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A story of me, a bishop and a village from kerala.

The year 2006. The boy is getting ready for school, and his mom helping him gather his things and pack his food. Sitting in the corner trying to put on his shoes, eyes on the television watching DD National live. His mother was shouting at him as he was getting late for school but the boy was not ready to move from his place, and count down started T minus 10, 9 ……3 2 1 0 and the rocket sores towards the sky after few seconds roar of success heard from the control station. The launch was successful from ISRO. Now the boy carrying a big smile on his face rushed towards the school. From my schooling to my graduation, I was and is always enthusiastic when it comes to Indian space achievements, yes that boy was me. Now I'm here to share how it all started from a village, A fascinating story of the Indian rocket era. It was 1963, and already the biggest economies of the world started their race into space. Even planning to land people on the moon. But India was yet taking small steps...