RISING BEYOND RELIGION

First of all, I want to congratulate myself for finally being back on this book which I left, amidst. Yes, you got it right, I am sarcastic to myself and I am ok with it. It’s always good to take sarcasm and humor on yourself. Do you know why I am saying this? Because when…

MY GRATITUDE TO DR. KALAM FOR LEARNING AND BEYOND

“The visionary may not be with us today but his vision gets realized” As I read the above line something deep down intrigued my core. I miss Kalam sir. Because I feel that even he is not alive but his visions, Holy Scriptures in books, his visions are actually impacting on me and igniting me…

CHAPTER-09 TO MY COUNTRYMEN

The power of imagination “…lies at the heart of the creative process and is the very substance of life, allied as it is to the power to attract to us what we most desire.”-Dr. Kalam My Journey of ignited minds with author will complete with this post, but I know his values will always be…

CHAPTER-08 BUILDING A NEW STATE

And here I am back again on the journey of the author and his dream to ignite some minds. Indeed he had started to flare mine for sure, yet I am on my journey to keep the wick oiled with enthusiasm and perseverance to keep the spirit of light and keenness burning/ flaring! Author shared…

CHAPTER-07 GETTING THE FORCES TOGETHER

“Summon the power that you have hidden, beneath setbacks, hurts and grief!” Parampreet K. Sodhi (@revupsoul) So my journey with Dr Kalam will finish after 2 another chapters, but if you ask me whether I am going to forget his teachings, then I would condemn this belief. He has touched my thoughts especially when I…

CHAPTER- 05 PATRIOTISM BEYOND POLITICS AND RELIGION

“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.” This chapter can be used as an analogy to individual. This may sound absurd and unrealistic but believe me, the moment I took few minutes break after reading the chapter; I realized how I just received a breakthrough…

Chapter-02 GIVE US A ROLE MODEL

“The fundamental thing is that you must know that you deserve the good things of life, the benefit that God bestows.” As I proceeded my way ahead with chapter-2, I came across a very beautiful insight where Dr. Kalam convinced me that it is OK to be materialistic and have the desire to achieve. Though…

Chapter-01 The Dream and the Message

We are links of a great past to a grand future. We should ignite our inner dormant energy and let it guide our minds! I have read plenty of books on motivation and self help, but honestly I never had the wit to grasp the real gist of the authors. But with ignited minds I…

My first take : Ignited Minds-by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

So the first book I am going to talk about is “Ignited Minds”. Why?- It was not a very well thought choice but it just happened and then things fell into place and I chose it! Let me elaborate- The title took my attention and when I saw the name of author I knew I want this…