BOOK REVIEW ON IGNITED MINDS

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BOOK REVIEW ON IGNITED MINDS

• PREPARED BY
• Nikhil kalta

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INTRODUCTION

• Ignited Minds is a very well known book written
  by Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam on 15th
  October in 1931.
• Dr. A.P.J.Kalam was Ex-President of India and in
  today's world he is recognized as the visionary
  of youth in India.
• He has written this book to basically wake up the
  youth of India to enlighten their minds and
  become the bright future of India.

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• Attractive in its simplicity and extraordinary in
  its potential, here is an excellent and thought
  provoking books for all Indians, especially
  youth.
• The author says that India has lots of skills,
  resources and talents to make our country a
  developed nation but they go underused and
  unused.
• Each chapter of this book is rich with
  experiences and quotations of great personalities
  of all walk.

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• Youth are a of greater source to bring about
  revolution in the nation.
• In this era youth have developed to an extent
  where in there is possibility of them having the
  potential of driving the nation on the right
  track.
• The author has tried to influence and make the
  youth power strong through his work in this book.

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• The youth are challenged to centre their lives
  on the principles outlined in this book which
  help them to participate in the new vision for
  India to make a developed one.
• The author has basically dedicated this book to
  the youth of India but specifically he has
  dedicated it to one child named Snehal Thakkar.

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THE DREAM AND THE MESSAGE

• Dream plays a very vital role in an individuals
  life.
• Dreams transfer into thoughts and thoughts
  result into action.
• In this phase Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam rightly says
  that spirituality must be integrated with
  education. Self-realization is the focus. Each
  one of us must become aware of our higher.

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• Youth are the links to the grand future.
• We should ignite our dormant inner energy and
  let it guide our lives.
• The radiance of such minds embarked on
  constructive endeavor will bring peace,
  prosperity and bliss to the nation.

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GIVE US A ROLE MODEL

• Man often become what they believe themselves to
  be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes
  me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I
  can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if
  I didnt have it in beginning.
• - Mahatma Gandhi

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• The people who impart the best of their guidance,
  can be your role model.
• Firmly, ones role model should be their parents
  or their teachers.
• It is said that behind the parents stands the
  school and behind the teacher the home.
• Education and the teacher-student relationship
  have to be seen not in business terms but with
  the nations growth in mind.

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• A nations wealth is the young generation of the
  country.
• When the child grows up, the role models will be
  national leaders of quality and integrity in
  every field including politics, science,
  entertainment, technology and industry leaving
  behind their real lives role models.

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VISIONARY TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS

• Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin
  it now.
• - Goethe

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• Vision ignites the minds.
• India needs visionaries of the stature of J.R.D.
  Tata, Vikram Sarabhai, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal
  Nehru, to name a few, who can involve the entire
  generation in mission-driven programmes which
  benefit the country as a whole.

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LEARNING FROM SAINTS AND SEERS

• Society can prosper through wealth generation and
  cherishing the value system of the people. The
  combination of the two will make the nation truly
  strong and prosperous.
• Our spiritual wisdom has been our strength.
• We must draw upon our heritage and wisdom to
  enrich our lives.
• It is a fact that we have advanced
  technologically but spiritually we have not.

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PATRIOTISM BEYOND POLITICS AND RELIGION

• I do not care for liberation, I would rather go
  to a hundred thousand hells, doing good to others
  like the spring, this is the religion.
• - Swami Vivekananda

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• There are success stories among failures.
• There is hope among chaos, promise among
  problems. We are one billion people with multiple
  faiths and ideologies.
• In the absence of a national vision cracks at the
  seam keep surfacing and make us vulnerable.
• There is a need to reinforce this seam and
  amalgamate us into one national forum.

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THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

• Ancient India was a knowledge society that
  contributed a great deal to civilization. We need
  to recover that status and become a knowledge
  power.
• We must learn from our mistakes to achieve a
  better standard of life. A developed India will
  supplant a spirit of defeat with the spirit of
  victory.

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• Wisdom is a weapon to ward off destruction It
  is an inner fortress which enemies cannot
  destroy.
• -Thirukkural

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GETTING THE FORCES TOGETHER

• Determine that things can be and shall be done,
  and than we shall find the way.
• - Abraham Lincoln

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• We need to adapt the implementation of our
  programmes and policies into a mission mode to
  succeed.
• Progress cannot be swift and far reaching if the
  path full of potholes.
• The abundant national resources, human and
  material, remain to be fully utilized.

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BUILDING A NEW STATE

• If I were to look over the whole world to find
  out the country most richly endowed with all the
  wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow
  in some parts a very paradise on earth I should
  point to India.
• - Max Miller

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• The way to development is through purposeful
  activity. The young especially have to be guided
  properly, so that their lives find a proper
  direction and their creativity is allowed to
  flower. To facilitate this, certain educational
  reforms must be initiated.
• With regard to improving the pace of development
  , centre-state efforts should be coordinated in a
  few key areas and efforts across sectors and
  organizations.

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• The mindset must change, showing willingness to
  take pragmatic risks.
• As it is rightly said FOLLOW EXCELLENCE SUCCESS
  WILL AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW YOU.

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TO MY COUNTRYMEN

• Where the mind is without fear and the head is
  held high,
• Where knowledge is free
• Where the world has not been broken up into
  fragments..
• My father, let my country awake.
• - Rabindranath Tagore

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EVALUATION OF BOOK

• The major strength of this book lies in the name
  itself where to ignite the minds of the youth who
  can bring revolutions in the world and can change
  the scenario of the nation.
• Weakness of this book lies in just dealing with
  the matters of youth and enlighten their minds
  whereas India is being ruled by many age old
  people who also need to be motivated to bring
  revolutions that a right for the nation and that
  too through fair means.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam wrote this book with an aim
  to ignite the minds of youth so that India turns
  into a developed nation by the year 2020 for
  through out his career he always relied on the
  potentials of the youth power, he in fact has
  every time preferred to work with young team.
• He through this book has clearly justifies the
  title unleashing the power within India.

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• He had a vision to make the nation bright through
  youth potential which he as proved through the
  various examples mentioned in this book.
• I would recommend all the youth to wake up and
  bring India ahead of all for if we can make
  wonders in other countries than why not ours???

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

• At the outset, being a youth I would pay my
  gratitude to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for framing a
  platform for youth of India to grow and provoking
  my spirits to change my character.
• I would also like to thank our dean, Dr. Chinnam
  Reddy for providing me with opportunity of
  develop my personality.
• At last most important , Dr. Meeta Mandaviya for
  having faith in me and acknowledging me with her
  skills to sharpen up my skills too.

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THANK YOU