


Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.”― A.P.J. “We are all born with a divine fire in us. “His father, Jainulabdeen and mother Ashiamma provide him secure childhood, both materially and emotionally though he had neither much formal education nor much wealth despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit”. His father had no formal education but hadinbornintelligence with great communication skilland was competentto satiate Abdul Kalam curiosity with simple analogues in complex world of mysticism. The Genesis of all greatness in humanity depends in their nurture and it is very true in case of Abdul Kalam, as a child he was very inquisitive and always asked his father about divine power, human suffering and spirituality. The establishmentof this great endeavorlays in his good nurture, secure infantile, mystical environment, and compassionate surroundings, dedicated teachers, true guides, encouraging well-wishers who ignite his intellect towards science, mentors as friends,enlighten elders of his town who impart a sense of belonging in him and no discrimination in that societyto poisonhis young mind.

His existence is a true journey from log cabin to white house, like Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. He rises from obscurity to fame and has only few parallel in the annals of world history. He was born in 1931 at Rameswaram, Tamilnadu, in a Tamil Muslim family. Keywords: Genesis, Nurture, Tutelage, Acumen, Eminence, Infantile, Mystics, Attributes, Juvenile, ReconnoiterĪVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM, the ex-President of India, Missile Man, Bharat Ratan, hadco-authoredautobiography ‘Wings of Fire’ with Arun Tiwari his associate at DRDL, Hyderabad. His majestictutelage,within modest means of his Patriarchduring infantile years attributes to the grandeur accomplishments in his later life.The episodesfrom his juvenile ages analyzed and explored to determine the genesis of his acumen and eminence inthe present context. His co-authored autobiography with subordinateArunTiwari entitles “Wings of Fire”. He is compassionate soul with a beautiful mind. Wings of Fire : Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam, The Juvenile ReconnoiterĪPJ Abdul Kalam is renowned Indian scientist and administrator, who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
