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Kalam's team face repeated failures as they try to launch the AGNI missile. How will he motivate his team to make this mission a success?

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Abdul Kalam, Missile Man
The repeated failures
and delays
to test launch
the Agni missile
created quite a buzz
in the press.
Such delays are common
in rocket science,
but the nation
was in no mood to understand.
Our difficulties were ours alone.
People interpreted the delay
in their own way
and suggested
some hilarious alternatives.
There was an Amul cartoon
that suggested
Agni should use
their butter as fuel!
While the press was outraged
over the delay,
my team
was utterly demoralised
by the repeated failures.
I recalled the various occasions
when my team leaders
had boosted our morale
and I thought of doing likewise.
I called for a meeting
and addressed my team
of two thousand members.
“A great opportunity
has been given to us.
All major opportunities
are accompanied by
equally major challenges.
We cannot give up.
Our country doesn’t deserve
anything less from us.”
I finished by telling my people,
“I promise you
that Agni
will be launched successfully
on our next trial.”
My team regained its energy!
Renewing their enthusiasm,
they worked
with tremendous concentration
and will power.
The launch was finally
scheduled for 22nd May 1989.
Dignitaries such as
the Chief of Army Staff
and the Defence Minister
had come to witness the launch.
On the previous night,
we had all gone for a walk
on the beach
that was lit up by a full moon.
The waves roared
and crashed over the rocks.
Would we succeed
with the Agni launch tomorrow?
The question was on everyone’s mind,
but none of us
was willing to speak.
Finally, the Defence Minister
broke the silence
and asked me,
“Kalam, how should we celebrate
the Agni success tomorrow?
Is there something
your heart desires?”
It was a simple question,
to which I could not find
an immediate answer.
What did I want?
What was it that I did not have?
Then I found the answer.
“We need
a hundred thousand saplings
to plant
in our research centre,” I said.
The Minister’s face
lit up with a friendly glow.
“You are buying
the blessing
of mother earth for Agni.
We will surely succeed
tomorrow,”
he predicted warmly.
The next day
Agni took off at 7:10
in the morning.
It was a perfect launch.
It was like waking up
to a bright,
crisp morning
from a nightmarish sleep.
Five years of continuous work
at various work centres
had finally paid off.
A mere six hundred seconds
of elegant flight
washed away all our fatigue.
What a wonderful culmination
to the many years of labour!
It was and will remain
one of the greatest moments
of my life.

Translator/Author : APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
Narration : BookBox
Music : Acoustricks
Illustration : Deepta Nangia
Animation : BookBox

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