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Wings of Fire

The book Wings of Fire by A P J Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari is an autobiography that details Kalam's life and career. It is divided into four sections - Orientation, Creation, Propitiation, and Contemplation. The Orientation section covers Kalam's early life from birth until completing his education. Creation discusses his work from 1963 to 1980, including his time at NASA and involvement in India's satellite launch programs. Propitiation covers 1981 to 1991, when Kalam took leadership of India's missile development programs and oversaw the development of missiles like Agni. The book traces Kalam's rise from humble beginnings to becoming a leading figure in India's space and defense research.

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Wings of Fire

The book Wings of Fire by A P J Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari is an autobiography that details Kalam's life and career. It is divided into four sections - Orientation, Creation, Propitiation, and Contemplation. The Orientation section covers Kalam's early life from birth until completing his education. Creation discusses his work from 1963 to 1980, including his time at NASA and involvement in India's satellite launch programs. Propitiation covers 1981 to 1991, when Kalam took leadership of India's missile development programs and oversaw the development of missiles like Agni. The book traces Kalam's rise from humble beginnings to becoming a leading figure in India's space and defense research.

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A P J Abdul Kalam with arun tiwari

Subject(s) Genre(s) Publisher Publication date Media type Pages ISBN OCLC Number LC Classification

India journey to self-reliance in technology Autobiography Universities Press 1999 Print (Paperback) 180 (paperback edition) ISBN 81-7371-146-1(paperback edition) 41326410 Q143.A197 A3 1999

Structure
Wings of Fire unfolds the story of A P J Abdul Kalam from his childhood in the following seven sections: Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Orientation Creation Propitiation Contemplation

Orientation
The section Orientation opens with a quote from the Atharva Veda This Earth is His, to Him belong those vast and boundless skies; Both seas within Him rest, and yet in that small pool He lies. Orientation, the first section of Wings of Fire, spread into first three chapters, covers 32 years of Kalams life, from his birth in a middle class Tamil people,Tamil family in the island town of Rameshwaram, his early schooling at Schwartz High School, Ramanathapuram, his undergraduate education at St. Joseph College, Trichy, completion of a degree course in aeronautic engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, and ends with him moving to the United States for a six month training program at NASA

Creation
Kalam's life and work for 17 years, from the year 1963 until 1980 It begins with his recollection of works at the Langley Research Center, NASA, in Houston, Virginia,U.S., At a NASA facility, he remembers to have seen a painting, prominently displayed in the lobby. The painting depicted a battle scene with rocket flying in the background. On closer examination, he found that the painting depicted Tipu Sultans army fighting the British. Kalam felt happy to see an Indian glorified in NASA as a hero of rocketry warfare.

His association with Thumba and Satellite Launch Vehicle and related projects are vividly presented in the section 'Creation'. During the period covered under 'Creation', Kalam, in the year 1976, lost his father who lived up to 102 years of age. Kalam took the bereavement with courage and remembered these words written on the death of William Butler Yeats by his friend Auden, and his father: Earth receive an honoured guest; William Yeats is laid to rest: In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise. The period covered in the section 'Creation' also brought Kalam national recognition. A pleasant surprise came in the form of conferment of Padma Bhushan on the Republic Day,1981.

Propitiation
Section Propitiation covers the period 1981 to 1991, and contains five chapters, from chapter 10 to chapter 14. This section covers the scientists journey towards becoming the Missile Man of India. In this section, his excellent leadership qualities as taking up the responsibility of shaping up the Guided Missile Development Program, are clearly visible. In this phase of the life, Kalam was responsible for the development of the five missiles Prithvi, Trishul, Akash, Nag and the most awaited one Agni. The launch of Agni clearly showed that a developing country could also achieve a stage where she had the option of preventing the wars involving her.

Summary: The book as I said is about Kalam rise from humble circumstances & his narrative of Indias strides in rocketry & space science. The book is neatly divided into four sections Orientation, Creation, Propitiation & Contemplation. The book dedicated to his parents begins with My mother a poetic tribute to his mother Kalam.

I says I Would recommend this book to any one who can read this. This has something to inspire everyone. His undying spirit, quest for knowledge, trusting people etc are a great lesson to kids. No wonder that you see him spending much time with kids. If you read the book its as if he is speaking to you in the simple English that he always uses. And to imagine he worked mostly in govt establishments where red tapes, bureaucracy is the order of the day. Read this for the follwing reasons Kalams story, General knowledge about Indian scientists, space programs, defence research, rocketry.

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