one-sided affair and Kalam’s victory a foregone conclusion. The counting was held on July 18th and Kalam won the president election and became the 11th President of Republic of India. He was also the first scientist and first bachelor to occupy Rashtrapathi Bhawan. At the end of the term on June 20th, 2007 he expressed his willingness to consider a second term in office; however two days later, he decided not to contest the Presidential election again. During the tenure of the president he was affectionately called as “Peoples President” 

ISRO, NASA on Chandrayaan-II

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and US space agency NASA should deploy surface robotic penetrator in 'Chandrayaan-II' mission to study more about the presence of water molecules on moon, former President APJ Abdul Kalam has suggested.

"I suggested to both ISRO and NASA to work on future mission of Chandrayaan-II using moon surface robotic penetrator during my recent visit to California Institute of Technology in US, where NASA scientists presented the findings of Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) to Indian scientists," Kalam told students during an interaction on Saturday.

The missile man was in Mumbai to inaugurate the national science seminar on 'Chandrayaan: Promises and Concerns' for school students, organised by the National Council of Science Museum.

He said more validations are being carried out by the scientists on India's Moon Impact Probe (MIP) about the presence of water on lunar surface.

Awards Received:-

• National Design Award
• Dr Biren Roy Space Award 
• Om Prakash Bhasin Award 
• National Nehru Award
• Vice president of Astronautical Society of India 
• Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and Indian Academy of Sciences 
• Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers

A life message from my father:-

                                                    Kalam's Father Jainulabdeen Marakayar

While I am with you I would like to share an important message my father Janab Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen gave me a lesson when I was a young boy. What was that lesson? It was just after India got independence. At that time panchayat board elections took place at Rameswaram. My father was elected panchayat board member and on the same day he was also elected the President of Rameswaram Panchayat Board. Rameswaram Island was a beautiful place with 30,000 populations. At that time they elected my father as panchayat Board President not because he belonged to a particular religion or a particular caste or spoke a particular language or for his economic status. He was elected only on the basis of his nobility of mind and for being a good human being. I would like to narrate what took place on the day he was elected President of Panchayat board. I was at that time studying in School. Those days we did not have electricity and we used to study under ration kerosene lamps. I was reading the lessons loudly and I heard a knock at the door. We never used to lock the door in Rameswaram in those days. Somebody opened the door, came in and asked me where my father was? I told him that father had gone for evening Namaz. Then he said, I have brought something for him, can I keep it here? Since my father had gone for Namaz, I shouted for my mother to get her permission to receive the item. Since she was also on the Namaz there was no response. I asked the person to leave the item on the cot. After that I continued my studies. I used to learn by reading aloud in my younger days. I was reading loud and fully concentrating on my studies. At that time my father came in and saw a tambalum kept in the cot. He asked me "what is this? Who has given that?" I told him, "somebody came and has kept this for you". He opened the cover of the tambalum and found there was a costly dhoti, angawastram, some fruits and some sweets and he could see the slip that the person had left behind. I was the youngest child of my father, he really loved me and I also loved him a lot. He was upset at the sight of the Tambalum and gifts left by some one. That was the first time I saw him very angry and also that was the first time I had got a thorough beating from him. I got frightened and started weeping. My mother embraced and consoled me. Then my father came and touched my shoulder lovingly with affection and advised me not to receive any gift without his permission. He quoted an Islamic Hadith, which states that, "When the Almighty appoints a person to a position, He takes care of his provision. If a person takes anything beyond that, it is an illegal gain." Then he told me that it is not a good habit. Gift is always accompanied by some purpose and a gift is a dangerous thing. It is like touching a snake and getting the poison in turn. This lesson stands out always in my mind even when I am in my seventies. This incident, taught me a very valuable lesson for my life. It is deeply embedded in my mind. I would like also to mention the writings in Manu Smriti which states that "By Accepting gifts the divine light in the person gets extinguished". Manu warns every individual against accepting gifts for the reason that it places the acceptor under an obligation in favour of the person who gave the gift and ultimately it results in making a person to do things which are not permitted according to law. I am sharing this thought with all of you since no one should get carried away by any gift which comes with a purpose and through which one loses his personality greatly.

Mother's advice to Gandhiji:-

Second, I would like to tell you about the advice given to Mahatma Gandhi by his mother. Gandhiji says, "My mother had given an advice "Son, in your entire life time if you can save or better someone's life, your birth as a human being and your life is a success. You have the blessing of the Almighty God". This attitude of bettering someone’s life is an important message for every one of us.

Abdul Kalam Quotes:-

• What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to remove the wrongs of injured...

• Away! Fond thoughts, and vex my soul no more! Work claimed my wakeful nights, my busy days Albeit brought memories of Rameswaram shore Yet haunt my dreaming gaze!

• A good teacher, with meticulous planning, prepares himself for teaching and the student for acquisition of knowledge

• Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.

• Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.

• When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad...

• I will not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a role model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped. It could perhaps help such children liberate themselves from the bondage of their illusory backwardness and hopelessness?..

• My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear

• It is the privilege of authors that they can help mankind endure adversities and succeed in life

Future India 2020 

I climbed and climbed

Where is the peak, my Lord?

I ploughed and ploughed,

Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord?

I sailed and sailed,

Where is the island of peace, my Lord?

Almighty, bless my nation

With vision and sweat resulting into happiness.

In his book India 2020, Kalam strongly advocates an action plan to develop India into a knowledge superpower and a developed nation by the year 2020. He regards his work on India's nuclear weapons program as a way to assert India's place as a future superpower.

It was reported that, there was a considerable demand in South Korea for translated versions of books authored by him.

Kalam continues to take an active interest in other developments in the field of Science and technology. He has proposed a research program for developing bio-implants. He is a supporter of Open Source over proprietary solutions and believes that the use of free software on a large scale will bring the benefits of information technology to more people.

Kalam set a target of interacting with 100,000 students during the two years after his resignation from the post of scientific adviser in 1999. In his own words, "I feel comfortable in the company of young people, particularly high school students. Henceforth, I intend to share with them experiences, helping them to ignite their imagination and preparing them to work for a developed India for which the road map is already available."He continued to interact with students during his term as a President and also during his post-presidency period as a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management Indore,Chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram,a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna University (Chennai), JSS University (Mysore), and an adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India. Kalam is strong supporter of Space based solar power. In 2012 China proposed joint development between India and China towards developing a solar power satellite, dur

Source : Future India: 2020



SONGS
My National Prayer

The grand Scene of birth of Independent India
In that mid-night, the flag of the ruler of two centuries lowered; The tri-color Indian flag flaps in the Red Fort in the midst of National Anthem.
The first vision of Independent India was dawned.

The rejoice everywhere, happiness all around,
There was a tender cry: where is the father of the nation?
The white clothed soul walking in the midst of sorrows and pain,
Injected by hatred and ego, the result of communal violence.

The father of the nation, Mahatma, walking bare footed
In the streets of Bengal for peace and harmony
With the strength of blessed soul of Mahatma
I pray the Almighty: When will be the dawn of second vision?

Create thoughts in the minds of my people,
And transform those thoughts into action.
Embed the thought of Nation being bigger than
The individual, in the minds of leaders and people.

Help all the leaders of my country to give strength
And bless the nation with peace and prosperity.
Give strength to all my religious leaders to bring
'Unity of Minds' among all our billion people

Oh Almighty, bless all my people to work and transform
Our country from a developing into a developed nation.
Let this second vision be born out of sweat of my people,
And bless our youth to live in Developed India.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

               MY SONG

                                                                                                             PIOs tribute to Mother India

O Mother, Mother India,
You have nursed us and grown us, 
And gave us a parting mission 
And an eternal message.

“O my sons and daughters, 
Wherever you go, 
Whatever mission you do, 
Remember my children, 
My three advices golden!

Always be truthful even in danger,
Sweat and sweat to acquire, 
Knowledge and name, 
Wherever you live enrich that land.

O, Mother we crossed the oceans and seas
With many generation of yours with your blessings,
We made new lands prosperous,
We made knowledge as the way of life
Sweat as the way of life and 
We give and give to honour you

What we do is for honoring you,
We will always be children yours,
Wherever we are, 
Whatever we do, 
We will always be children yours!.
O Mother, Mother India.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A.P.J. Abdul Kalam                     




       Song Of Youth                                       

                   As a young citizen of India, armed with technology, knowledge and love for my nation, I realize, small aim is a crime.

I will work and sweat for a great vision, the vision of transforming India into a developed nation, powered by economic strength with value system

I am one of the citizens of the billion; Only the vision will ignite the billion souls.

It has entered into me ; The ignited soul compared to any resource is the most powerful resource on the earth, above the earth and under the earth.

I will keep the lamp of knowledge burning to achieve the vision - Developed India

If we work and sweat for the great vision with ignited minds, the transformation leading to the birth of vibrant developed India will happen.

I pray the Almighty: "May the divine peace with beauty enter into our people; Happiness and good health blossom in our bodies, minds and souls". 

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

                                                                                                                                     

BOOK:-

1. Wings of Fire
2. 2020- A Vision for the New Millennium
3. Inspiring Thoughts
4. Indomitable Spirit
5. Envisioning an Empowered Nation
6. Guiding Souls
7. Children Ask Kalam
8. Mission India
9. A P J Abdul Kalam
10. The Luminous Sparks
11. Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology
12. My Journey
13. Ignited Minds