TB#02: Fire in the Sky

October 27, 2020

Do not look at Agni

As an entity directed upward

To deter the ominous

Or exhibit your might.

It is fire

In the heart of an Indian.

Do not even give it

The form of a missile

As it clings to the

burning pride of this nation

and thus is bright.

The missile man, the people's president - This is the story of a boy from a humble background who went on to become a key player in the Indian space research and later became the 11^th president of India.

His journey from the Mosque street in Rameshwaram to the Rashtrapati Bhawan has been intensively sketched.

The story of his life is unfolded in sections presented one after : Orientation, Creation, Propitiation and Contemplation.

Well for me, it contained just 2 sections :

The first half that I could read swiftly not caring about the page count.

The second one, which turned out to be tedious to continue. Had to drag till the end. (No offense please). The reason being the sophisticated technicalities which Kalam explains about rocketry. Though he has pulled out all the stops, it’s cumbersome for a layman to catch.

Being STRAIGHTFORWARD, you should consider reading only the 1^st half and forget about the rest. Read it cover to cover only if you have a strong knack for rocketry.

Although this book didn’t touch me to much an extent, but it surely was a breakthrough in the making of an avid reader.

You may not appreciate the content as a whole but I bet, you’ll definitely like the short verses penned down throughout the book in accordance with the contexts.

Here’s one of such.