Chennai, June 13 :    Chennai, June 13:  Every bit an unassuming professor, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today chose to address an eager nation from under a tree on the campus of the Anna University here. Ending three days of seclusion since his name was proposed for the post of President, Kalam, fitted out in a sober blue full-sleeved shirt and grey trousers, finally faced the cameras of tired, but dogged, television crew this evening after delivering a lecture at the engineering faculty. 'So many phone calls, emails, and media reports are pouring in continuously from Monday onwards after the announcement of my candidature for the President of India. I am really overwhelmed,' a relaxed Kalam said settling in a chair. 'Everywhere, both on the Internet and in other media, I have been asked for a message. I was thinking what message I can give to the people of the country at this juncture,' he added, settling in a chair. He then read out a text he had prepared in the afternoon. 'Whatever happened has happened for the good/Whatever is happening is happening for the good/Whatever will happen will happen for the good,' recited the professor in Tamil, terming the passage from the Gita a 'famous Indian thought which is apt and reflects the mood of the nation'. He thanked all the 'leaders, political parties and the nation for the confidence and faith they have reposed in me'. Without mentioning the Gita, he said the passage was particularly appropriate as it mirrored the process of integration going on in the country. Kalam then recounted an experience he had at Porbandar some time ago 'as part of my mission to meet school children and interact with them to ignite their minds to love the country and work for national development'. 'I was addressing 3,000 high school students at Porbandar. One girl studying in Class X got up and asked me, 'Sir, what message do you have for people like us?' I said, my young children, you all grow with a thought embedded in your mind that the nation is bigger than the individual.' The cameras whirred, the microphones crackled and Kalam held forth. The division between students and scribes blurred as Kalam, the teacher, took control. The good professor made the hard-nosed reporters repeat the lines of the Gita after him. He then threw a question: 'What is Porbandar known for?' 'Birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi,' came the prompt answer. 'Good,' praised Kalam, as he perhaps would have at Porbandar. The roles had been reversed. The scribes were answering and Kalam declined to take any questions. How did he feel about occupying the President's post as was not a 'politician in that sense'? This one caught his attention. The gentle Kalam jumped up from his chair and said: 'It is answered in one line in my message: The post of President of India indeed reflects the integrated aspirations of the nation.' As Kalam was escorted into a waiting car, the questions kept coming. When would he go to file his nomination papers? 'One day, I will go,' he quipped. But the newest star on the political horizon could not go just yet. He was forced into the chair for a few more minutes to give his impressions in his mother tongue, Tamil, for the local media's benefit. Kalam said he had been busy at the university over the past six months trying to deliver a series of 40 lectures to engineering students, carrying on his research and interacting with the youth - his 'favourite idea'. Though confined to his room in the university guesthouse for the past three days, Kalam has not been alone, said his doctoral student, A.K. George. 'I spend at least three hours with him daily.' He confirmed that the eminent scientist had his hands full. Kalam has been attending to his research, preparing for his scheduled lectures at his alma mater, the Madras Institute of Technology (now part of the Anna University), and giving finishing touches to a new book - Ignited Mind: Unleashing the Power Within India.