Authored By: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
This book is filled with stories of “innumerable challenges and learning” in Kalam's years as the scientific adviser when India conducted its second nuclear test, his retirement and dedication to teaching thereafter and his years as President. Mr. Kalam has compiled life’s learnings, anecdotes and profiles of key moments and people who inspired him profoundly in the book.He recounts “staring into the pit of despair” when he failed to make it as an IAF pilot and how he pulled himself up and rose to become the man who headed India’s missile programme and occupy highest office in the country.