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Home > News Social Bookmarks India News Kalam visits the Acropolis in Athens By Smita Prakash, Athens (Greece), Apr.27 : After interacting with scientists and the Indian community during the first half of the day, President A.

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Abdul Kalam took some time out of his busy schedule to visit Athens famous Acropolis this afternoon.Kalam spent about 40 minutes in the ancient temple complex, using the time there to interact with Greek children, tourist guides and some Indians, besides having a look at some of the historic objects of art.During his interaction with children, he took them aside and asked them to recite a poem that he had written in the recent past.

The lines of the poem went as follows:"Train, Train TrainTrain lead to thoughtsThoughts lead to action" He also spoke with some tourist guides, and one of them said: "I love your country.

It is the land of Mahatma Gandhi.

I would love to visit it."Kalam shook hands with her, and said that the civilisations of Greece and India were both affected and invaded by other countries and dynasties.

If the Greeks were attacked and invaded by the Romans, India too had its fare share of invasions from Central Asia.When asked how did it feel to come to the Acropolis, Kalam said: It is inspirational to come these h...

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