“Sing me a song about Tsunamis”
Further exploits of our delirious madcap president —
At a brainstorming session on earthquake prediction techniques with Iceland?s scientists, Kalam had suddenly stopped the discussions saying they were getting too serious.
?So let us sing to change the mood,? the President told the astonished meeting. He then asked his Indian companions to take the lead.
There followed a period of hesitation, during which the Indians kept exchanging embarrassed glances among themselves.
Finally, IFS officer Shashi Tripathi saved the day, stepping forward to sing Rabindranath Tagore?s Ekla Chalo Re, supposedly a favourite with the President.
Then the Iceland scientists got into the act, singing a folk song with gusto, led on by cheers from a relieved group of Indians.