Rameswaram Island was a beautiful place with 30,000 populations. At that time they elected my father as Panchayat Board president not because he belonged to a particular religion or a particular caste or spoke a particular language or for his economic status. He was elected only on the basis of his nobility of mind and for being a good human being

- A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, President of India in a tribute to his father.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me

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