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 Summary:

The book describes the life of APJ Abdul Kalam from his childhood and his tough journey from a small village in Rameshvaram to the peak of success. The book is full of real life incidences and more importantly his perception of things. The positive thinking of a small child is marvelous and inspires the reader to see the things with a completely different view point. In one incidence Kalam says that he saw his father keeping his sleepers outside the mosque before going for praying. It gave him a teaching that one should keep every other thought out of office before starting the work.
Things like importance of love and compassion, God and devotion, dedication towards work, vision of doing something great and working with full dedication towards the goals, are put in every page of the book. The book also describes how simple life Kalam has spent.
The book is also a dedication to all the great personalities like Dr. Sarabhai, Prof. Dhawan and many many more ppl with whom he worked. The far sightedness of these people who led our country towards the self dependency in field of space research, missiles, rockets and nuclear weapons is wonderfully described in the book. Not only the hard-work, Dr Kalam also underlines the importance team building, motivating the team, assigning proper roles to the team members and maintaining a balance in leading and compassion with co-workers.
The journey of India in the field of missiles and rocket science is beautifully described in a summary form. The ups and downs, various setbacks met on the way, bureaucratic barriers, diplomatic boundaries which came before him are explained and how he kept on moving through the hurdles gives the reader a thrilling experience.

Conclusion:

The name APJ Abdul Kalam in itself commands respect. And this book is just a glimpse of the reasons behind that. The autobiography is a must read as many number of times as you can. Or better to read it slowly and in peace.
And do keep an highlighter with you. On every other page you will find such beautiful observations and teachings that you will want to highlight it to read again.

In short, its not only a must read but a must keep and must cherish book.

BOOK NAME  IGNITED MINDS

UNLEASHING THE POWER WITHIN INDIA

Writer/Author- APJ Abdul Kalam

Publisher- Paper Back Pvt Ltd Place of Publication – Delhi

Year of Publication - 2002 Price – Rs.80

Ignited minds clearly describes about the power of India's youth and how India can be a developed nation if we use power of minds of the youth of India.APJ Abdul Kalam has clearly written in his book about the children of today who are the future of the country and the citizens of tomorrow.

Ignited Minds is organized into many chapters dealing with various issues. These are.1 - The dream and the message.2 - give us a role model3 - visionary Teacher and scientists4 - learning from saints and Seers5 - patriotism beyond politics and Religion6 - The knowledge society7 - getting the forces together8 - building a new state9 - to my countrymen. Etc. The book ends with these inspiring lines:

"As a young citizen of India,

Armed with technology and love for my nation,

I realize, a small aim is a crime."