Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 04:11 pm:

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Tilak:

nenu aithe naa life lo intha daaka .. oka saintly non-politician chanipothe ilanti mourning choodaledu .. from ordinary people .. like school children, auto drivers and bus conductors .. politicians/stars are a different category of people who feed on people's basic instincts .. wont compare those drama grief with the way people are expressing sorrow at the loss of this real gem of a person!

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Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 02:23 am:

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Kalam is being profiled by his millions of admirers as a 'People's President, teacher, scientist, visionary, thinker, and patriot.' He is certainly all these and more. He had bombs and missiles on the one hand with veena and Gita on the other. The huge bandwidth of the man brings out the complete philosopher-nationalist that he was.

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today condoled the demise of former President A P J Abdul Kalam and said in his passing away the country has lost one of her greatest sons.

In its condolence message, the RSS described Kalam as one of foremost scientists and a visionary who ignited innumerable minds, and said his life from obscurity as a small boy to the country's President was a tale of extraordinary courage, determination, perseverance and the desire to excel.

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Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 02:10 am:

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In Kalam garu's words: "The country doesn't deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success."

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Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 02:07 am:

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Kadapanagfan:

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Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 02:02 am:

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Jamadagni:

what about AP

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Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 01:24 am:

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Tilak:

Idi Desa-bhakti ante .. kaneesam adugu padaka nadavaleni vayasu lo .. Desam kosam aharnisalu kastapadi paramapadinchina oka yogi ki saati yodhudi nivaali!

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Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 01:23 am:

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Human beings can shape their lives through will, persistence, ability and sheer courage. But we have not been given the right to script where we are born, or how and when we die. However, if Kalamji had been offered an option, this is how he would perhaps have chosen to say goodbye: on his feet, and in front of a classroom of his beloved students. As a bachelor, he was childless. But that is wrong. He was a father to every Indian child, teaching, cajoling, urging, exciting, clearing darkness wherever he found it with the radiance of his vision and the passion of his involvement. He saw the future, and showed the way. As I entered the room where his body lay in state, I noticed the painting at the entrance that depicted a few lines from an inspirational book he wrote for children, Ignited Minds. The good that he did will not be interred with his bones, because his children will preserve his memory through their lives and work, and gift it to their children.

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