Describe the locality where A.P.J. Abdul Kalam lived in his childhood?

ANS. In his autobiographical narrative "Strong Roots", APJ Abdul Kalam has given a description of his locality. He was born in Rameshwaram, an island town. He lived in their ancestral house on the Mosque Street. Rameswaram was very famous to the pilgrims for the Shiva temple which was about ten minutes walk from their house. The locality was predominantly Muslim community. But a lot of Hindu families also lived there. The Hindu and Muslim families lived together amicably in his locality. In the locality, there was a very old mosque where his father would take him for evening prayers.