APJ Abdul Kalam: An embodiment of the new India story
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was a President like no other. The floppy silvery mop curling on his forehead, the twinkling eyes and the ever smiling visage seemed to radiate boundless infectious energy and positivity. Kalam embodied the new India story, born into a poor Muslim family in Tamil Nadu, he rose by sheer force of education to become a missile scientist, the "missile man of India" becoming chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister, then secretary of the DRDO, and then President of India.
On Monday, the "People's President" went as suddenly as he came centre stage to become a national icon. Kalam collapsed while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong at around 6.30pm. He was rushed to Bethany Hospital in Nongrim hills but the doctors couldn't save him. Necessary arrangement were being made to fly in his body to Delhi on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, the "People's President" went as suddenly as he came centre stage to become a national icon. Kalam collapsed while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong at around 6.30pm. He was rushed to Bethany Hospital in Nongrim hills but the doctors couldn't save him. Necessary arrangement were being made to fly in his body to Delhi on Tuesday morning.
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