Writters (contemporary)

Abir Mathur

Introduction to

Rainbow- How it is formed ( Lekhni-December-2007)

India's 11th President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam assumed office on July 25, 2002. He was born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. Dr. Kalam has been often referred to as the "Missile Man of India" and was the Project Director of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III). Career. He graduated in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1958 and joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). In 1962, Kalam joined the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). In 1982, he rejoined DRDO as the Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). Dr. Kalam is credited with the development and operationalisation of India's Agni and Prithvi missiles. He worked as the Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from 1992 to 1999. During this period , the Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted. Dr. Kalam held the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India from November 1999 to November 2001.

Dr. Kalam took up teaching at Anna University, Chennai from November 2001. He is a prolific author. His books , "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become bestsellers. He is a favourite with children all over the country and has met children all over the country and has encouraged them with his learned talks.

Dr. Kalam has received a host of awards both in India and abroad. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1981, Padma Vibhushan 1990 and the Bharat Ratna in 1997. He is of the view that we should work wholeheartedly to make India a developed nation by 2020.Besides being a bachelor, Kalam is a strict disciplarinian, a complete vegetarian and teetotaler. Among the many firsts to his credit, he became India's first President to undertake an undersea journey when he boarded the INS Sindhurakshak, a submarine, from Visakhapatnam. He also became the first president to undertake a sortie in an fighter aircraft, a Sukhoi-30 MKI. Dr.Abdul Kalam's term expires this year.

Inspirational-Speech in Haiderabad- (Lekhni-January 2008)

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Cathy Perry

Cathy loves typefaces and paper as well as the ideas of books and the subtle ways that the words change and act on each other and on us. Words fight back when you try to construct the perfect line> Lines struggle like a randy octopus as you try to pen them down. But like children, when they are too quiet you know something is wrong. Editing other people's work also gives Cathy great satisfaction---and saves the trouble of thinking up original ideas! 

She has edited the Group'sfirst anthology 'Griot' with Kampa Karan; the poetry pamphlet 'Bordering on Reality' ; and two volumes of Milorad Krystanovich's poems.  

Story-Forest Child (Lekhni-September-2007)

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Milorad Krystanovich

Milorad was born in Dalmatia, Crotia and studied language and Yugoslavian literature at Split University. He has worked as a language and drama teacher, as a librarian, and astage director. He came to Uk in 1992 and has been writting poetry in English since 1994. He has published two collections of poetry : Easel and Ashes (2000) and The Language of wounds (2002). He teaches at Brasshouse language centre in Birmingham.

Milorad enjoys the light and half darkness of theatre and cinema; the paradoxes of historic sites; the mosaic of towns and villages, countryside, seaside, rivers and bridges. He likes travelling with return tickets.

Story- Further than Beyond ( Lekhni-November-2007)

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 Sita Ram Gupta

Shail Agrawal

Story-Good Morning Mrs Singh (Lekhni-March-2007) 

Story-Old Slippers (Lekhni-july-2007)

Story-Where is Paul!( Lekhni-March-2008)

Regular feature- My column.

Essay-Introduction to Meghdoot by Kalidas.(Lekhni-July-2007)

Essay-Introduction to Gitanjali by Tagore( Lekhni-August-2007)

Essay-Introduction to Astavakra Geeta (Lekhni-September-2007)

A compilation of facts and figures-Introduction to Comets (Lekhni-January-2008)

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Vaidehi

Vaidehi is the pen name of Janaki Srinivasa Murthy. Kannada fiction writter and poet. Has over two dozen publications---novels, short story collections, Essays, plays and children's book to her credit. Winner of many awards, including the Sahitya AKademy Award and Katha Award.  

Storry - Investigation ( Lekhni-May-2007)

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