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DR.KALAM: AN INSPIRATION
Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam is one of the great- Carnatic music. He was a good veena play-
est teachers of all time. I have learnt so er. He also used to love plants and garden-
much from his life. ing. He setup a herbal and medicinal
plants garden in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
First of all, I learnt from him how to live
simple life. The ‘People’s President’s’ sim- But Dr.Kalam’s greatest flair was for sci-
plicity is something which is inexplicable. I ence and technology. He has achieved a lot
have learnt to savour the simple stuff and in this field. With child like enthusiasm he
live a basic, happy life from him. kept asking questions regarding every-
thing, in every aspect. I learnt from him to
When he was the President of India, he
asked for a one course of curd rice. If a sec- respect everyone. He used to treat every-
ond course was served he would ask the one kindly and affectionately and used to
chefs if it was a special occasion that day. I regard everyone as equal. He never had a
have learnt to be secular from him. He fol- grudge against anyone.
lowed the teachings of all the religions. He I have learnt from him how to enjoy life,
never discriminated between religions. handle stress and be humorous. Even dur-
ing the most difficult of times he used to
I have learnt from him to never stop learn-
ing. The ‘Missile Man of India’s’ thirst for stay calm and happy. He was also an ex-
learning was one which was unquenchable. pert at cracking jokes, that too very funny
His interests ranged from music, garden- and positive ones. In all I learnt from
ing and cooking to science, technology, pol- Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s life how to live a
itics and culture. Dr.Kalam used to enjoy happy, simple, contended and complete
life.
SRINATH SHARAVAN VIII-B
TAGS
A price tag there, a name tag here. Today Everyone is unique in their own way. I
our world is full of custom made tags stick- mean, how boring would it be to expect a
ered onto people’s backs, labelled onto uniform blueprint in all of us when we
things that probably never deserved it in were all made different to create a differ-
the first place. ence for ourselves. And I strongly believe
with Ellen DeGeneres that if we take away
We’re all ambling through the darkest of
the labels, we’re far more alike than we
alleys at times, but instead of groping for
are different.
someone’s hand, we’re all about tripling
them over. So instead of snickering behind people’s
backs, I say - move to the front and ana-
We’ve created so many variable categories
lyse the things you want to tell them. I’m
in people that I think it would be wise if
sure there is a lot to bicker about. But do
that kind of imagination was channelled
be generous with a few compliments be-
elsewhere. We look for the worst in people
cause a little spark of kindness can put a
and give them a board to hold onto with
colossal burst of sunshine into someone’s
the word “loser” scrambled over it.
KEERTHI VISHWANATH XI-C day.
