1.Wings of Fire: An
Autobiography of Abdul Kalam
Every common man who by his sheer grit and hard work achieves success should share his story with the rest for they may find inspiration and strength to go on, in his story. The 'Wings of Fire' is one such autobiography by visionary scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, who from very humble beginnings rose to be the President of India. The book is full of insights, personal moments and life experiences of Dr. Kalam. It gives us an understanding on his journey of success.
Dr. Kalam by narrating his life journey evokes the reader to identify with one’s inner fire and potential, for he was of the firm belief that each one of us was born with the strength and potential to make a tangible change in the world. How he inspired himself to achieve dreams and how he went about accomplishing so much is what the book captures nicely.
The book recollects many anecdotes and stories from childhood, his time at school and college. The time spent at the Langley Research Center, NASA and Wallops Flight Facility gets a lot of attention.
Personal tragedies have not been left out. The time when he lost his father and how he felt when conferred with many awards like the Padma Bhushan have been written in much detail.
The second half of the book deals with Dr Kalam, the scientist who made a significant contribution in developing the countries guided missile program, a pioneering effort for the security of the nation. It's not with reason that he was nicknamed as the 'Missile Man of India'. The book also contains 24 photographs at various stages of his life.
Authored by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Mr. Arun Tiwari, the 180 page book 'The Wings of Fire' was first published in the year 2000. Mr Tiwari is a well-known missile scientist who has worked with Dr. Kalam. Having become a bestseller, the book has even been translated into thirteen languages, which includes Chinese and French.
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2. Without Fear
BHAGAT SINGH (1907-1931)
lived at a time when India's freedom struggle was beginning to fl ag and when
Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent, passive resistance to partial liberation was
beginning to test the patience of the people. The youth of India was inspired
by Bhagat Singh's call to arms and enthused by the defiance and dare-devilry of
the army wing of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association to which he and
his comrades, Sukhdev and Rajguru, belonged. His call, Inquilab Zindabad!
became the war-cry of the fi ght for freedom. When Bhagat Singh was executed by
the British after a sham trial for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy
Case at the age of twenty-three, he was glorifi ed by the Indians as a martyr -
for his youth, his heroism, and his steadfast courage in the face of certain
death. It was only many years later - after Independence in 1947 - that his
jail writings came to light. Today, it is these works that set Bhagat Singh
apart from the many revolutionaries who laid down their lives for India. They
reveal him as not just a passionate freedom-fighter who believed in the cult of
the bomb but a widely-read intellectual inspired by the writings of, among
others, Marx, Lenin, Bertrand Russell and Victor Hugo; a revolutionary whose
vision did not end with the ouster of the British, but who looked further,
towards a secular, socialist India. In this book, commemorating the hundredth
birth anniversary of this iconic young man, Kuldip Nayar takes a close look at
the man behind the martyr: his beliefs, his intellectual leanings, his dreams
and his despair. The book explains for the first time why Hans Raj Vohra turned
approver and betrayed Bhagat Singh, and throws new light on Sukhdev, whose
loyalties have been questioned by some historians. But most of all it puts in
perspective Bhagat Singh's use of violence, so strongly condemned by Gandhi and
many others as being extremist. Bhagat Singh's intent was never to kill the
largest number or strike terror in the hearts of the British through the
gruesomeness of his attacks; his fearlessness was not fuelled by the empty
bravura of guns and youth. It was held together by the wisdom of his reading
and the strength of his beliefs.
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