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Kalam
Kalam
DISSERTATION
SUBMITTED TO
MAHARAJA GANGA SINGH UNIVERSITY, BIKANER
IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
IN
ENGLSH
2011
Under the Supervision of: Submitted by :
Dr. Sonu Shiva Anshu Rajpurohit
Lecturer in English
Govt. Dungar College, Bikaner.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MAHARAJA GANGA SINGH UNIVERSITY,
BIKANER (RAJASTHAN) INDIA
OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR M.Phil. (SFs)
MAHARAJA GANGA SINGH UNIVERSITY,
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j^ . g . Dr. Sonu Shiva
Lecturer in English
Govt. Dungar College, Bikaner
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express my deep gratitude and thankfulness to my
supervisor Dr. Sonu Shiva, Lecturer, Department of English,
Govt. Dungar College, Bikaner for her supervision, guidance
and encouragement. I have no hesitation to say without her
supervision this work could not have been what it is now. Her
personal assistance has been most generous. She has helped
me by her valuable time for probing deliberations.
Date: ^ ^
Anshu Rajpurohit
M. Phil. (English Literature)
M.G.S. University, Bikaner
PREFACE
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of Fire.
though too small, form the base of a huge structure, the small
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population of a country.
three chapters.
Kalam's life and his works along with brief summary of the
Abdul Kalam.
Place: Bikaner
Qg^g. Anshu Rajpurohit
M. Phil. (English Literature)
M.G.S. University, Bikaner
CONTENT
1. Introduction 1-20
4. Conclusion 63-70
Bibliography 71-79
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
subjective.
about his or her own life. Here are some of the various genres
slave through her freedom and eventually to the end of her life.
character.
tradition.
tradition.
autobiographical work.
in Castilian.
Vita [Italia-Life).
everyone who has to his credit what are or really seem great
the story of his own life in his own hand; but no one should
[1574).
things her pilgrimage to the Holy Land and visit to Rome. The
1936.
that event at the time of the writing of the memoir. The memoir
about his life including October Sky (Formerly Rocket Boys] and
Coalwood West Virginia. They are full length books, but the
autobiography.
emotions.
the events one can remember from one's life that were either
family to get ideas, help one remember events from when one
was small, and to help fill in the details that might have been
voices, conversations, things, and all the other details that will
taking stage for a few days, until one feel one has got it all down
even more details begin to appear once one starts to write. For
the first draft. Write quickly to get all the ideas down from
beginning to end.
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Before one revises, One should share the first draft with
life.
public that those who are in the public eye should write should
themselves.
more and more people have been encouraged to try their hand
Laboratory, Hayderabad.
15,1931.
highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhusan and after that the
of Wolver Hampton.
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Kalam is credited with the view that India ought to take a more
greatness in rocketry.
Abdul Kalam.
Atharva Veda.
with him moving to the United States for a six month training
program at NASA.
to chapter ten; and covers Kalam's life and work for 17 years,
from the year 1963 until 1980. It begins with his recollection of
warfare.
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institutions. This also brought Kalam his first brush with fame,
going into the defence stage of his career, breathing fresh life
the five missiles - Prithvi, Trishul, Akash, Nag and the most
15 and 16. This section opens with words from the Quran -
Sarabhi, Dhawan and Brahm Praksh. He ends the book with the
JOURNEY
OF LIFE
JOURNEY OF LIFE
merciful, i
His father was a pious Muslim and one of his best friends
day at 4 am, by reading the namaz & after the namaz, he used
coconuts tied together thrown over his shoulder, and only then
exits a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery,
melancholy and failure, and guide one to one's true place. And
deep kindness.
confines."1
rupees was too much for his father. His sister Zohara, had to
mortgage her gold bangles and chain to see him through. When
engineering course he gets two offers - one from the air force
Singh, who was selected in the air force batch that Kalam
missed. But you can see here the role of destiny where Kalam
one goes to a temple and one dances and evokes something for
determination.
thing. Kalam says that his words still strikes to his ears with
achieve success.
of the sky. On seeing Ganes and seagulls soar into fight into
poetry.
Prof. Sponder summons Kalam to sit with him in the front for a
attraction for all along the editor of the popular Tamil Weekly,
Ananda Vikatan.
Wings of Fire is about Prof. Sponder, who calls Kalam from the
third row when they are posing for a group photograph. For
the high priest of the Siva temple nearby, They used to have
who influence him and mould his personality a great deal. His
and teach him the powerful roles played in life by three factors:
Tiruchi in 1950 at the age of 18. Teachers like Rev. Fr. Sequeira
possible.
years (1954-57], his goal in hfe becomes clear, and that is to fly
aircraft.
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that he could perform well under stress and delivers the goods.
turbine engines.
seemes to have read his mind and asks him the reason for his
sadness.
the lot assigned to you by God. Have faith and patience". The
dejection.
DTD&P (Air) that he has been selected for the post he has
then and there. Kalam joins DTD&P [Air) in 1958 and works on
Bangalore.
other that Kalam. The machine works quite well and the
group.
that machine. Later on, Kalam comes to know that the visitor is
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professional career.
Organization)
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applications.
tlie payload had a weight of near 100 l<;g. and it could reach an
Propellant Plant.
It has been forgotten for about 160 years after Tipu betrayed
Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai. For his work on the Nike-
CONTEMPLATIVE
STAGES
CONTEMPLATIVE STAGES
true reality lay beyond the material world in the spiritual realm
affected Kalam.
deeply affected by his father who told him that as every human
something which takes man towards God, for him the home of
Kalam has the view that divine power can lift one up from
in his studies.
In his words.
goodness and deep kindness from his mother. Along with this
but rather series of incidents that come in his life one by one.
rupees is too much for his father but his sister comes like one
angel in his life. His sister Zohara had to mortgage her gold
worry and accept his destiny and go ahead in his life. He also
him with his divine words and forced him to search the true
and Goddard Flight Centre (GSFC). Towards the end of his trip
says about it -
soul.
ISRO. This is how Kalam sees him that he could hold the
him is a turning point in his life. His humility mellows him and
him.
the project.
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looses his desire to Hne and expresses his grief in these words,
worth quoting Adler who has the idea that people are
those who are good and hell for those who are bad. here
personal beliefs are strong and due to that only whatever his
SLV-3 project.
to try and try again till he succeeded. All these incidents had
dumps a year earlier are now on top of the world. Those who
have laughed at the failure in august 1979, are now lying with
this. Luckily for him, his talents and capabilities are needed
that he undertakes.
approval for the IGMDP with a sanctions Rs. 3880 million. The
the anti-tank missile Nag; and the IRBM named Agni which
difficult project, namely, the IGMDP, and that too just about a
IGMDP.
the schedule for the first test fly of the missile that they are
working on, he said: "June 1987". She promises all help to meet
and the greatest appreciation that he can get for his efforts.
Indian science.
know today is born. In Kalam's views all are divine in the sense
divinity that means one has to do hard work and one needs to
have determination.
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CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
any influence with his positive attitude and hard work and
and admiring stalwarts like Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Brahm
(DRDL). Hyderabad. How difficult the task must have been for
person.
inspiring I've read in recent years. His life has been most
to success and fulfillment. The account often goes deep into his
foray into professional life. This first phase of his life covers 32
life.
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their choices^
feelings and aspirations. All those young men and women who
This also brings Kalam his first brush with fame, adulation and
theme.
him, and ironically, also makes him take more wide ranging
divine Fire we are all born with and have within us and this will
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Local & Global ed. Baral Kailash C. & Kar Prafulla C. Delhi,
2003.
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External Links
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - A Site for Inspiration and Nation Building