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Wings of fire - by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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Wings of fire - by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Wings of Fire                                                                           -From'  Dr. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM '  Autobiography            Apart from being a notable scientist and engineer, Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam served as the 11th president of India from 2002-2007.  People loved and respected him so much during his tenure as president that he was popularly known as the people's President.  De to his achievements n the field of sscience, Dr. Kalam had received the Bharat Ratna Award before he assumed the highest office in the country in his autobiography 'Wings of Fire'  he traces the various the various phases of his life as a son, student, scientist and leader.                       I was born into a middle class family in the island town of Ramaeswaram.  My father Jainulabdeen had neither much formal education nor weath.  Despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit.  He had an ideal helpmate i

The One Minute Apology

The Legacy you leave is the one you live           Colonel Scott was one of the commanders of the troops guarding the capitol from attack y the Conederate forces in Northern Vigrginia.  Sott's wife had drowne in a steamship collision while returning home after a journey to Washington  to nurse her sick husband.  Scott had appealed to regimental command for leave to attend her burial and comfort his children .  his request had been rejected as a battle seemed imminent and every officer was essential.  But Scott, as wwas his right, had pressed his  request up the chain of command, untill it reached the secretary of War, Edwin Stanton.  Since Stanton had also rejected the request, the Colonel had taken his apeal all the way to the highest authority.                       Soctt went to his Commander in Chief in the Presidential Office late on a saturday night.  He was allowed in as the last visitor.  Lincoln listened to the story and as Scott recalled, the President exp

Mylsamy Annadurai

Mylsamy Annadurai Mylsamy annadurai                      Mylsamy Annadurai was born on 2nd july 1958 at Kodhavadi, ahamletnear Pollachi  in Coimbatore District.  Mylsamy and Balasaraswathy are his parents.  His father served as a teacher in an Elementary school.  Panchayat Union Elementary School in Kothavadi was Mylasmy Annadurai's first school, where he studied from I to V stds.  He then moved to Government and Aided schools in and around his native place for continuing and completing his school education upto XI std.  His school education journey continued  He finished his PUC in NGM college, Pollachi and B.E Degree at Government college of technology, coimbatore.  In 1982 he pursued his Higher Education and aquired the M.E degree in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and the same year he joined in ISRO as a scientist.  And later he got Doctorate in Anna University of technology, coimbatore.                       Annadurai is a leading technologist in
Queen Velu Nachiyar                                                         Name:   velu nachiyar                                   Born:    3 january 1730                                                                       Father:    Chellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy                                                                         Mother:    Muthathal Nachiyar                                       Death:    25 december 1796                    Rani Velu Nachiyar was a queen of Sivagangai estate in south India.  She is regarded as the first queen who fought against the british colonial power in India.  Born as princess of Ramanathapuram she took training in hadling     different weapons, in martial arts, horse riding and archery, and was also proficient in languages like English, French and Urdu.  She was married to King of Sivagangai, Muthuvaduganathaperiya Udaiyatheavar.   After    british soldiers and son of Nawab of Arcot conquered Sivaganga and ki

Subash Chandra Bose

Subash Chandra Bose Introduction:                Subhash Chandra Bose was one of India’s greatest freedom fighter. He revived the Indian National Army, popularly known as ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ in 1943 which was initially formed in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had visited London during pre-independence period to discuss the future of India, with the members of the Labor party. His sudden disappearance from Taiwan, led to surfacing of various theories, unfortunately none of which were investigated thoroughly by successive governments; leaving people in the dark about one of the most beloved leaders India has ever produced. Early life in Bose:          Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January, 1897 in Cuttack (Orissa) to Janakinath Bose and Prabhavati Devi. Janakinath Bose was one of the successful lawyer in Cuttack and received the title of “Rai Bahadur”. He, later became a member of the Bengal Legislative Council.         Subhash Chandra Bos

about universe

universe                                                                                           Introduction                 In the earlier days, before the invention of astronomical instruments,people thought that Earth is the centre of all the objects in the space.  This was known as the geocentric model, held by Greek astronomer Ptolemy (2nd century), Indian astronomer Aryabhatta (5th century) and manh astronomers around the world.  Later polish atronomer Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model (helios = Sun), with Sun at the centre of the solar system.  Invention of the telescope in the Netherlands, in 1608, created a revolution in astronomy.  Building block of the Universe                The basic constituent of the universe is luminous matter i.e, galaxies which are really the collection of billions of stars.  The universe contains everything that exists including the Earth, planets, stars, space, and galaxies.  This include all matter,