Describe communal harmony in Kalam's locality / Relation between Hindus and Muslims in Kalam's locality/ How did both Muslims and Hindus live in Kalam’s locality.

Answer: In the autobiographical Essay “Strong Roots”, Abdul Kalam had presented a fine picture of their locality. He described how people of different religion lived there harmonically. The locality was mainly inhabited by Muslims but other people of Hindu religion lived there amicably with their Muslim neighbors. Besides, there were both temple and mosque in the same locality. Besides, Kalam’s father though was a Muslim religious man, had a Hindu friend named P.L. Sastry who was the high priest of Rameswaram temple. These facts pointed to the communal harmony in Kalam’s locality. It is also noticeable that people of different religion visited Kalam’s father for help and advice and Kalam’s father served them unconditionally.