Top Autobiographies To Read For Inspiration: Stories Of Struggle And Strength

So this book, My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions, is written by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. He was a scientist as well as the President of India (that’s kind of huge). But how he writes is not all serious or anything. He’s just simply telling his story. He describes growing up in a small town called Rameshwaram and how his family and teachers helped him. He also shares a bit of the ups and downs from his life in science, including building rockets and so forth. But this is not only about science. It’s also about life, and people, and going on when things are tough. The book feels real. It does not try to be fancy. It just makes the wheels spin in your mind thinking, okay, if he could from that small a start, maybe I could as well.

The Diary of A Young Girl (Book) is the actual chronicle of Anne Frank, a Jewish child during the holocaust hiding with her family. She recorded everything about her life in a diary she received for her birthday in 1942. It’s not another war book instead, it feels like you’re listening to a kid trying to keep his chin up even when things are really bad. She was scared, sad, but still would try to smile and be happy, sometimes. Her family had to escape Germany because they were Jews, and the Nazis were hurting Jews very bad. They travelled to Amsterdam and went into hiding. Anne wrote about common things, how she was feeling, what she saw and heard. In the start she was just talking about wordl phenomenon's like any other teenager, small things, but later now her observations were about how much hazardous the world around her was in reality. 

Understanding people and how human nature works is not easy at all. Sometimes what looks good or bad on the outside turns out to be something totally different when you really look deep into it. Many times, we meet someone and make an opinion fast, without really knowing their story or what they have gone through. But when we hear or read about such real life things, it makes us think again and maybe even change how we see things. Sudha Murty’s book Wise and Otherwise is like that. It takes you on a journey all over India, with 51 stories from the places the author traveled to herself. These are stories about real people, their struggles, and also their choices, some good, some not so good. The book shows a real picture of India, with all its beauty and flaws. Some stories will make you feel sad, some might make you a bit angry too. But each one teaches something.

This book discusses how Dr. Kalam believes technology can aid mankind, particularly in the villages, to achieve prosperity in life. He imagines schools in India that are not just for study but places where teachers, kids and even the local people all learn together. Just as the school contributes to the larger community. That’s what he thinks schools should be by 2020. He doesn’t even say that he will, he says that we need to make our country better, follow the rules and keep our system clean and honest. He uses a tree as an example of how learning can grow and produce good things and how, just like a tree, we need to be learning at all ages, not just when we are very young. He mentions Indian scientists and artists, making the point that great things can be accomplished regardless of one’s age. He's looking for a space where people can evolve without limit. It’s not just science, it’s values, too.

Any normal human being that works really hard for something considers releasing your story to help give strength to others. Wings of Fire is such a tale. This is the autobiography of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam the president of India. You see his thoughts, moments and experiences everywhere throughout the book. It explains to us how he managed to make his way through life and achieve success. Everyone possesses an inner fire, and a power to change the world, and by sharing in his own story, Dr. Kalam illustrates to readers that they can do so, too. The book covers his childhood, school days and time working at NASA and other research institutions. It also tells you how he felt when he lost his father and when got awards like the Padma Bhushan.