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My Childhood & No Men Are Foreign

Gujarat Board · Class 9 · English

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My Childhood - Key Details and Background

  • A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, into a middle-class Tamil Muslim family
  • His father Jainulabdeen had little formal education but possessed great wisdom and generosity
  • His mother Ashiamma was known for her hospitality - she fed many outsiders daily
2

Religious Harmony and Childhood Experiences

  • Kalam had three close Hindu Brahmin friends despite being Muslim
  • Children never felt religious differences in their friendship
  • Ramanadha Sastry's father was the high priest of Rameswaram temple
3

The School Discrimination Incident

  • In fifth standard, a new teacher came to Kalam's class
  • The teacher couldn't tolerate a Muslim boy (Kalam) sitting with a Hindu priest's son (Ramanadha)
  • Kalam was asked to sit on the back bench according to 'social ranking'
4

Sivasubramania Iyer - The Progressive Teacher

  • Science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer was an orthodox Brahmin but progressive thinker
  • He wanted to break social barriers and help students from different backgrounds
  • He spent hours with Kalam, encouraging him to match educated people of big cities

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DrYoung Kalam had close friendshipsThe incident with the new teacherSivasubramania IyerThe poem 'No Men Are Foreign'

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