TURNING POINT
BY A P J ABDUL KALAM
It
was like any other day on the Anna University campus in Chennai. I had
delivered a lecture 'Vision to Mission' and the session got extended
from one hour to two. I had lunch with a group of research students and
went back to class. As I was returning to my rooms in the evening the
vice-chancellor, Prof. A. Kalanidhi, fell in step with me. Someone had
been frantically trying to get in touch with me through the day, he
said. Indeed, the phone was ringing when I entered the room. When I
answered, a voice at the other end said, 'The prime minister wants to
talk with you ...' Some months earlier, I had left my post as principal
scientific adviser to the government of India, a Cabinet-level post, to
return to teaching. Now, as I spoke to the PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, my
life was set for an unexpected change. Turning Points takes up the
incredible Kalam story from where Wings of Fire left off.
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