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A tribute to the legend

A TRIBUTE:    Please do read it: There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of them were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but every one was loyal to him and did not think of quitting the job. One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him-"Sir I have promised to my children that I will take him to the exhibition going on in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5.30 pm".His boss replied "OK, you' re p ermitted to leave the office early today". The scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As usual he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch when he felt he was close to complexion. The time was 8.30 pm. Suddenly he remembered of the promise he had given to his children. He looked for his boss. He was not there. Having told him in the morning itself, he closed everything and left for home. Deep within himself, he was

APJ Abdul Kalam- A tribute

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Credits- Vikramjit kakati) "Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does" : Helen Hayes This hold true for one of the greatest personalities of this century India has ever produced. The legend is no more. Remembering one of the greatest personalities of modern India, the father of India's missile program, former president, eminent statesman, thinker and a philosopher. The man who taught us to dream about the future. May his soul rest in peace.  We celebrate this great life with a walk though his life in this brief blog: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Deve