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Remembering Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Posted on: 27/Jul/2016 11:00:48 AM
Today is the first anniversary of the death of Former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. The country came together as one as people from all walks of life mourned his death.
Last week, the foundation for Dr. Kalam’s memorial was laid. Last year, a statue of APJ Abdul Kalam unveiled by Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Manohar Parrikar in Rameshwaram.
Dr. Kalam was an inspiration to Indians and global citizens. He was a Muslim who did namaaz every day, read the Bhagavad Gita, played Saraswati veena and generally turned science into his religion. He made India’s missile and space programmes and Pokhran-2 nuclear test possible.
Dr. Kalam was a man of ideas. Some of his brainwaves made a huge difference to some people’s lives. The coronary stent that he helped Hyderabad’s heart surgeon Soma Raju develop in 1991 is one such instance. Kalam’s vast knowledge of materials used in defence establishments went into it, and the result was the Kalam-Raju stent, priced at some Rs 10,000, while those available in the market set patients back by more than Rs,1 akh.
In another instance, there was the low-cost, light-weight callipers he helped a Hyderabad hospital develop in 1995 with the same composite material that is used in the making of Agni missile. Then there was his concept called Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas, or PURA, which Kalam first came up with in 2003. He proposed that urban infrastructure and services should be provided in rural areas to extend economic opportunities from cities to villages.
Dr. Kalam was loved by people of all ages. Especially youngsters. Without doubt, he is a darling of children. A popularity poll among children would put Kalam miles ahead of Chacha Nehru. A Tamil Nadu school official once revealed that the students reserved their loudest cheer for Kalam at a programme where MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir too were among the guests.
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