A Bharat Ratna attains paramapadam. What a privilege that Bharatam Janam have known such an aatman who dedicated his life in the service of his mother land and for protection of dharma-dhamma.
1964- APJ Abdul Kalam (Right) & colleague R Aravamudan on finishing touches to rocket payload in ThumbaRocketStation I have known Dr. APJ as a compatriot promoting the establishment of a National Water Grid in this land blessed by the Nagadhiraja Himalayan waters which will service the lives of nearly 3 billion people of the Hindumahasagar Parivaar.
I fondly recall the anecdote of Dr. APJ visiting our exhibition of Sarasvati Shodh Sansthan organized at Omchandra Devi Lal Herbal Park at Chuhurpur, near Jagadhri, on 19 April 2004, he was impressed by the satellite images, revenue
records and other evidence presented to establish River Sarasvati as ground-truth and he made an endorsement in the Visitors' Book, 'Delighted to see the hard work in realizing the reality of epic information'.
I fondly recall the anecdote of Dr. APJ visiting our exhibition of Sarasvati Shodh Sansthan organized at Omchandra Devi Lal Herbal Park at Chuhurpur, near Jagadhri, on 19 April 2004, he was impressed by the satellite images, revenue
records and other evidence presented to establish River Sarasvati as ground-truth and he made an endorsement in the Visitors' Book, 'Delighted to see the hard work in realizing the reality of epic information'.
His family traditionally supplied flowers to Rameshwaram temple. Kalam was a true patriot and an inspiration to millions of youth of Bharatam Janam.
A true tribute to this savant is for NaMo to announce the set up of a National Water Grid Authority and reach 24x7 water to every home and every farm in 6.2 lakh villages.
This move of NaMo will enshrine his name together with Dr. APJ's in the Itihaasa of Bharatam Janam for generations to come.
Namaskaram. Kalyanaraman
Ravi Varma:
I am not fascinated by celebrities, normally. But Dr.Kalam was a wonderful
man whom I admired greatly, long before he became the President of India.
I continue to admire him even now. He had a rich and full life and finally
passed away while doing what he loved most.....lecturing to students.
I had the privilege of having shared a warm and affectionate equation with him,
though our contact was minimal.
Even to the extent of making jokes at his expense....one bachelor to the other.
Here is a Thillana I sang before him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Thillana
And here is his favourite song, Endaro Mahanubhavulu
......he, being a total Mahanubhava himself.
Long after the concert at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, once when he visited
Trivandrum, he saw me seated in the audience during a speech, broke
the security ring around him and came into the audience to have a little chat.
More than the fact that I was overwhelmed by the gesture, I admired his
individuality and refusal to be a slave to protocol or to celebrity.
I wish we had more people like him in every field.....simple, genuine, warm,
brilliant, natural and Real.
For me, he remains the Ultimate President that our country has seen.
So inspirational and wonderful..........
I pray that his soul rests in peace and I hope at least a few people carry on
the great values he personified.
Varma
ABDUL KALAM NO MORE
Monday, 27 July 2015 | PTI | Shillong
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a popular head of state between 2002 and 2007, died today after he collapsed during a lecture here.
84-year-old Kalam was rushed to Bethany hospital in Nongrim hills after he collapsed during the lecture in the Indian Institute of Management at around 6.30 PM.
Chief Secretary P B O Warjiri told reporters outside the hospital that he had spoken to Union Home Secretary L C Goyal asking for necessary arrangements to be made for carrying Kalam's body from Guwahati to Delhi tomorrow morning.
"The former President has been admitted to Bethanyhospital in a critical condition," M Kharkrang, SP Khasi Hills said earlier.
The former President collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management at around 6.30 PM and was rushed to the hospital in Nongrim hills in the capital city of Meghalaya, where he is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Doctors from the army hospital and North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) rushed to Bethany hospital.
Governor V Shanmughanathan, Speaker Abu Taher Mondal, Home Minister Roshan Warjiri, the Chief Secretary and DGP Rajiv Mehta rushed to the hospital.
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