Good Bye Mr. Kalam
NOBODY brings out of the White House the reputation that puts him there. But our APJ Abdul Kalam brought out of the Rashtrapati Bhavan far more respect, regard and reputation, than what put him there.
DDT 664 25.07.2007 wrote:
The most popular President ever, APJ Abdul Kalam is leaving office today. He was actually a sarkari scientist with a weird hair style, but in the last five years, he became the most popular President India ever had reaching out to the maximum number of people whose first servant he was .
Just look at the man in the picture, sitting on the floor with two journalists sitting on chairs. If our babus had a fraction of his humility, the governance would have been much better!
DDT 409 19.07.2006 Lift the spirits - the Kalam way: Dheeraj Rathod, is a Central Excise employee in Mumbai who suffered total hearing loss in the right ear while his right arm had to be amputated, in the Mumbai blast. He had an unusual visitor. His ultimate employer - the President of India APJ Abdul Kalam. Rathod says Kalam's visit helped him lift his spirits. We don't know whether anybody from the Board visited him or not and will the Board consider giving handsome aid from the Customs Welfare Fund?
DDT 206 21.09.2005: The money can be transferred at blinding speeds and often without an acknowledgement or a trace. (He should know - a smart clerk in the State Bank of India simply withdrew a lakh of rupees from Mr. Kalam's dormant account and it was with the interference of Prime Minister Vajpayee that he got his money back)
DDT 9 13.12.2004: Embarrassment is when a big van comes to pick up your luggage and all that you have is a small suitcase. This happened to President APJ Abdul Kalam, when he moved into the sprawling Rashtrapati Bhavan.