Unfortunately, in this sequel to his earlier book ‘ Wings Of Fire‘ which covered his life till 1992, there is a heavy dose of ‘India 2020 vision’ but less of personal anecdotes.
Vision 2020 – that grand vision for India to make it a developed nation by 2020 – is what Kalam breathes, and tries to inspire youth to strive towards achieving this goal. The reason he chose to say yes when Vajpayee asked him to become President was to realize his ‘India 2020’ dream by putting forward his vision before the nation and the Parliament.
In his latest book, “ Turning Points – A Journey Through Challenges“, Kalam gives us insight about why he chose to become the President of India in 2002, and the same motivation might have crept in his mind in 2012 for his initial inclination for running for the post again. His image remained intact thanks to quick realization of politics behind announcing his name from nowhere by opportunistic political parties. Indian National Congress supported A P J Abdul Kalam for presidency in 2002, but it chose not to in 2007 for his reelection and again in 2012 when Mamatha Bannerjee and Mulayam Singh surreptitiously announced his name for the same post in a surprising move.Ībdul Kalam showed interest in becoming the President of India again, but later withdrew from the race when it became clear that he did not have numbers.
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