WINGS OF FIRE
This book sums up how APJ Abdul Kalam went through various stages in his life starting from his childhood in Rameswaram to the stage prior to his ascent to Rashtrapathi Bhavan in Delhi.
It depicts various projects he was associated with in the areas of aeronautics, space research and defence development like Hovercraft Nandi, RATO, SLV and Missile program and both the agonizing moments and the ecstatic moments he went through in that process.
It depicts various projects he was associated with in the areas of aeronautics, space research and defence development like Hovercraft Nandi, RATO, SLV and Missile program and both the agonizing moments and the ecstatic moments he went through in that process.
It conveys the message how a person's patriotic commitment to the development of indigenous technology motivates a person to spend long hours and sustain hurdles, despite being perturbed by the deaths of close family members one by one. It proves the point that how motivating mentors/managers/leaders like Dr.Vikram Sarabhai and Dr.Brahm Prakash can mold a young engineer like APJ into a highly accomplished technocrat and make him bounce back to action with a redoubled enthusiasm after heart-breaking personal and career setbacks.
It talks about how APJ was an effective project manager who projected his teammembers more to the higher hierarchy than himself. It mentions his elder sister's love toward him who mortgaged her gold ornaments to pay for his admission to Madras Institute of Technology(MIT) which is so typical for any middle-class Indian. The following consoling words by Swami Sivananda to APJ after he fails in his first job interview in Indian Air Force are notable:
" Accept your destiny and go ahead with your life. You are not destined to become an Air Force pilot. What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined. Forget this failure, as it was essential to lead you to your destined path. Search instead, for the true purpose of your existence. Become one with yourself, my son ! Surrender yourself to the wish of God" Those words proved right as his life progressed. Credit goes to Arun Tiwari who asked APJ about his memoirs and helped him in coming out with this book. This is a book worth gifting to any child or youth to make them gain a good perspective on the evolution of India into a technological power.
" Accept your destiny and go ahead with your life. You are not destined to become an Air Force pilot. What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined. Forget this failure, as it was essential to lead you to your destined path. Search instead, for the true purpose of your existence. Become one with yourself, my son ! Surrender yourself to the wish of God" Those words proved right as his life progressed. Credit goes to Arun Tiwari who asked APJ about his memoirs and helped him in coming out with this book. This is a book worth gifting to any child or youth to make them gain a good perspective on the evolution of India into a technological power.
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KRISHNARAJ N
Rno 31
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