Question

Wings of fire summary for chapter 3

Answer 1

story of Abdul kalam?

Answer 2

P J Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 to a little educated family of boat owners in Rameswaram. ‘Wings of Fire’ is a powerful autobiography of courage and belief, as much an individual journey as the saga of India’s search for scientific and technological self-sufficiently. He believed in, “We are born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire.” The fire to achieve and the wings of determination helped him to climb the ladder of success. Kalam had been previously awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1981, the Padma Vibhushan in 1990, and a recipient of India’s highest Civilian Awad, the Bharat Ratna, in 1997. He was sworn in as the Eleventh President of Inidia on 25th July 2002. He dreamt of transforming India a developed nation by 2020. He has been working as a Professor at Anna University, Chennai since 2007.

Kalam learnt form his parents, their honesty and self-discipline, kindness and deep-rooted faith in goodness. He was also influenced by the thought and wisdom of Jainulabdeen and Samsuddin. He had three childhood friends – Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan. Kalam was once reprimanded by his teacher for sitting next to Ramanadha Sastry, who was son of Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of the Rameswaram Temple. Kalam had to sit at the back of the class, in accordance to his social ranking. But his Science teacher, Sivasubramania Iyer, was a person with a broad social look. An orthodox Brahmin, he was something rebel at heart. He often advised Kalam to develop his skills so that he can compete with the highly educated people in big cities.

Germany and Japan surrendered before the collective might of the Allied Forces and World War II was over. Freedom from British Rule was imminent for Indians. Mahatma Gandhi declared that “Indians would build their own India.” The whole country was filled with optimism. India was to get her freedom. People were enthusiastic. The same enthusiasm and optimism affected Abdul Kalam. He wanted to pursue his studies further. So, he decided to leave Rameswaram and study in Ramanathapuram, a much larger town. His father encouraged him saying that it was a part of growing up. He consoled him saying ‘our love will not bind you not will our needs hold you’.

Samsuddin and Jainulabdeen traveled with him to Ramanathapuram. Thus he was enrolled in Schwartz High School.
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