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Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers |
| Author Ashwitha Jayakumar | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 122 | |
| Cover: PAPERBACK | |
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8.5x5.5 inch |
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Weight 150 gm |
| Edition: 2025 | |
| ISBN: 9789365690897 | |
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Ashwitha
Jayakumar has loved stories all her life, especially ones set in different
times and worlds. Born in Chennai, she studied English literature and medieval
studies at the universities of Edinburgh and Leeds in the United Kingdom and
has worked for over a decade in the Indian publishing industry. Her work has
been published by Pratham Storyweaver, Scholastic India, Puffin Books and
Hachette India. She particularly enjoys writing about history, a subject she
has always been especially fond of.
People and
their deeds make a nation, not a land mass. Incredible people and their
incredible deeds make an incredible nation. We take pride in calling our nation
incredible. We must learn about the people who through the sheer dint of their
efforts, dreams, courage, indomitable spirit, perseverance, integrity and their
never-give-up spirit laid the solid foundation of our nation. These people
helped build the incredible institutions that have stood the rest of time and
continue to be institutions of excellence which in turn make the nation
incredible. Incredible Indians 75 People Who Shaped Modern India is a homage to
some of the people who fought against all odds, surmounted various obstacles
and triumphed through their achievements and sacrifices. Behind these
seventy-five, there are hundreds, thousands and millions who silently helped
these titans achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Nation-building
could be compared to a war, even though the victory garland is for the
triumphant general, every soldier who fights the battle contributes to the win.
Nation-building, too, needs hundreds of thousands of unsung workers who deserve
our appreciation. Today, when there is a dearth of living icons who inspire,
the lives of these seventy-five iconic Indians need to be highlighted and
celebrated. Our present and future generations must read these incredible
stories, learn from them and be inspired by them. What one must understand is
that behind each of these profiles is the desermination and courage of these
people to overcome adversity APJ Abdul Kalam studied under strees lanterne and
wear on to become tinha Missile Man While in pail for fighting for India's
freedom. Abul Kalam Azad did not succumb to adversity and used the opportunity
to educate and enlighten himself to become India's fire minister of education In
the early part of his life, Mohandas Gandhi failed at almost everything he
cried, be it his education, profession or his family life. But when push came
to chove he did not give up and fought back courageously, learnt from his
failures and turned them into his strengths. The rest as they say is history, Although,
eventually, we won freedom because of the non-violent freedom movement, the
revolutionaries made a handsome contribution to the nationalist movement and
its ultimate success. The Azad Hind Fauj was defeared in Imphal, but the war
they waged was a major influence on our eventual freedom Sunderlal Bahuguna,
with his Chipko Movement, spearheaded the environment protection and
conservation movement at a time when not many were concerned about the plunder
of natural resources and its adverse effects. Arunachalam Muruganantham, the
Padman of India, in his zeal to provide his wife with hygienic and affordable
sanitary pads, brought about a revolution for rural women by devising the
technology to make affordable sanitary pads. SEWA has created a thriving bank
for rural entrepreneurs, Sonam Wangchuk has brought about a knowledge and
lifestyle revolution for the people of Ladakh and beyond through his scientific
breakthroughs and inventions. Educator Anand Kumar, through his Super-30
coaching programme, has enabled severely underprivileged children to achieve
their potential and make their dreams come true Incredible individuals who won
glory for the nation, along with ordinary citizens who do their duty cach day,
need to be celebrated. Incredibles like the "Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, PT
Usha, hockey legend Dhyan Chand, tennis great Ramanathan Krishnan, spin maestro
Bishan Singh Bedi, king of the shuttlecock Prakash Padukone and chess
grandmaster Viswanathan Anand have made the nation proud. This book
commemorates the lives of seventy-five such Indians who can be considered the
builders of modern India. Being a living entity, a nation's future generations
must step up and learn from the lives of their incredible ancestors. The
extraordinary deeds of these ordinary Indians made an incredible nation. As we
celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of our Independence, let us acknowledge
these Indians and dedicate ourselves to emulate their deeds and do our bit to
make India even more incredible! Vande Mataram!
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