book review on ignited minds

Ignited MindsUnleashing the Powerwithin India

A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM

publisher: Penguin booksPages:205price: ` 150ISBN:978-0-143-02982-3

prepared byJay Prakash GuptaEmp. No:103250

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About the authorAvul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

One Of India’s Most Disguised Scientist

Served As The 11th President Of India-people’s President

Responsible For Development Of India’s First Satellite

Launch Vehicle ,The SLV-3

Various Positions In ISRO And DRDO And Became

Principle Scientific Advisor To Government Of India

Holding The Rank Of A Cabinet Minister.

Missile Man Of India For Balisitic Missiles And Space

Rocket Technology.

Awarded The Bharat Ratna , India's Highest Civilian

Honour In 1997.

Wings Of Fire And India 2020….

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About the book

He has written this book to basically wake up the youth of India to enlighten their minds and become the bright future of India.

Youth are a of greater source to bring about revolution in the nation.

In this era youth have developed to an extent where in there is possibility of them having the potential of driving the nation on the right track.

The author has tried to influence and make the youth power strong through his work in this book.

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The dream and the message Dream plays a very vital role in an individual’s life.

Dreams transfer into thoughts and thoughts result into action.

spirituality must be integrated with education. Self-realization is the focus.

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Give us a role model “Man often become what they believe themselves to

be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in beginning.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

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Visionary teachers and scientists

Vision ignites the minds .

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”

- Goethe

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Patriotism beyond politics and religion

“I do not care for liberation, I would rather go to a hundred thousand hells, doing good to others like the spring, this is the religion.”

- Swami Vivekanada

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The knowledge society Ancient India was a knowledge society that

contributed a great deal to civilization. We need to recover that status and become a knowledge power.

We must learn from our mistakes to achieve a better standard of life. A developed India will supplant a spirit of defeat with the spirit of victory.

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“Wisdom is a weapon to ward off destruction; It is an inner fortress which enemies cannot destroy.”

-Thirukkural

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BUILDING A NEW STATE “ If I were to look over the whole world to find out the

country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow in some parts a very paradise on earth I should point to India.”

- Max Muller

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To my countrymen

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high,

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments…..

My father, let my country awake.”

- Rabindranath Tagore

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Song of youth "As a young citizen of India ,

armed with technology and love for my nation,I realize, a small aim is a crime."

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Key learnings The major strength of this book lies in the name itself

where to ignite the minds of the youth who can bring revolutions in the world and can change the scenario of the nation.

"What is that we are missing? What is it that needs to be corrected? There seems to be an attitude problem, as if we cannot shake ourselves out of a mindset of limited achievement."

"Our problem lies in our approach towards them."

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There are success stories among failures.

There is hope among chaos, promise among problems. We are one billion people with multiple faiths and ideologies

In the absence of a national vision cracks at the seam keep surfacing and make us vulnerable.

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