An insight into India's freedom movement, from an English point of view. Lot of new things to be learnt from the book. One such thing is, once the nation was granted freedom, the then leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel etc, didn't know what to do and requested Lord Mountbatten, to stay back and assist them in administration.
Wings of Fire:
An autobiography of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the 11 President of Republic India. Dr. Kalam holds various titles to his name which includes, Padma Bhushan (1981), Padma Vibushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997). Narrated by Dr. Kalam, and written by Arun Tiwari, this book provides us with a detailed insight into various stages of Dr. Kalam's life. Dr. Kalam was responsible for the development and operationalisation of AGNI and PRITHVI.
This single line motivated me a lot: Dr. Kalam had to taste failure for 5 consecutive times, before he had the first successful missile launch.
Special Forces: By Anthony Kemp
This book provides us with a brief understanding of the origin and development of Special Forces. Helps us understand how these units work and their capabilities. It also provided intriguing stories behind these elite forces. Although, the book refers to most of the Special Force units across the globe, it is more focused on the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), which is a Special Forces unit of the British.
The initial SAS troops were asked to rob their own units in order to form a SAS unit. Some men even robbed a Piano from the officers mess.
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