THE NP CHRONICLE : 15TH OCTOBER

The NP Chronicle 

15th October

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (/ˈʌbdʊl kəˈlɑːm/ ⓘ UB-duul kə-LAHM; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace engineer and science administrator who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. In 1997, he was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, for his contribution to the scientific research and modernisation of defence technology in India.

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"Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep."

-- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning"

End is not the end, in fact, E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies". If you get No as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity". So Let's be positive."

-- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes."

-- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution."

-- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool."

-- APJ Abdul Kalam

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel. Plagued by health problems for most of his life, he resigned from the university in 1879. He afterward lived as an independent writer, spending much of his life in relative solitude and financial insecurity while moving between Switzerland, Italy, and southern France in search of climates that might alleviate his condition, and in the following decade, he completed much of his core writing. In 1889, aged 44, he suffered a neurological collapse, and thereafter a complete loss of his mental faculties, with paralysis and vascular dementia; he lived out his remaining 11 years, first under the care of his mother, and later his sister, until his death. His works and his philosophy have fostered not only extensive scholarship but also much popular interest.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil (/ˈvɜːrdʒɪl/ VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Some minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars regard these as spurious, with the possible exception of some short pieces.

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Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, 15 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in the Indian subcontinent. He is generally considered one of the greatest Mughal emperors.

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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (/ˈwʊdhaʊs/ WUUD-howss; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr. Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.

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Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian American filmmaker. She has received two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and four from the Venice Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe, and two César Awards.

Born and raised in India, Nair moved to the U.S. to attend Harvard University, and was married to photographer Mitch Epstein from the early to late 1980s. She then lived for a few years in Uganda with her second husband, political scientist Mahmood Mamdani, but they later returned to the United States. Their son, Zohran Mamdani, has served as Mayor of New York City since 2026.

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Today is:

▪︎ International Day of Rural Women

▪︎ Global Handwashing Day

▪︎ National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

▪︎ Birth anniversary of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Friedrich Nietzsche, Virgil, Akbar the Great, P. G. Wodehouse, Mira Nair

▪︎ Death anniversary of Sai Baba of Shirdi