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 .