Combo of Turning Points by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and STRICTLY PERSONAL by Singh Daman (Set of 2 Books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.In 2004 Manmohan Singh became prime minister of India. Over the next ten years he led the country through opportunities and challenges not without some controversy. But this is not that story. This is the story of what went before and it is told by his daughter Daman Singh. Based on conversations with her parents and hours spent in libraries and archives this honest and affectionate memoir provides new insights into the former prime minister his wife and their three daughters Upinder Daman and Amrit.It was like any other day on the Anna University campus in Chennai. As I was returning to my room in the evening the vice-chancellor Prof. A. Kalanidhi fell in step with me.Someone had been frantically trying to get in touch with me through the day he said. Indeed the phone was ringing when I entered the room.When I answered a voice at the other end said 'The prime minister wants to talk with you.' Some months earlier I had left my post as Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India to return to teaching. Now as I spoke to the PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee my life was set for an unexpected change.Turning Points takes up the incredible Kalam story from where Wings of Fire left off. It brings together details from his career and presidency that are not generally known as he speaks out for the first time on certain points of controversy. It is a continuing saga above all of a journey - individual and collective - that will take India to 2020 and beyond as a developed nation.