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To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of th… - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
" "To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. So I went on towards the top, but always experiencing the sides. I had a long way to go but I was in no hurry. I went in little steps—just one step after another—but each step towards the top.
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About A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist 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.
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Native Name:
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
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डॉक्टर अवुल पकिर जैनुलाब्दीन अब्दुल कलाम
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அவுல் பகிர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்
Alternative Names:
Abdul Kalam
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Kalam
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A.P.J Abdul Kalam
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A P J Abdul Kalam
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Abul Pakiz Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
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APJ Abdul Kalam
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Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
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APJ
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To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides.
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In 1992, he took over as the Scientific Advisor to the Minister of Defence and secretary, Department of Research and Development, and continued till he was seventy. The country’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, was conferred on him in 1997. A year later, in 1998, he led the team that conducted India’s second nuclear tests in Pokhran. Five nuclear tests were conducted consecutively and India became a nuclear power. In 1999, he was appointed principal scientific advisor to the government of India with the rank of a Cabinet minister. By 2001, he was enjoying a teacher’s life at Anna University in Chennai. Meant to lecture a class of sixty, most of his lectures ended up in an overflowing hall with about 200 students instead. In 2002, he was elected the eleventh President of India.
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