![]() He with his team was building a low-level attack aircraft. Institute of Technology working on a project when he realised his limits, that there He was studying aeronautical science in Madras The age of eight kept me going with a smile on my face.” She was secretly proud of me for having taken on the role of a working man at Knowing that my earnings were somehow helping us all, and that My mother often fretted at my taking up thisĪdditional work and the toll it was taking on me, but I shook my head and It wasĪlso a most enjoyable time and I loved every moment of it, notwithstanding Seeing to it that I kept my word to my cousin Samsuddin, no matter what. It was my first brush with taking up a responsibility and Station at the correct time and at the correct point to catch the bundles as Madras-Dhanushkodi Mail would not wait for me-I had to be present at the “Homework, tuition, prayers, all carried on, but the After school he again made rounds to each one of his customers to Deliver each one of them on time and rush to Risky business it was, to collect the bundle of newspapers, sort it outĪccording to neighbourhoods. This coupled with theįood grains on his family’s plates reducing day by day encouraged him to take Saved his village from being ignorant about the world. More than Samsuddin’s earnest dedication to his work, what fascinated himĪbout this whole newspaper delivery business was that this little dotted paper Intrigued by his friend and inspiration, Samsuddin, the newspaper delivery boy. Just click on the link to pay your respects: We at Business Insider have created this unique platform for anyone who wants to pay homage to this the beloved Former President, APJ Abdul Kalam- the great leader, teacher, scientist and amongst many other things a visionary par excellence, even as he embarks upon his last journey. To take me to the Arabic School nearby, where I learnt the Quran Sharif.” I would study for an hour and return by 5 am. She would then help me bathe and send me on my way to my teacher’s home. She herself would have risen before me and got my bath ready. Tuition, I started my day while it was still dark outside, with my mother ![]() So for a year, which was the duration of the However, my teacher had a condition that I, along with theįour other students whom he had accepted, needed to reach his home at dawnĪfter having taken a bath. My father had arranged for me to take tuitions from our “Among my siblings and cousins, I had shown an early aptitude for One condition- that little Kalam must reach there before dawn after having aīath. In hisĪutobiography he told the story of his childhood tuition teacher who had only Lights, he never let anything from stopping him to gather knowledge. With no electricity into an ever dazzling light. With his zeal he turned the darkness of his house But the humble man he is, he did not term them as Living on the island of Rameswaram, APJ Abdul Kalam was born to a poor fishermen family where the elders struggled hard to
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