The children all walked to school together. Our school was the Rameswaram Elementary School and the only one in the… Read More
That evening, my mother made special poli (a flat chapatti-shaped sweet) to celebrate. We all loved polis and ate many… Read More
In the morning, we woke to a world turned topsy-turvy. Trees lay uprooted and some houses had lost their roofs.… Read More
With Jalauddin’s words in my ears I would lie back and look up at the twinkling stars and the moon.… Read More
The most exciting job that I had as a child was that of collecting newspapers. Rameswaram had a tiny railway… Read More
Carrying a few coconuts back with us, I would hurry on ahead as we neared our home, eager to tell… Read More
‘Appa, did you hear how loudly that crow just cawed?’ ‘Appa, why does the sky change in colour so many… Read More
Have you ever seen a beautiful sunset? I have, when I was a little boy, standing near the sea at… Read More
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, born on 15th October, 1931 in a small village in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, rose… Read More
In 1963 Kalam was sent to the US for a six-month training programme on sounding rocket launching techniques.Years later the… Read More
