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New Delhi, Jul 23: As APJ Abdul Kalam nears the end of his tenure as President, he is working on another book which eulogises the life of the common man and highlights that everyone is born with a cause.

Everyone is born to blossom, in which 75-year-old Kalam asks people to understand the cause for which they were born, is in its final stages and is expected to hit the markets soon.

In the book, to be issued by Prakashan Publishers, Kalam will give a brief account of his journey from being the son of a fisherman to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and ask people to ascertain the purpose of their lives and to work towards accomplishing their goals.

The book, according to sources in Rashtrapati Bhavan, is another attempt by the President to enlighten the people to work towards the goal of making India a developed nay 2020.

Kalam has so far authored or co-authored several books, including Scientist to President, Ignited minds, Wings of fire, Guiding souls: Dialogues on the purpose of life, Envisioning an empowered nation: Technology for societal transformation, "India - My dream" and "India 2020".

Meanwhile, Kalam has prepared the two suitcases with which he will move out of the Rashtrapati Bhavan when he demits office on July 25, 2007 and move straight to a guesthouse that has been readied in Delhi Cantonment by Army chief Gen JJ Singh for the outgoing supreme commander of the armed forces.

Kalam will use the guesthouse for a few hours before leaving for Chennai the same night to begin a teaching assignment at Anna University. 

  

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