KOZHIKODE, When Sara Gul Mohammed, the wife of a Gulf-returnee at Padanna village in Kasaragod district, heard her phone ringing on Monday noon, she had not imagined even in her wildest dream that the call is from the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
A nonplussed Sara at first thought that somebody was playing a prank. But it did not take long for her to realise that it was indeed the President, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, himself on the line.
The President had come across a report on the business page of the Sunday edition of The Hindu about the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) offering support to the initiatives of mussel cultivators led by marine farmer G. S. Gul Mohammed at Padanna village and the call was to congratulate him personally.
Mr. Gul Mohammed told The Hindu today that his wife received the call at 12 noon and the voice in English said the call was from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Soon Dr. Kalam himself came on the line.
``This is A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. I would like to speak to Mr. Gul Mohammed.'' Sara replied that Gul had gone out and would return only at 2 p.m. The President said it would not be possible for him to make a call again in the afternoon.
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