Book Review: Wings of Fire
Title:
Wings of Fire
Author:
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Publication:
Profile books Ltd.
Publication Year:
1999
Genre:
Autobiographical Novel
Language:
English (Original language)
About the Author
"Wings of fire" this inspirational book was composed by the "Missile Man" of India Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. He was one of the nation's most distinguished scientist. He served as the 11th president of India between 2002 and 2007. He is a recipient of India's three highest civilion awards "The Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan." He also inspires millions of youth to achive their dreams. He believed that the racism and casteism are the weak legs of India and youths of India is the power if India. His very famous saying is "Sapne woh nahi jo aap sote vakt dekhte hai, sapne to wo hote hai, jo aapko sone na de"
About the Book
"Wings of fire" is an autobigraphy of Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. It cover's Kalam's early life and his work in Indian space reasearch and Indian Missile Programmes. This book tells us the story of a boy from humble background who went on to be a key player in Indian space research and missile program. This book is filled with lots of science, stories of friendship, religion and family and also contain 24 photos. Through this book we get enriched with the knowledge related to space science. This book was originally written in English language but nowadays it is also available in 14 different languages including Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Telgu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Gujrati and Kashmiri.
Language of the Book and Writing Style
The language of this book is very straight and clear, mostly it is very simple during the chapters related to his family, friends and childhood description and gets little bit difficult or complicated during the chapters including his career and job. This book contains total 180 pages and 31 chapters.
My Opinion About the Book
I like this book very much, I thik everyone should read this book (mostly common man who wants to be something, wants to achive something) Through this book we understand how to manage our relations in society at a time with our career we get lots of knowledge about missiles and ISRO's foundation. This book is really very inspirational.
Morral
If you want to shine like a Sun, first burn like a Sun.