PREPARED BY
Nikhil kalta
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.
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The author has basically dedicated this
book to the youth of India but specifically
he has dedicated it to one child named
Snehal Thakkar.
THE DREAM AND THE
MESSAGE
Dream plays a very vital role in an
individual’s 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. Selfrealization 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
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“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 didn’t
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, one’s 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 nation’s growth
in mind.
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A nation’s 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
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“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
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“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
GETTING THE FORCES
TOGETHER
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“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
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“ 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
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“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
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