My Childhood & No Men Are Foreign
Meghalaya Board · Class 9 · English
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Get startedWho is the author of 'My Childhood' and what is significant about his later role in India?
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is the author. He was a renowned scientist who worked on India's space, defence, and nuclear technology programs and later became India's 11th President in 2002. This shows how a pe…
Describe Abdul Kalam's family background and the values he inherited from his parents.
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Kalam was born into a middle-class Tamil family in Rameswaram. His father Jainulabdeen had little formal education but possessed great wisdom and generosity. His mother Ashiamma was very hospitable, f…
What does the word 'austere' mean in the context of Kalam's father's lifestyle?
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'Austere' means simple, strict, and severe. Kalam's father avoided all unnecessary comforts and luxuries, choosing to live a simple life while ensuring all necessities like food, medicine, and clothes…
How did World War II affect young Kalam's life, and what was his first earning experience?
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During WWII (when Kalam was 8), there was sudden demand for tamarind seeds. Kalam collected and sold them, earning one anna per day (called 'princely sum' ironically). Later, when train halt was suspe…
Who were Kalam's three close childhood friends and what did they become later in life?
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His three close friends were Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan, and Sivaprakasan - all from orthodox Hindu Brahmin families. Later, Ramanadha Sastry became the priest of Rameswaram temple (taking over from …
Describe the incident with the new teacher in Kalam's fifth standard and its significance.
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A new teacher couldn't tolerate a Muslim boy (Kalam, wearing a cap) sitting with a Hindu priest's son (Ramanadha Sastry, wearing sacred thread). He made Kalam sit in the back row. Both boys felt sad.
How did Lakshmana Sastry (Ramanadha's father) respond to the teacher's discriminatory behavior?
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Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher and told him not to spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance in innocent children's minds. He asked the teacher to either apologize or quit…
What was unique about Kalam's science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer's approach to social barriers?
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Though an orthodox Brahmin with a conservative wife, Sivasubramania Iyer was a rebel who tried to break social barriers. He spent hours with Kalam, wanting him to develop and be on par with highly edu…
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