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THE JOY OT
READING
Aboultheauthor: --A. P. J. Ahdul Kalam
AvilalakirJainulabdecnAbdul Kalam was an
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servd 11th President of India from Indian acrospace rientist
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Organisation) and ISKO (Indian Space
Research Organisation). He came to be known as the
work on the development of ballistic missile
'Missile Man of Sndia' for
his Widely considered as the "People's and launch vehicle
technology. W President" he
throughhis writings. His quotes are enough to inspire one andreached out to
all especially
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youngsters. H¹ won several prestigiousawards including the
Bharat Ratna.! Nation's highest
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The Joy of Reading 2
-A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Good Bookss become lifelong companions. They enrich our lives and guide us
with their undying appeal and ability to talk to multiple generations of
readers. Onesuch book in mylife isLight From Many Lamps,]1 bought it in the
from an old book store in Moore Market, Chennai. This book has been
year1953
my close friend and companion for more than five decades. I have read and
times and it has been re-bound many times. Whenever there
reread it several
isa problem, Iturn the pages of the book and it soothes me and even points me
path where a solution may lie. When happiness overwhelms me, the book
to a touches the mind and brings about a balanced thinking. Recently, a
again.softly with a newedition of the book and I told him it was the best
friend gifted me years from now, I am sure the book wilI
given me. Fifty
gift anyone could have avatar. Truly, good books are eternal.
stillbe available, perhaps in a new
cherished is Man the Unknown by Dr Alexis
Another book that I have Laureate. This book
philosopher and a Nobel
Carrel, a doctor turned- to be tre ated to cure an
ailment as
body both need
highlights how the mind and one and ignore the other. I think this
is
You cannot treat
the two are integrated. want to understand the connections of body
those who will learn that
an invaluable book for wish to become doctors. They
who
and spirit, specially thosemechanical system; it is a very intelligent organism
intricate and
the human body is not a physiological systems with a most
and
made of psychological Thiruvalluvar's
sensitive feedback system. lifeis
code of conduct for couplet from the
Another book that has been my like to recall
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Thirukkural a Tamil epic.
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