IN MEMORY OF DR APJ ABDUL KALAM
It saddens me to learn about the passing of a dedicated, committed, selfless poet statesman, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It was thrilling for me to meet him at Rashtrapati Bhawan along with another poet technocrat friend, Dr Y.s. Rajan
, the then CII's Principal Advisor, on 17 May 2005. It was a most
memorable moment of my life to have interacted with him for about an
hour about my poetry. I felt honoured when Dr Kalam said that he had
been reading my poems, haiku, tanka and book
reviews published in POET (Chennai), and he gave me the first copy of
his latest collection, THE LIFE TREE, which had just arrived from
Penguin, for my reading and review. In his passing, the Indian English
Poetry has lost a great friend and supporter, who encouraged 'new'
voices everywhere. For admirers of the ex-poet President of India, it's
now time for 'haiku silence', as his close associate, Dr Rajan would
say.
--R.K.SINGH
--R.K.SINGH
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