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Condoling the death of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam,
ex-India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly today recalled his meetings with
the former President and said he was honoured to have received the
Padma Shree from the great scientist.
The 11th President of India, Kalam served the nation in various
capacities and was known as the 'Missile Man' after playing a pivotal
organisational, technical and political role in the nation's Pokhran-II
nuclear tests in 1998.
Ganguly remembered the legend for his
down-to-earth demeanour.
Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly
"I have put it (Kalam's picture with himself) on my WhatsApp. I think
when we came back from the World Cup in 2003, we met him. I had the
honour of having quite a few interactions with him. I got the Padma
Shree from him (2004) and the moment you met the gentleman you could see
that he was one of the most down-to-earth person," Ganguly told
reporters during an Apollo Munich health insurance event for a 'Dengue
Care' plan here.
"Hugely educated, he was the science wizard and the man for the masses.
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As all of us have to go in life, all of us have our numbers written, but
it's how you go. And because of the way he served the country, because
of the way he contributed to the younger generation, to the students, he
will live forever.
"He died giving a lecture at IIM among the students. It's not just
me, the entire country will remember him as someone who occupied the
highest civilian post in the country and still be a normal person," he
added.
Fondly recollecting instances of the team's interactions with the former
President after finishing runners-up in the 2003 World Cup in South
Africa, Ganguly said Kalam was a visionary.
"I remember he wished the team. I remember Anil Kumble asked him about
his subject. He knew little about cricket and we tried to explain to him
how 11 men move around a cricket ball. But whenever we met him we
realised that his world and thinking was different. He has become the
President of India but his thought process is different from the
others," Ganguly said.
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Kalam, 83, who passed way in Shillong on 27th July will be laid to rest in his birthplace, Rameswaram, with full military honours.
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As Posted on oneindia.com( News Source- PTI)
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