The Legend That Struck a Nation in Shock This Day... RIP, sir!

Thought this as yet another normal beginning of the week, with the former weekend filled with gaming, movies, nights out, and coding. Quite a normal PDC class (well, can't ever call that normal), and a normal (aka boring) CRE class, and a fun-filled CAD class. A blurry afternoon trying to find the steady state in a 2--tank interacting system...

A normal evening out with a friend, a normal evening of chatting, Parasyte, and OITNB... A normal evening of my roomie attending calls, and me chatting with my ma'am...

Was it that I was talking of how the new movie wasn't so appealing to me, then I noticed my college Whatsapp group change its name to "RIP APJ ABDUL KALAM"...

It came off as a shock to me. This can't be true.
I HAD to validate it with a google search, but the news was clear... India lost another Bharath Ratna. It wasn't long before my Facebook and Hike were flooding with notifications of the homage being played to the great man!

 "Giving a lecture at Shillong, the great man collapsed to what the doctors say cardiac arrest, and he was no more by the time they could rush him to the hospital"

He is no more. A man who has no haters in the great nation of this, a man who inspired a generation, a man who took Space Science and Research in India to what it is now, a man who made Indian Missiles possible, wrapping his predecessors and his ideas into one and giving it a shape, making a long held dream true. A man who won hearts by being the exemplary President of this great nation of ours, making time for meeting the youth of this nation, inspite of having a nation to run. He was this awesome personality who believed the true power lies in the ability of the youth of this nation. A man who knew how to take defeat and rejection as a young man, later making them stepping stones to his success. Truly, there isn't a creature in the face of the earth who would ever hate him.

The Missile Man of India is no more. He ever always put in me the enthusiasm for space sciences. His works Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds stand as words of inspiration, of how a son of a poor boatman can one day serve as the President of India, pretty much dictating the research on rockets and missile building. A dreamer who knew how to work his way through hard times,, a great leader who led his subordinates towards a common goal.

Well, have to say this, it really means that you've done something extraordinary when a whole nation stops what it's doing to convey it's respects to you. APJ Abdul Kalam is one such humans.

And at this point, all I could say is, truly, sir, you'll ever be alive in our hearts, your works will stand as a beacon, filling the coming generations with hope and inspiration.

A signature look, an ever amazing smile, and inspiration!!

Thank you, sir, for making India a better place to live in!


Praveen