{"product_id":"the-kalam-effect-my-years-with-the-president-9788172239305","title":"The Kalam Effect: My Years With The President","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): P. M. Nair\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.P.J. Abdul Kalam became President of India in July 2002. He was a surprise choice. A scientist and not a politician, with an unusual hairstyle and an unassuming way of doing things, and no other agenda except that of seeing India become a developed and strong nation. How would such a man fit into the regal splendour of Rashtrapati Bhavan, and all the pomp and ceremony of a head of state? What followed, however, as P.M. Nair shows in The Kalam Eff ect, was a remarkable presidency that in the next five years transformed the way people looked at this office, and made Kalam popular in a way few politicians have been. Rashtrapati Bhavan became a much more accessible place, and his 'at homes' drew guests in the thousands. Not only that, the website he set up became a huge draw, and people wrote to him on e-mail or otherwise from across the country. His positive attitude infected all those who came in touch with him. While the reasons for his popularity will be analysed for a long time, Nair, who was his Secretary, suggests in this affectionate yet factual account some of the probable causes. One of these being that Kalam is just a very special human being.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46338642903191,"sku":"9788172239305","price":260.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788172239305.webp?v=1769305311","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-kalam-effect-my-years-with-the-president-9788172239305","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}