LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 7 July 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Abdul Kalam : A Complete Man

S. Somasundari Latha, M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil.


A Boy from Deep Rural South

Arul Pakir Jain Ulabdeen Abdul Kalam’s autobiography Wings of Fire is an excellent inspiring book. It gives a positive message to the frustrated people of India. Kalam’s Wings of Fire describes how an innocent boy from a remote corner of Tamil Nadu achieved greatness in rocketry and missiles technology and thereby raised his country’s position in this applied science and technology to the international standard. This book delineates how Kalam, a boy from rural background, without any influence, with his positive attitude and hard work and perseverance was able to attain the highest civilian award in India, the Bharath Ratna. Kalam’s humble ways of observing and admiring stalwarts like Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Brahm Prakash, and learning skills like leadership quality and time management is really remarkable. No doubt, Kalam is a charismatic person, a combination of scientific endurance and human diligence who can inspire people in the world irrespective of age, caste, creed, religion and country.

Structure of Wings of Fire

Wings of Fire has a preface by Arun Tiwari who worked under APJ Abdul Kalam for over a decade in the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad. The book consists of four parts, namely, Orientation, Creation, Propitiation and Contemplation, and ends with an epilogue by Abdul Kalam.

There seems to be a deliberate attempt on the part of the author and collaborator of this book to bring in an aura of spirituality even as the topic deals with a man whose major work was in the fields of science and technology. The spiritual orientation is truly represented in the naming of the parts of the book.


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S. Somasundari Latha, M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
R.V. Government Arts College
Chengalpattu- 603001
Tamilnadu, India
Somsun2010@Gmail.Com




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