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Abdul Kalam  \nDeepta Nangia  \nWhile the author, illustrator, and publisher of this book encourage and support translation of this work into other languages, they request that substantive changes to the text and art be kept to a minimum.  \nI lived on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram, a city famous for its Shiva temple. Every evening on my way home from the mosque, I would linger near the temple.  \nI always felt like a stranger there, as the temple goers stared suspiciously at me . They probably wondered what a Muslim boy was doing in front of a temple.  \nThe truth was that I loved to listen to the rhythmic chanting of the mantras, though I never understood a word. There was a strange magic in them.  \nOf course, something else led me there . My best friend, Ramanadha Sastry, was the son of the head priest. He would sit beside his father at this hour, reciting hymns. Ram would steal a smiling glance at me from time to time.  \nAt school, Ram and I always sat together on the first bench of our classroom . We were like brothers. However, being a Hindu priest’s son, he wore a sacred thread, while my whitecap marked me as a Muslim.  \nOne day, when we were in the fifth standard, a new teacher came to our class. He looked strict. He went around the class tapping his cane on his palm and stopped before us .  \n”You, the one in the white cap,” he shouted.”How dare you sit beside the temple priest’s son! Go sit on the last bench.” I felt hurt. With tears in my eyes, I picked up my books and shifted to the last row.  \nRam and I wept together silently after school. We thought we would not be allowed to befriends anymore .","cbCairV727iP9hIX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairV727iP9hIX","pdf",1381016,"English","# A Childhood in Rameswaram\n## School Life and Friendships\n## A Lesson on Prejudice","[{\"question\":\"What was the friendship between Abdul Kalam and Ramanadha Sastry like?\",\"answer\":\"They were best friends who sat together in the front row at school, described as being like brothers despite their different religious backgrounds.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did the new teacher order Abdul Kalam to sit in the last row?\",\"answer\":\"The teacher was biased by religious prejudice and disapproved of a Muslim boy sitting next to the son of a Hindu temple priest.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the boys react to the teacher's discriminatory action?\",\"answer\":\"They felt deeply hurt and wept silently together after school, fearing that they would no longer be allowed to remain friends.\"}]","Abdul-Kalam - A Lesson for My Teacher - Childhood Memoir | PDF",1789893817,29]