Turning Points (Paperback)

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About the Book :

It was like any other day on the Anna University campus in Chennai. I had delivered a lecture ‘Vision to Mission’ and the session got extended from one hour to two. I had lunch with a group of research students and went back to class. As I was returning to my rooms in the evening the vicechancellor, Prof. A. Kalanidhi, fell in step with me. Someone had been  frantically trying to get in touch with me through the day, he said.

Indeed, the phone was ringing when I entered the room. When I answered, a voice at the other end said, ‘The prime minister wants to talk with you …’ Some months earlier, I had left my post as principal scientific adviser to the government of India, a Cabinet-level post, to return to teaching. Now, as I spoke to the PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, my life was set for an unexpected change.

Turning Points takes up the incredible Kalam story from where Wings of Fire left off. It brings together details from his career and presidency that are not generally known as he speaks out for the first time on certain points of controversy. It offers insight not only into an extraordinary personality but also a vision of how a country with a great heritage can become great in accomplishment, skills and abilities through effort, perseverance and confidence. It is a continuing saga, above all, of a journey, individual and collective, that will take India to 2020 and beyond as a developed nation.

About the Author :

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was the eleventh president of India, from 2002 to 2007. He is a recipient of the country’s highest civilian awards, including the Bharat Ratna, and has authored several best-selling books.

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•   By Saurabh Gupta 05 Aug 2012
  Another inspiring book from people's President

  It's another inspiring book that has come from A P J Abdul Kalam. It doesn't just gives an insight into his presidential tenure but also how he used it for the welfare of the nation. Good Read. Read it in one go.

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•   By Narayan 17 Jul 2012
  1 customers found the following review helpful astounding book

  I am proud to be an Inidan...proud to be born in th esmae era in the same land in which Dr. APJ Klama was born. after reading WINGS OF FIRE and TURNING POINTS its difficult not to be proud as an Indian, the language is so simple, the ideal so profound and the man so respected...the works needs to be read. So true that when APJ left Rashtrapathai Bhavan, a journalist had remakred- the true "prathibha" (genius) has left the rashtrapathi bahavan

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