Fictitious

Interview
with
Dr. A.P.J Abdul
Kalam
2020-21
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Introduction to Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam :
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ; 15 October
1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace
scientist and politician who served
as the 11th President of India from
2002 to 2007. He was born and
raised in Rameswaram, Tamil
Nadu and studied physics
and aerospace engineering. He
spent the next four decades as a
scientist and science administrator,
mainly at the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved in
India's civilian space programme and military missile
development efforts. He thus came to be known as
the Missile Man of India for his work on the
development of ballistic missile and launch
vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal
organisational, technical, and political role in
India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since
the original nuclear test by India in 1974.
Kalam was elected as the 11th President of India in
2002 with the support of both the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party and the then-opposition Indian National
Congress. Widely referred to as the "People's
President", he returned to his civilian life of
education, writing and public service after a single
term. He was a recipient of several prestigious
awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest
civilian honour.
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PURNENDU : We are honored to have admidst
us none other than worlds greatest scientist Dr. Sir
A.P.J Abdul Kalam. welcome sir to this
conversation.

Dr. A.P.J : Thank you boy. you guys are the

india's future . your success are our success , I
know you guys will definitely achieve many many
success .

PURNENDU : Sir, We are happy about the new

Brahamos you have invented. But why don?t you
sir invent things which promotes peace?

Dr. Kalam : First of all strength respects strength.

To protect the nation, nation should have adequate
strength. Hence we need to equip ourselves with
minimum deterrent capability defence. If we have
strength and good leadership, then peace in the
nation will prevail.

PURNENDU : What are the job opportunities in

Public and Private sector for us (Speech and
Hearing Impaired Students)?

Dr. Kalam : 3 % reservation is allotted for the

differently abled persons including speech and
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hearing impaired students. Certainly now the
number of private industries are encouraging and
appointing the speech and hearing impaired
students such as Sakthi masala in Tamilnadu.
Many more industries will identify the right jobs
and every one of the students who are having
speech and hearing impaired students.

PURNENDU : Though India is continuing with

corruption, hike in price and economic crisis, can
it become a developed country within 2020 as you
said? What are the steps to be taken by the youth
towards that development?

Dr. Kalam : As a youth of the nation, first and

foremost your action is to study well. That is your
first responsibility. Regarding corruption and other
issues, the reform has to start from our home. If
our home is corruption free, our village and city
will be corruption free, then our state will be
corruption free and the nation will be corruption
free. Certainly our leaders should have the wisdom
to bring down the price rise and manage the
economic crisis.

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PURNENDU : What is the biggest challenge
facing India today and what should we do to
contribute positively towards this challenge?

Dr. Kalam : The youth needs to develop an

attitude : I can do it! We can do it !! India will do
it!!!
PURNENDU : what is the secret of success in
your life?

Dr. Kalam : Have an aim in life, acquire

knowledge through all possible sources, work hard
and never accept defeat by the problem, always
defeat the problem and succeed.

PURNENDU : Commerce or science Stream? If

we want to be a scientist in Isro, what are the
procedures for it?

Dr. Kalam : ISRO has an institute called Indian

Institute Space Sciences and Technology (IIST) at
Thiruvananthapuram. The admission into this
institute is by a competitive examination for
students who are appearing or completed class 12
examination on lines of JEE. The students
graduating from IIST are offered scientific jobs at
ISRO.
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PURNENDU : How can we make developments
in the field or science and at the same time make
the process eco-friendly?

Dr. Kalam : We have to be sensitive in every

development about the damage it can cause to the
environment and find scientific methods to
mitigate these causes. This way we can find eco-
friendly scientific applications.

PURNENDU : The recent tsunami and earthquake

in Japan has cost major nuclear disaster. Will it
have any impact on future nuclear development?

Dr. Kalam : There will be impact. Thorium based

nuclear reactors may replace the uranium based
reactors. Also, the scientific community may look
for other alternative renewable resources like
solar, wind, and hydro.

PURNENDU : From your several achievements,

which one do you feel most happy and proud of?
What makes the student perfect?

Dr. Kalam : The greatest satisfaction I had was,

when we developed a FRO and fitted to polio
affected children and they were happily dancing.
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PURNENDU : How was your experience in the
field of space technology?

Dr. Kalam : It was very good. I

could participate in developing
the first space launch vehicle
which has led to many launches and fulfillment of
Prof. Vikram Sarabhai vision of the country?s
ability to develop any type of satellite and launch
it from Indian soil in different orbits.

PURNENDU : Sir, please say something about

the book ‘Wings of Fire’.

Dr. Kalam : ‘Wings of Fire’ is an autobiography

of mine. It gives a vivid picture of our country
during 1930—1950s. It is very engaging initially,
but tends a drag a bit towards the end with lot of
technical details and procedural information of my
space research and missile projects. It has written
jointly by me and Arun Tiwari.

PURNENDU : Sir, Can you share with us about

your family where you were born?

Dr. Kalam : I was born into a middle—class

Tamil family in the island town of Rameswaram in
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the erstwhile Madras state. My father,
Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education
nor much wealth; despite these disadvangages, he
possessed great innate wisdom and a true
generosity of spirit. He had an ideal helpmate in
my mother, Ashiamma. They were widely
regarded as an ideal couple. My mother’s lineage
was the more distinguished, one of her forebears
having been bestowed the title of ‘Bahadur’ by the
British.

PURNENDU : Have you remember how many

people had eaten at your house together? Can you
tell me about your meal?

Dr. Kalam : I do not recall the exact number of

people my mother fed everyday, but I am quite
sure that far more outsiders
ate with us than all the
members of our own family
put together. I would eat with
my mother, sitting on the
floor of the kitchen. My
mother would place a banana leaf before me. Then
she would pour rice and aromatic sambar with a
ladle. She would also serve a variety of sharp,

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home-made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut
chutney.

PURNENDU : Can you remember your house

where you lived?

Dr. Kalam : Yes, It was our ancestral house,

which was built in the middle of the 19th century.
It was a fairly large pucca house, made of
limestone and brick on the Mosque Street in
Rameswaram.
PURNENDU : Please tell me something about
your child hood days.

Dr. Kalam : I was one of many children and a

short boy with undistinguished looks. I lived in a
middle class tamil family. All necessities were
provided for, in terms of food, medicine or
clothing. I had a congenial family atmosphere. I
had no emotional disturbance or material want
unfulfilled. I was brought up in happiness. So I
would say mine was a very secure childhood.

PURNENDU : Have you ever seen the Shiva

temple?

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Dr. Kalam : Yes, I have seen the Shiva temple,
which made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims
was about ten-minute walk from our house.

PURNENDU : How was your locality? Is there

any Mosque?

Dr. Kalam : My locality was predominately

Muslim, but there were quite a lot of Hindu
families too, living amicably with their Muslim
neighbors. There was very old mosque in my
locality where my father would take
me for evening prayers.

PURNENDU : What would

happen when your father came out
of the Mosque?

Dr. Kalam : When my father came out of the

Mosque after the prayers, people of different
religion would be sitting outside, waiting for him.
Many of them offered bows of water to my father,
who would did his fingertips in them and say a
prayer. This water was them carried home for
invalids. I also remember people visiting our home
to offer thanks after being cured. My father always

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smiled and asked them to thank Allah, the
merciful.

PURNENDU : Do you know about Pakshi

Lakshmana Sastry? How was the relation between
your father and Pakshi Lakshmana sastry? Please
tell me.

Dr. Kalam : Yes, Pakshi

Lakshmana Sastry was the high
priest of Rameswaram temple.
He was also a very intimate
friend of my father. I call up
one of the most vivid memories of his early
childhood. Both my father and Pakshi Lakshmana
Sastry were in their own traditional attire. They
represent two would discuss spiritual matters.
Their relationship shows the essence of religion. It
brings the message of tolerance and love. I think
that this relationship also signifies unity in
diversity.

PURNENDU : Is there anything mysterious about

prayer?

Dr. Kalam : I went to nearest Mosque for

evening prayer with my father. But I could not
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understand the Arabic chanting of the prayer. I
convinced that this prayer directly reached the
God. When I becomes old enough my father asked
the relevance of prayer. My father answered that
there was no mystery in prayer. I understand that
prayer is a communion of the inner sprite. One
could become a part of the universe through
prayer. It enables the man to go beyond the age,
wealth, cast or creed. My father advised me not to
be worried in facing problems and suffering
because in adverse situations, man can analyze
himself.

PURNENDU : How did your father’s attitude to

adversity influence to you?

Dr. Kalam : My father’s deep thought influenced

me. He was a very simple man. He advises that
one could be able to judge himself in adversity. I
would realize what I was and what were my faults.
My father described complicated mater in a
simple way. He told me that every human being is
a part of the universe. He advised me not to afraid
of fusing troubles and sufferings. Only then one
could realize the relevance of his sufferings. Thus
the thoughts of my father influence me highly.

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PURNENDU : Please discuss about the
fundamental truth.
Dr. Kalam : The fundamental truth is that there is
the existence of divine power. It helps to overcome
everyone from all confusion, misery, melancholy
and failure. This divine power is eternal. I felt
convinced that there exists a divine power which
my father always said. According to my father, an
individual should cut himself off from the clutches
of material and emotional bonds to achieve
freedom, happiness and peace of mind.

PURNENDU : Does a man have any relation with

the universe? How do you establish a link with the
cosmos?

Dr. Kalam : You see that various religious

leaders, seers, philosophers, poets have claimed
that man is a part of the almighty soul which
omnipresent and pervades the universe. I believe
that we have an intimate relation with the universe.
The Hindus have all along believed this. My
father says that every human being is a specific
element within the whole of the manifest divine
being. According to my father it is through prayers
that we can transcend our body and establish a link
with the cosmos.
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PURNENDU : What was your father’s advice
about dealing with adversity?

Dr. Kalam : My father was a

spiritual and progressive thinker.
He taught me that adversity always
presents opportunities for
introspection. When troubles come
one should try to understand the
relevance of her/his sufferings. One
should not be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and
problems. All of these are actually a great design
of the divine being. The positive attitude
impressed me. I always asked my father why he
did not say that to the people who come to him for
help and advice. My father stated that every
recurrent anguish, longing and desire finds its own
special helper. Then I understand that a lonely
person searches for a company, a person in trouble
looks for a helper. When one reaches an impasse
she/he searches for a guide. Throughout my life, I
tried to follow my father’s direction.

PURNENDU : Can I say that you are a spiritual

person like your father?

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Dr. Kalam : I am a scientist. Primarily science is
materialistic, while the concern of spirituality is
the human soul. So the interests of science and
spirituality differ from each other in matter,
manner and effect. I was deeply influenced by the
spirituality of my father. Spirituality leads to clear
vision and fruitful understanding of the world in
my own world of science and technology. I feel
convinced that there exists a divine power that can
lift one from confusion, misery, melancholy and
failure and guide one to one’s true place. And I am
proud of my father who taught me spirituality.

PURNENDU : How would you look at your

father’s austerity to avoid all inessential comforts
and luxuries?

Dr. Kalam : My father was against all inessential

comforts and luxuries. Born in a time before
India’s freedom, I could have easily understood
the condition. Even today a considerable
percentage of Indian population struggle hard to
sustain their minimum necessity. So when I learn
that my father was austere enough to avoid all
inessential comforts and luxuries, it seems a noble
effort. He never did it for all necessary things, in
terms of food medicine or clothing. My father’s
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austerity is really inspiring in this age of
consumerism.

PURNENDU : Please say me how did your father

start his day?

Dr. Kalam : Yes, I remember that my father

started his day at 4 a.m. by reading the namaz
before dawn. After the namaz, he used to walk
down to a small coconut grove, we owned, about
four miles from our home.
He would return with about
a dozen of coconuts tied
together thrown over his
shoulders, and only then
would he have his breakfast.
This remained in his late
sixties.
PURNENDU : Do you think that strong roots are
necessary for success in life?

Dr. Kalam : I have a strong connections with my

family. I go back to my childhood days memories
and analyses how my childhood experiences
helped me in future. I show strong connections
with my parents. My father helped me to build a
spiritual sensibility which provided a strong
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ground for my progress. I throughout my life
emulate my father in my own world of science and
technology. I think strong roots are necessary for
progress of an individual.

PURNENDU : What is your advice to the new

generation’s student?

Dr. Kalam : There are many aspect for the new

generation. Firstly, I have encountered as a student
there are some really easy way to beat the negative
thoughts. 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,
organizations and country. Thinking leads action,
knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant.
Knowledge with action converts adversity into
prosperity. When you speak the truth, 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 under privileged 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.
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PURNENDU : Thank you so much for your time
it was truly an honour meeting you.

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