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Plate 2 The locality in which I grew up: (a) My house on Mosque Street. (b) Thousands of pilgrims from great distances descend on the ancient temple of Lord Shiva. I often assisted my brother Kasim Mohamed in his shop selling artifacts on this street. Plate 3 The old mosque in our locality where my father would take me and my brothers every evening to offer prayers.
Plate 4 My brother pointing at the T–square I used while studying engineering. Plate 5 STR Manickam (inset), a friend of my brother Mustafa Kamal, had a large collection of books. This is his house, from where I would borrow books while at Rameswaram.
Page 4 and 5: WINGS OF FIRE As chief of the count
Page 6 and 7: provides only a thumbnail sketch of
Page 8 and 9: tributes to these fine persons, I a
Page 10 and 11: 1 I was born into a middle-class Ta
Page 12 and 13: partnership with Him. He would pres
Page 14 and 15: his best to break social barriers s
Page 16 and 17: 2 O nce I settled down at the Schwa
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Page 22 and 23: Plate 6 A family get-together. Plat
Page 24 and 25: technologies and expected his stude
Page 26 and 27: (HAL) at Bangalore as a trainee. Th
Page 28 and 29: sorrow. He offered no explanation o
Page 30 and 31: time to review the progress of our
Page 32 and 33: interviewers usually display when t
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Page 38 and 39: procrastination. Actually, problems
Page 40 and 41: out target-tracking functions. The
Page 42 and 43: Dreamers D uring his frequent visit
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Page 46 and 47: unfolded his plan of developing a r
Page 48 and 49: unforeseen costs. “You name the t
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Page 52 and 53: awareness of Stage IV problems thro
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Page 56 and 57: Dr Brahm Prakash advised me to take
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Page 60 and 61: Through mechanical engineering, the
Page 62 and 63: in the areas of aerodynamics, struc
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own destinies. Was I too stubborn o
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Total commitment is a crucial quali
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spellbound to see our hopes flying
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Builders Dr Brahm Prakash helped me
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discussing some finer aspects of th
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envisaged, though as a distant drea
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Padma Bhushan award on me. The next
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PROPITIATION [ 1981 - 1991 ] Let cr
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Seekers A minor tussle over my serv
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air. Once we opened the windows wid
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Plate 12 Two gurus of Indian Space
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final phase of integration. He help
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Nothing to be discouraged! We have
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Joshi, and Air Chief Marshal SK Kau
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stature, sitting in the all-powerfu
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Stewards T he launch of the IGMDP w
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to share their power with others an
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agencies would participate in the c
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12
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Shrimati Gandhi asked. I said, “J
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weaver shall look into the whole cl
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Triumphant The young engineers, 280
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was related to the tremendous speed
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motivational inventory of a leader
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a circle within which 50 per cent o
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Torchbearers Indian core competence
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clock for the next ten days, our sc
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In today’s world, technological b
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CONTEMPLATION [ 1991 - ] We create
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Emancipators O n Republic Day 1990,
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dedicated to making solid achieveme
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of an indigenous ship-launched anti
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continues on a regular basis as the
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centres and 41 production centres s
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uilt nothing, possess nothing—no
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