Wings of Fire by Arun Tiwari and APJ Abdul Kalam (Book Review 001)

ISBN: 8173711461 Tagline: An autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari Wings of fire was perhaps the first book which I had read completely and which was not a part of my school or college syllabus :-). I had read this book in 2003 i.e. after Dr. Kalam was appointed the President of India.… Continue reading Wings of Fire by Arun Tiwari and APJ Abdul Kalam (Book Review 001)

Fantastic ancients

Just yesterday I was watching this serial “Prithvi Raj Chauhan” on TV. In the programme, Prithvi raj (a young student) enters the forbidden portion of his teacher’s library and picks up a book on “shabd-bheydi band kala” (i.e. voice-piercing arrow craft). The moment he read out the name of the book, I experienced goose-flesh and… Continue reading Fantastic ancients