“ A good book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a counselor,” he wrote.Īs a teenager and a knowledge-seeker with dreams of a bright future, Kalam’s “Wings of Fire” inspired me. Kalam was roaming the Rameshwaram roads with his companions. Now the book, “Wings of Fire”, was my unfailing friend as I read on, fascinated. Whether technology can replace human beings or not is a debatable question, but humans have no doubt surrendered to the giant that is technology. Most of the time, my fellow passengers were engulfed in browsing through YouTube, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
Digital entertainment platforms have diverted people from reading and writing. It is rare to find a person reading a newspaper or a novel in the train these days. (Photo by Dhruba Dutta/The The India Today Group via Getty Images) INDIA – NOVEMBER 20: APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, speaks during the session Tow Indians One Future: Vision Statements at Tehelka’ Summit of the Powerless-2006 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. After some time, I managed to trace Kalam and bought my long cherished dream, ignoring the damage to my pocket. It was serendipity when a train vendor appeared in our compartment, toting a huge collection of books. I was drawn close to him.įor a long time, I had been waiting to read his book, “Wings of Fire”, hoping that it would be my dream-key, even though at the time I had read it only partly in its Bengali translation. Abdul Kalam, echoing along the Coromondel Coast.
When I was aboard the Coromandel Express, returning from God’s own country, Kerala, where a remarkable academic contest had only just concluded, I felt an irresistible pull from the late scientist and former Indian president, A. The current book, I can say for sure, is the most inspiring one I have read ever. That’s why the book I am reading this time is a favourite of mine. Any time I pick up a book, I end up feeling ashamed and embarrassed to put it down without having completed it. Reading helps us deal with loneliness–it helps break down more than one barrier.
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