Review of Wings of fire
The book "Wings of fire" is an autobiography of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India. This book provides a clear description of Dr Kalam's Life. Arun Tiwari worked under Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for over a decade and was involved in the projects on Akash Missiles. He was so fascinated by Dr Kalam' s range of ideas and thought process that he decided to write Kalams autobiography. Wings of Fire is the story of a small boy achieving his dreams .In the beginning part of it he explained about his childhood. Kalam was born at Rameswaram in Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, to a working class Tamil Muslim family. He tells us the role of family, relatives and friends in helping a person in achieving his goals . He tells about some personalities who influences his life. In every stage of his life some of the persons influences him. He received his degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1958. He joined India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) upon graduation to work on a hovercraft project.
In 1962, Dr. Kalam moved to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), where his team successfully launched several satellites. He made a significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully placed the Rohini satellite into near earth orbit in July 1980. In 1982, Kalam returned to the DRDO as Director. At last during the period 2002 he was appointed as the president of India.
This book was highly inspirable to the people who read it. And also it will easily lead you to your destiny. Our former president tells that each and every one should dream our destiny and with our wings we should achieve it.
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Tinumon
no:44
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