200% Indian

He was the Son of a Muslim Father. So, he couldn’t sit beside his friend who had a Holy Thread. It was then, that Society knocked him down. Yet, he rose, like the Phoenix. He did all he could, he was the best, Yet, not Tall Enough to become a Fighter Pilot. It was then, that Life knocked him down. Yet, he rose, like the Phoenix. He was in Shillong, giving the Management Brains a route to Enlightenment. It was then, that God knocked him down. This time he couldn’t rise back. In between rising like Phoenix & not being able to rise back, The country witnessed the greatest President of all time. 200% Indian is an accordant mix of fact & fiction about the most revered head of state in living memory – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Contents Acknowledgements ix Greetings xii Foreword xiii Nuggets xvii Prologue xix A word to the Reader xxxi THE WALK 1. Amma & Guru 1 2. Teacher to President: A 'Ba-hubalian' Changeover 13 3. Bliss in the Career 21 KALAM'S ONE DIRECTION 4. Live with Vision & Hope: An Epistle to the Youth 31 5. Interactive Rashtrapathi 41 6. O Media! Why? 59 7. Verses of Harmony: The Unfathomable Poetry 67 A MAN OF BOOKS & SPEECHES 8. Speeches from the Presidential Times 77 9. The Words Unsaid 139 10. Divyagniki Rekhalochina Vela 153 11. Students' Say 171 12. The 10 Point Oath for the Youth 187 Epilogue 191 Bibliography 195 Index 198 About the Wri (Edi)ters 200