Abdul Kalam (Designing a Fighter Jet): Learn Tamil with subtitles - Fun Story for Language Learning

Kalam's professor warned him that his scholarship would end if he did not make a better design in three days. Could Kalam realize his dream of designing a fighter jet in such a short time?
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Designing a Fighter Jet.
As a young boy,
my friends and I walked back home
from school at Rameswaram.
On the way,
we often rested on the banks of our village pond.
While my friends
practiced skimming pebbles
over the rippling water,
I would sit
and watch the cranes
and seagulls
soar in the sky.
The sight of those birds
inspired me and I dreamt of my future.
As I grew older,
my goal became clearer.
I knew I had to go into engineering
to realise my dreams.
The Madras Institute of Technology popularly known as MIT,
was the best institution for technical studies in South India.
I studied hard to win a scholarship
that allowed me to study in such a well-known college.
But it wasn’t until the day I entered MIT
that I saw my goal standing before me.
The MIT campus boasted of
two large aircrafts
that were on display.
I remember sitting near them,
long after other students
had gone back to the hostel.
I was fascinated by the details of the design
and wanted to someday to create such an aircraft.
For my final project at MIT,
I was asked to design a fighter jet
with a team of four other classmates.
We had distributed the work
among us.
One day my teacher reviewed my progress and exclaimed,
“Abdul, I’m really disappointed with your plan,
I had expected much more from you.”
I offered several excuses but my teacher refused to listen.
“Sir, please give me one more month,
I’m sure I’ll come up with a better design,”
I pleaded with him.
He looked at me and said,
“Look, young man,
I’ll give you three days.
If on Monday morning
you fail to show me a better design,
I’m afraid your scholarship will be cancelled.”
I was speechless
The scholarship was
my lifeline.
Without it,
I would be helpless.
I had no choice but to keep on working.
That night I remained awake all night
toiling on the project.
The next morning
I just took an hour’s break, ate very little
and went back to work.
On Sunday morning,
I had almost completed the task
when I suddenly felt a presence behind me.
I turned around to discover
my teacher peering at my drawing.
After examining my work,
he patted me on my back and said,
“I knew I was putting you under stress
by asking you to meet an impossible deadline.
I never expected you to perform so well!”
I had hardly slept or eaten
in the past three days,
but I now felt a huge sense of joy and relief.
Not only did I keep my scholarship,
I also graduated from MIT with outstanding marks.
I had already accomplished my goal
of successfully designing an aircraft
and now I was drawing close to my dream of flying one too.
It was amazing to think that just like the seagulls
I had observed as a child, I would soon soar in the sky.
Translator/Author : APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari
Music : Acoustricks
Illustration : Deepta Nangia
Translation : Vadivelu
Narration : Jayaraj
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