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During the period covered under 'Creation', Kalam, in the year 1976, lost his father who lived up to 102 years of age. Kalam took the bereavement with courage and remembered these words written on the death of William Butler Yeats by his friend Auden, and his father: Earth receive an honoured guest; William Yeats is laid to rest:
Throughout his poem, Poongundranar lays down the principles of his version of natural law. The first part of the poem deals with the basic principles of the 'Way of Order'(Tamil: முறை வழி, muṟai vazhi) which is his term for natural law. Every human of every town is of the same value because they are கேளிர் (related).
The short film concludes with a visual presentation of a poem "A Song of Youth", written by Dr Kalam. [6] The DVD was released on 21 January 2008 at Chennai by film director K. Balachander in the presence of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The first copy was received by Prof. C. Ramaswamy of the Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology. [7]
The cover page of the book says it "brings together the values, thoughts and ideas of President Kalam as reflected in his speeches and addresses. Interspersed with interesting anecdotes and observations, Indomitable Spirit represents the quintessential APJ Abdul Kalam - the man, the scientist, the teacher and the President."
I Will Not Let Time Sleep (N. Gopi's poems in English) Dew Drops (Vemuri Balaram's work in English) Abdul Kalam Kavitalu (Telugu translation of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Poetry). That's OK: Tammanna and Other Reveries, Alokparva Prakashan, 2007, ISBN 978-81-87416-65-4 is her collection of newspaper columns in English. [10]
Kalam enjoyed writing Tamil poetry, playing the veena (an Indian string instrument), [119] and listening to Carnatic devotional music every day. [120] He never owned a television , and was in the habit of rising at 6:30 or 7 a.m. and sleeping by 2 a.m. [ 121 ] His personal possessions included a few books, a veena , clothing, a compact disc ...
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam "Thirukkural is considered to provide the code of conduct for the humanity of the planet earth for all time, which makes the past meet the present and creates the future." [8] (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India, 1931–2015)
By the turn of the twenty-first century, the Kural had already been translated to more than 37 world languages, [15] with at least 24 complete translations in English language alone, by both native and non-native scholars. By 2014, the Kural had been translated to more than 42 languages, with 57 versions available in English.