Ignited Minds Review

A BOOK WHICH NOT ONLY GIVES THE INSIGHT OF A GREAT PERSONALITY BUT ALSO TAKES US BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF LIFE. -REVIEWED

BY KUMAR

ABHINEET IBS MANGALORE

IGNITED MINDS UNLEASHING THE POWER WITHIN INDIA  WRITTEN BY Dr. A. P. J. ABDUL

KALAM.  OVER 2,00,000 COPIES HAS BEEN SOLD.  PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS.  PRICE OF THE BOOK Rs 125.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK  “IGNITED MINDS WILL FIRE THE

MINDS OF THE YOUNG TO WHOM IT IS PRIMARILY ADDRESSED”Khushwant Singh”  “IGNITED MINDS IS A LUCID AND ELEGANT EXPRESSION OF (Kalam's) DREAMS ABOUT INDIA’S FUTURE”Wilson John”

INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR  FULL NAME AVUL PAKIR

JAINULABDEEN ABDUAL KALAM.  BORN AT 15 OCTOBER 1931.  HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA’S FIRST SATELITE LAUNCH VEHICLE-SLV-3.  HELD VARIOUS POSITIONS IN ISRO AND DRDO AND ULTIMATELY BECOMES THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA.

THE BOOK DEALS WITH  THE DEAM AND IMPORTANCE OF ROLE     

MODEL. VISIONARY PERSONALITIES AND LEARNING FROM THEM. PATRIOTISM BEYOND POLITICS AND RELIGION. GETTING THE SOCIETY AND FORCES TOGETHER. BUILDING A NEW SOCIETY . CONCLUSION.

THE DREAM AND IMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODEL  DREAM—THOUGHTS--ACTION.  SPIRITUALITY SHOULD GO WITH EDUCATION.  SELF-REALIZATION LEADS TO GRAND

FUTURE.  PROMOTE NATION’S WEALTH-YOUNG GENERATION .  PROVE YOURSELF AS A ROLE MODEL.

VISIONARY PERSONALITIES AND LEARNING FROM THEM. WHAT WE NEED  VISION IGNITES THE MIND.  WE NEED VISIONARIES LIKE J.R.D. TATA AND

VIKRAM SARABHAI.  WE NEED TO UTILIZE OUR SPIRITUAL WISDOM.  WE NEED TO REGAIN OUR PAST HERITAGE TO ENRICH OUR LIFE.

PATRIOTISM BEYOND POLITICS AND RELIGION.  SUCCESS COMES FROM

FAILURES.  ABSENCE OF NATIONAL VISION LEADS TOWARDS HUGE CHAOS.  THERE IS A NEED TO GO BEYOND THE POLICITS AND RELIGION.

GETTING THE SOCIETY AND FORCES TOGETHER  PROGRAMMES NEED TO BE

ADAPTED INTO A MISSION MODE.  NATIONAL RESOURCES NEED TO BE FULLY UTILIZED.  PROGRESS HAS TO GET THROUGH INTEGRITY OF SOCIETY.

BUILDING A NEW SOCIETY  YOUNG ESPECIALLY HAVE TO

BE GUIDED PROPERLY .  EDUCATIONAL REFORMS MUST BE INITIATED.  CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN CENTER AND STATE IS REQUIRED .  MINDSET MUST CHANGE.

CONCLUSION  CREATIVITY IS OUR STRENGTH SO IT HAS TO BE

PROMOTED.  THINK BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.  MISSION MODE IS REQUIRED .