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A.P.J Abdul Kalam, A Life

Dr. Kalam was laid to rest in Rameswaram on July 30, 2015, with full state . I his mortal remains in the gigantic C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Indian Air Force and returned to Delhi around midnight. The next day, I decided to go to Meerut and spent days with my mother. When I was near Noida, P.M. Sukumar, the CEO of HarperCollins, called me and asked me to stop by at his office. Their Chief Editor, V.M. Karthika, was also there. We had all worked very closely in the last few months to publish ‘Transcendence’.

Sukumar convinced me to drop all my other work and write an authentic biography of Dr. Kalam for posterity. I consented and for the next ninety days, worked about 16 hours every day to write this book. In the process, I was introduced, over the telephone, to Carl Harte, an Australian living in Pondicherry with his Indian wife, and working as a freelance editor for publishing houses. We would talk every day, and he indeed raised my writing to another level even without meeting him. (We met later in Hyderabad after the book was published).

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Wings of Fire (autobiography)

1999 book by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari

Wings of Fire (1999), is the autobiography of the Missile Man of India and the former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It was written by him and Arun Tiwari.^[1]

In the autobiography, Kalam examines his early life, effort, hardship, fortitude, luck and chance that eventually led him to lead Indian space research, nuclear and missile programs. Kalam started his career, after graduating from Aerospace engineering at Madras Institute of Technology, at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and was assigned to build a hovercraft prototype. Later he moved to ISRO and helped establish the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and pioneered the first space launch-vehicle program. During the 1990s and early 2000, Kalam moved to the DRDO to lead the Indian nuclear weapons program, with particular successes in thermonuclear weapons development culminating in the operation Smiling Buddha and an ICBMAgni.

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Book Review: “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of Abdul Kalam” by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari

“Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of Abdul Kalam” is written by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari. This book is an autobiography of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India. This story sheds light on the journey of a young boy from Rameswaram to become a renowned scientist. It reflects how simple living, dedication, strong will and hard work led to success. It also shows how cultural unity impacts the lives of individuals.

The story begins with Kalam as a boy around 1930 in the village of Rameswaram where he lived with his parents and four brothers and one sister. In this book, the author tells us how the role of family, relatives, friends, and society contribute to an individual’s life. Kalam describes his village where everyone lives in harmony. Religious discrimination was unknown at that time. A passage that shows the closeness they had: “ThehighpriestofRameswaramtemple, PakshiLakshmanaSastry, was