Book Review

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                  BOOK REVIEW :-
WINGS OF FIRE BY A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM


 Book Details-
-Title :- Wings Of Fire
-Author :- A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM 
-Genre :- NON FICTION
-Publisher :-Universities press; 1st edition (1999).
-Pages :- 180 pages
-Rating :- 4 / 5

           The mere reference to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam fills our heart with utmost honour and admiration.  He surely was respect personified. Just like the lotus doesn't get stained by the mud marks despite being blossomed there in Dr. Kalyan managed to grace the canvas of Indian polity with his simplicity and elegance.
           The book is divided into four main sections 
Orientation (which traces his early years from birth in 1931 to his qualification & appointment at Directorate of Technical Development & Production  (DTDP) at the Ministry of Defence in Delhi in 1963), 
Creation (which traces his formative years from 1963 when he went on a six months training to NASA work centre to his professional evolution layer which earned him the prestigious padma bhushan award in 1981)
Propitiation (covering his later years in the job from 1981 to 1991which saw him overcoming the hurdles and challenges in his professional and personal life and becoming the "MISSILE MAN OF INDIA " with the development of five misssiles - Prithvi,Trishul, Akash, Nag and Agni.
Contemplation ( which traces his outer years from the 1991 till the end of decade)
             Wing of fire do manage to fill your heart with positivity and hope, scoring high on the simplicity and motivational quotient.
              Read this book for achieving your dreams and adding fuel to their wings to let them expand and fly in the world of possibilities. 

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