How did kalam’s father influence kalam’s perception and interpretation of divine power? How, According to Abdul kalam, Can an individual achieve freedom, Happiness and peace of mind?

in the prose piece ‘strong roots’ extracted from kalam’s autobiography wings of fire, we see how kalam’s father’s innate wisdom and practical teachings played a pivotal role in shaping kalam’s life kalam had himself said that he had tried to ambulate his father in his own world of science and technology the belief in the ...

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I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths”- who is referred to as? Who are being referred to as the fundamental truths? Who revealed the truths to the name?

here, India’s 11thpresident and renowned scientist DR APJ Abdul kalam is referred to as ’l’. There exists a divine force that can help one discard doubt. Sorrow. Suffering and non fulfilment as well as lead the way to one’s actual place. Once an independent being severs his\she is on the path to liberty. Pleasure and ...

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What had remained the routine for Abdul kalam’s father even when he was in his sixties? What does Abdul kalam say about his emulation of his father?

Kalam’s father led a simple life. Abdul kalam’s father woke up at 4 am every day and started his day by reading the mamas before dawn, after reading the names he used to walk dawn to their small coconut grove which was about four mails away from their home and rectum with a dozen  off ...

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Why was kalam’s father revered by the residents of his hometown?

Kalam’s father, as we come to know from the narrative ‘strong roots were a highly spiritual man and a healer of maladies. The high priest of the famous Shiva temple of rameswaram, plash lakshmana satyr was one of his close friends. Kalam often witnessed the two men discussing spiritual matters, after the evening prayers in ...

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“One must understand the difference between a feat tide vision of destiny and the vision that enables us to seek the enemy of fulfilment within ourselves.”-what do you mean by “…fear ridden vision of destiny”? That is the other vision? Which is to be preferred and why?

in APJ Abdul kalam’s ‘strong roots’, his father, jainulabeen, speaks of two dissimilar visions of destiny. “…. Fear ridden vision of destiny” refers to fortune which is created out of fear of the divine being (god). The other vision of destiny , is the vision that makes us able to search for the enemy of ...

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