Back in the 1960s, we were both rookie engineers working for government organizations in India with just a few years of experience behind us—I worked in electronics and he specialized in aeronautics. Both of us had passed out from the Madras Institute ...
"We worship Lord Ram and Lord Krishna. We have only heard and read about people like Dr Ambedkar, Mahatma Phule and Shivaji Maharaj. All the good qualities of all of these were present in Abdul Kalam saheb whom we are fortunate to have seen.
NEW DELHI: Terming APJ Abdul Kalam's demise as an "irreparable loss", Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today said the former President was a role model for all, including Muslims who should look up to him for the progress of the community and the country.
Kalam was always making efforts to ensure participation of youth in the development of the country, he continued adding that the Bharat Ratna awardee had given the concept of Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) to upgrade facilities in ...
Between 2002 and 2007, when he was the President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam decided only two mercy petitions out of the 28 petitions that came before him. In August 2004, he rejected the mercy pleas filed by the wife and mother of Dhananjoy Chatterjee ...
This material (Page 8-11) from the book Wings of Fire, An Autobiography, by A P J Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari, is published by arrangement with Universities Press (India) Private Limited. We welcome your comments at ideas.india@qz.com.
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Kishanganj Agriculture College will be named after former president APJ Abdul Kalam. "The government has decided to rename the college as APJ Abdul Kalam Agriculture College," Nitish Kumar told ...
For dinner, Mr Nair always offered to deliver the meal to his room but Dr Kalam always declined, saying it was no trouble for him to come and eat. "He was always in a hurry, as if he was on some important mission. I used to tell people that I don't ...
"We were working hard to make it into a book. The idea had been there with him for a long time and he had even written almost half of it. Now we are planning to compile it into a book form with whatever he had written," Dr Kalam's close aide Srijan Pal ...
The former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was closely associated with two key higher education institutions here. He had visited them half a dozen times to inspire students. SASTRA University, Periyar Maniyammai University and their students could never ...
The Kerala government was unaware of former Indian President Abdul Kalam's famous quote, and hence, it had declared a public holiday on Tuesday, 28 July, to pay respect to the Missile Man of India. However, after the quote came to light, the holiday ...
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