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 INDIAS 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 INDIAS 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
DREAMTHOUGHTS--ACTION.
SPIRITUALITY SHOULD GO WITH EDUCATION.
SELF-REALIZATION LEADS TO GRAND
FUTURE.
PROMOTE NATIONS 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 .