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Wings of Fire: An Autobiography” is a didactic narration of the events associated with the life of the former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. It was written by Dr. Kalam and Arun Tiwari. This is a very interesting and enthusiastic book, includes the important memories of President APJ Abdul Kalam, India’s Missile Man.

The book recollects the beautiful and successful memories of the great man.It inspired the Indian youth to think big and dream high, efforts to achieve their goals. The background message that the contents of the book provide is that our dream should just not be limited to seeing them and being happy but our dreams should be such that they wake up while we are sleeping and put the fire to it so that we run after them to achieve it. Hence, reading “WINGS OF FIRE” is just like going to a pilgrimage and strengthening one’s spiritual soul and developing one’s mental ability.

The narration in this book is simple and direct and shows how a boy from a humble background from a remote corner of India could dream of aeronautics, rocketry and missiles and make it to the top. The book also reveals the humanist in Kalam and how he was able to motivate and enthuse many young and old scientists to develop advanced systems and controls. His philosophy for managing people which comes through in the book is indeed full of wisdom and essential reading for today’s managers and leaders.

This book is best suited for reading for the teenagers, to dream and to dare. It shows, how a person from the modest background ends up in being the First Citizen of a nation of one billion.It shows how a scientist, devoid of basic tools, helps in culmination of a program which other love to loathe and deride. It shows how a common man, like you and me, can achieve when he can dream.

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