Wings Of Fire Biography Of APJ Abdul Kalam
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WINGS OF FIRE1
Wings of Fire is considered as a biography of AP J Abdul Kalam who is the prior president of
India. The biography is written together by Dr. APJ Kalam and Arjun Tiwari. In the book,
kalam analyzes his life, hardship, determination, providence and the opportunity that assisted
him to guide the Indian space research, missile and nuclear functions.. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
graduated from Aerospace engineering at MIT and was appointed to create a hovercraft. later, he
stirred to ISRO and helped in establishing the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He died on the 27th
of July,2015 while providing a dialogue at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong
(Kalam).
The Biography of the APJ Abdul Kalam was published first in English but has been
translated in various other languages like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Gujrati,
Telegu, Kannada. Apart from the major languages of the India, the book is even translated in
Chinese.
The beginning of the book is about the childhood of APJ Abdul Kalam. In the beginning,
an introduction is being given to his family and his place which is Rameswaram. In the
beginning, he tries to familiarize the readers with the earlier phase of his life. He notes that he
admired his father Jainulabdeen to a great extent in his childhood because he considered his
father to be a man of great kindness and wisdom. In the book, he also familiarizes the reader with
Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry who is one of the close friends of his father and who is one also the
most important priest of the Rameswaram Temple. He considered his mother Ashiamma as his
helpmate. Ahmed Jallaluddin who is fifteen years elder to him and who is one of his closest
friends is also mentioned in the book. It is Ahmed Jallaladdin who spoke about the matters of
spirituality to him. This is a clear indication that APJ Abdul Kalam was a true believer of
Wings of Fire is considered as a biography of AP J Abdul Kalam who is the prior president of
India. The biography is written together by Dr. APJ Kalam and Arjun Tiwari. In the book,
kalam analyzes his life, hardship, determination, providence and the opportunity that assisted
him to guide the Indian space research, missile and nuclear functions.. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
graduated from Aerospace engineering at MIT and was appointed to create a hovercraft. later, he
stirred to ISRO and helped in establishing the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He died on the 27th
of July,2015 while providing a dialogue at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong
(Kalam).
The Biography of the APJ Abdul Kalam was published first in English but has been
translated in various other languages like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Gujrati,
Telegu, Kannada. Apart from the major languages of the India, the book is even translated in
Chinese.
The beginning of the book is about the childhood of APJ Abdul Kalam. In the beginning,
an introduction is being given to his family and his place which is Rameswaram. In the
beginning, he tries to familiarize the readers with the earlier phase of his life. He notes that he
admired his father Jainulabdeen to a great extent in his childhood because he considered his
father to be a man of great kindness and wisdom. In the book, he also familiarizes the reader with
Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry who is one of the close friends of his father and who is one also the
most important priest of the Rameswaram Temple. He considered his mother Ashiamma as his
helpmate. Ahmed Jallaluddin who is fifteen years elder to him and who is one of his closest
friends is also mentioned in the book. It is Ahmed Jallaladdin who spoke about the matters of
spirituality to him. This is a clear indication that APJ Abdul Kalam was a true believer of
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spirituality and he had a huge belief in both God and Khuda. Despite being a Muslim in religion,
he went to holy place of Lord Shiva with his companions.
Introduction to cousin Samsuddin in there in the second part of the opening chapter along
with the school teachers. In this part, he narrates one of the most significant incidents of his
school life. He mentioned about a teacher in school named Rameswaram Sastry. The teacher
could not tolerate the fact that children of different religion like the religion of Islam and
Hinduism is sitting together. It is because of this, that he instructed APJ Abdul Kalam to change
his seat and sit at the back. This incident made him as well as his parents feel very sad. Later the
teacher was being called in the presence of all the students and was asked not to spread any form
of negativity, discrimination and even communal narrowness in the minds of the children who
are very much innocent. He completed his schooling from the Rameswaram Elementary School
and from Schwartz High School in the year 1950. He got admission in St Joseph’s College
Trichi in order to take B.sc degree but he was realizing that physics is not at all his topic. He
applied to the Madras Institute of Technology but his parents did not have much money which
they could spend on his education. However, his sister helped him financially in order to
complete the degree. His goal was very much set by him when he was studying his aeronautical
engineering which was to communicate with different kinds of people. According him, Prof. Kal
Pandalai and Prof. Narasingalu Rao are the ones from MIT who gave shape to his thoughts. The
last year in MIT had a great impact upon him. after MIT, he proceeded towards Hindustan
Aeronautics (HAL) at Bangalore in the position of a trainer. After completing his course in
engineering, he applied in the Air force and in the Directorate of Technical Development and
Production- DTP and PC (Air) of the Ministry of defense. However, he mentioned in his
autobiography that he was not selected in the air force because he failed as per the standards of
spirituality and he had a huge belief in both God and Khuda. Despite being a Muslim in religion,
he went to holy place of Lord Shiva with his companions.
Introduction to cousin Samsuddin in there in the second part of the opening chapter along
with the school teachers. In this part, he narrates one of the most significant incidents of his
school life. He mentioned about a teacher in school named Rameswaram Sastry. The teacher
could not tolerate the fact that children of different religion like the religion of Islam and
Hinduism is sitting together. It is because of this, that he instructed APJ Abdul Kalam to change
his seat and sit at the back. This incident made him as well as his parents feel very sad. Later the
teacher was being called in the presence of all the students and was asked not to spread any form
of negativity, discrimination and even communal narrowness in the minds of the children who
are very much innocent. He completed his schooling from the Rameswaram Elementary School
and from Schwartz High School in the year 1950. He got admission in St Joseph’s College
Trichi in order to take B.sc degree but he was realizing that physics is not at all his topic. He
applied to the Madras Institute of Technology but his parents did not have much money which
they could spend on his education. However, his sister helped him financially in order to
complete the degree. His goal was very much set by him when he was studying his aeronautical
engineering which was to communicate with different kinds of people. According him, Prof. Kal
Pandalai and Prof. Narasingalu Rao are the ones from MIT who gave shape to his thoughts. The
last year in MIT had a great impact upon him. after MIT, he proceeded towards Hindustan
Aeronautics (HAL) at Bangalore in the position of a trainer. After completing his course in
engineering, he applied in the Air force and in the Directorate of Technical Development and
Production- DTP and PC (Air) of the Ministry of defense. However, he mentioned in his
autobiography that he was not selected in the air force because he failed as per the standards of
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