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People's President and India's inspiration machine turned 83 on Wednesday, Oct 15. In his own words: "I will be entering into 84th orbit around the Sun."
Nothing has changed in the life of former President of India, who still stays awake till 1 am reading and replying to his fan mails. Amidst visitors, calling him on at his No 10 residence on Delhi's famous Rajaji Marg with birthday wishes, Dr Kalam granted an exclusive interview to Oneindia.
"Every day matters and every moment matters to me. Every 1st of January, I design what should be my mission for that year and start working towards it. Based on my experience, I achieve almost 60-70 per cent of what I have planned. You see, my mission never stops," he said.
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Regrets in life
When asked about his regrets apart from missing a chance to join the Indian Air Force (which he has mentioned in his book My Journey: Transforming Dreams in Actions), India's Missile Man said that he could not complete the mission of establishing a solar power plant at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"Towards the end of my tenure as the President, we evolved a plan for establishing 5000-MW solar power plant at Rashtrapati Bhavan. I received all the approvals including financial concurrences. But, when the proposal went to the environment authorities, they raised the issue of the historical Mughal Gardens."
"The authorities feared that the grandeur of the Mughal Gardens might get affected to some extent. While I was preparing a convincing reply to the authorities, my tenure got over at Rashtrapati Bhavan. I could not complete the mission, which I still regret," Dr Kalam added.
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Being a bachelor
To a direct query on reasons behind him not getting married, a question first openly asked to him by a student during his presidential visit to Singapore in 2006, and posed by many over the years, the missile scientist said that he never felt the need to have his better half.
"(Laughs) This question is more than 50 years old! I have faced this question from many in India and abroad. I have convincingly replied them that I belong to a joint family and my brother has great-great grand-daughter. In such a great family, one fellow not getting married is not a big issue at all.