AQ Khan, the so-called Father of the Islamic Bomb, ensured Pakistan get the nuclear bomb through deceit and espionage. He didn’t do anything using his own strength and knowledge for his country. Afterwards, he is put under house arrests for selling copies of the nuclear weapon designs to North Korea. After doing all these acts, his life didn’t turn out the way he expected for someone who gave the Islamic countries the first nuclear weapon.
When he looks across the border, he sees APJ Abdul Kalam, a fellow Muslim in a Hindu majority country, who is considered the father of India’s successful missile program.
He sees Kalam as one of the members of the circle of trust whose expertise and knowledge made India get her own nuclear bomb. He sees how Kalam’s profile in the country shot up after 1998 Pokhran tests.
AQ Khan sees the love and affection the people had for Kalam that resulted in him becoming the People’s president. Indians, of all color and creed, has accepted the appointment of Kalam as the president without any voice of criticism.
He sees the flowers and speeches given to Kalam in his honour, at both international and national events. He sees that luminaries from across the world, whether it is POTUS or Canadian PM, make sure to meet and greet Kalam whenever he visits their countries. AQ Khan knows very well that no foreign dignitary would felicitate or even meet him after he was caught leaking nuclear secrets to known rogue nations.
He sees the students, whether kids or adults, thronging around Kalam and enthusiastically eating up every word that comes out of the mouth of Kalam. He sees Kalam getting invited to every small and big functions that happen in schools and colleges and wonders why he is not given any such invites.
He sees the whole nation mourning when Kalam was given the state funeral where the VIPs from every section of the society have attended. AQ Khan knows that it is going to be an uphill task to make sure that when he dies he too gets a similar funeral with state honours.
Looking at Kalam’s life and seeing how Indians treated their hero, he takes a long hard look at what he got from his country for doing all that he have done, and he isn’t impressed at all. Thus he acts just like the fox in the Aesop’s fable who couldn’t get the grapes.
In short, AQ Khan has disdain for Kalam simply because he could never get what Kalam had.
Source: Quora
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