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My Childhood
An Extract from “Wings of Fire”.
An Autobiography of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The 11th President of India
Birth Place of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
HOUSE OF KALAM
Influenced boyhood of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Ahmed Jalaluddin --- Only person on the entire Island, could write
English .
Samshuddin ---- First cousin –Sole Distributor of News paper
“Dinamani” in Rameswaram.
STR Manikkam --- Former revolutionary – encouraged to read books
from his personal library.
Pakshi Lakshamana Sastry ---High priest in Rameswaram temple,
Friend of ‘Jainulabdeen’ , father of Kalam.
Sivasubramania Iyer ---Science teacher of Abdul Kalam at
Elementary education
Childhood friends
Ramanadha Sastry: S/o Pakshi Lakshamana sastry, took over the priesthood of
the Rameswaram Temple from his father.
Aravindan: Went into Business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims.
Sivaprakasan: Became catering contractor for Southern Railways.
Abdul Kalam as Paper boy
‘Nandi’- First mission assigned to Kalam
Missile man of India
If you want to leave your foot prints
on the sands of time
Do not drag your feet.
God has not promised Skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways All our life through;
God has not promised Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain.
But God has promised Strength for the day,
Rest for the labor Light for the way.
Let craft, ambition, Spite,
Be quenched in reason's night,
Till weakness turn to might,
Till what is dark be light,
Till what is wrong be right!
Don’t worry and fret, fainthearted,
The chances have just begun,
For the best jobs haven’t been started,
The best work hasn’t been done.
For all the days you prepare
And meet them ever alike
When you are the Anvil, Bear-
When you are the hammer, Strike.
The earth is his, to Him belong those vast
boundless skies;
Both seas within him rest, and yet in that
small pool he lies.
Atharva veda
Book4,Hymn 16
THANK YOU

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Wings of fire

  • 1. My Childhood An Extract from “Wings of Fire”. An Autobiography of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam The 11th President of India
  • 2. Birth Place of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
  • 4. Influenced boyhood of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Ahmed Jalaluddin --- Only person on the entire Island, could write English . Samshuddin ---- First cousin –Sole Distributor of News paper “Dinamani” in Rameswaram. STR Manikkam --- Former revolutionary – encouraged to read books from his personal library. Pakshi Lakshamana Sastry ---High priest in Rameswaram temple, Friend of ‘Jainulabdeen’ , father of Kalam. Sivasubramania Iyer ---Science teacher of Abdul Kalam at Elementary education
  • 5. Childhood friends Ramanadha Sastry: S/o Pakshi Lakshamana sastry, took over the priesthood of the Rameswaram Temple from his father. Aravindan: Went into Business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims. Sivaprakasan: Became catering contractor for Southern Railways.
  • 6. Abdul Kalam as Paper boy
  • 7. ‘Nandi’- First mission assigned to Kalam
  • 9. If you want to leave your foot prints on the sands of time Do not drag your feet.
  • 10. God has not promised Skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways All our life through; God has not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain. But God has promised Strength for the day, Rest for the labor Light for the way.
  • 11. Let craft, ambition, Spite, Be quenched in reason's night, Till weakness turn to might, Till what is dark be light, Till what is wrong be right!
  • 12. Don’t worry and fret, fainthearted, The chances have just begun, For the best jobs haven’t been started, The best work hasn’t been done.
  • 13. For all the days you prepare And meet them ever alike When you are the Anvil, Bear- When you are the hammer, Strike.
  • 14. The earth is his, to Him belong those vast boundless skies; Both seas within him rest, and yet in that small pool he lies. Atharva veda Book4,Hymn 16