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INTRODUCTION OF DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM, • Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) was one of, the pioneers of aerospace engineering in India. For a major part of, his life he worked as a scientist in Indian space programmes. Some, of his famous works are India 2020, Ignited Minds, Wings of Fire. He, was the President of India from 2002 to 2007.
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ABOUT STRONG ROOTS, • Strong Roots is an extract from Dr. Kalam's autobiography, Wings of Fire. In this extract, he talks about his childhood in, his hometown. The piece presents a delightful sketch of the, author's early life and the development of his spiritual, growth., An autobiography is a self-written account of one's life. A, book about a person's life, written by that person.
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I was born into a middle-class Tamil family in the island town of, Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras state. My father,, Jainulabdeen, had neither formal education nor much wealth;, despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and, a true generosity of spirit. He had an ideal helpmate in my mother,, Ashiamma. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every, day, but I am quite certain that far more outsiders ate with us than, all the members of our own family put together., Island- i erstwhile- veiaan, wealth- -Co, despite – o, disadvantages-, অসুবিধা গুলি, possessed- অধিকারী, innate- সহজাত , wisdom - জ্ঞান , generosity- উদারতা,, spirit - হৃদয় বা মন ,ideal- আদর্শ ,helpmate- পত্নী ,exact - প্রকৃত ,fed- খাওয়ানোে,, বহিরাগত, outsiders-
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My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. My mother's, lineage was the more distinguished, one of her forebears having, been bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by the British., Widely- Rgouia, Forebears- E, Regarded- f, Bestowed- aae, Distinguished-, Lineage- *aRÍMt, Ideal- Taf, I was one of many children-a short boy with rather undistinguished, looks, born to tall and handsome parents. We lived in our ancestral, house, which was built in the middle of the 19th century. It was a, fairly large pucca house, made of limestone and brick, on the Mosque, Street in Rameswaram., Rather- 38, undistinguished-aa ,handsome-73, ancestral-, , fairly- Ri, limestone- allattRia