wings of fire

Wings of fire

Wings of fire is an autobiography of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, formal  President of India. It was written by Dr.A P J Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari. This book narrates life of Dr Kalam. Arun Tiwari worked under Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for 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. Kalam was born on 15 october 1931 and studied at St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai. 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 middle class family.

In this autobiography he tells about his family and life style, his relatives and friends were helped him to achieving his goals. He tells about some personalities who influences his life. In every stage of his life some of the persons influences him. After completing school, Kalam distributed newspapers to financially contribute to his father's income. In 1958 he completed his degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology(MIT), after that he joined Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Later he moved to ISRO and helped establish the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and pioneered the first space launch-vehicle program. where his team successfully launched several satellites. Joining ISRO was one of Kalam's biggest achievements in life and he is said to have found himself when he started to work on the SLV project. Kalam first started work on an expandable rocket project independently at DRDO in 1965. In 1969, Kalam received the government's approval and expanded the program to include more engineers. In 1982, Kalam returned to the DRDO as Director.

The book covers a lot of information and technical details about India's satellite and missile programs. Kalam is a poet and is a huge fan of poems. The book contains many of his own poems and his favorite poems.

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                                                       AKHIL KUMAR T M

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