Agni, for me, was a project very close to my heart. I had chosen the name for I felt it symbolized all the fire that we as a nation had lying latent … - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Agni, for me, was a project very close to my heart. I had chosen the name for I felt it symbolized all the fire that we as a nation had lying latent within all of us. It was Agni not because it was destructive, but because it gave us strength and confidence and in developing it indigenously we made great strides in our own technological capabilities. The wings I had once dreamt of flying on were now a reality. They were wings that made dreams into reality, hard work into success, they were the wings of fire that can destroy ignorance and backwardness and fly us towards becoming a strong, developed nation.