One of the greatest literary and philosophical masterpieces, the couplets in this book by Thiruvalluvar, a profound thinker, act as useful guides to overcoming life’s obstacles.
2. Light from Many Lamps by Lillian Eichler Watson
This self-help book contains “personal strategies for self-leadership critical to getting ahead and staying ahead in a world accelerating in fast forward, where knowledge is the ultimate power”.
Frequently quoted by Dr Kalam, this book talks about the importance of the mind and body working together. Its main aim is to encourage self-awareness before “mastering the material world”.
Through his journey from a small town in Bengal to Bel Air and India’s freedom struggle, the author, a physicist, tries to answer questions about spirituality and science.
This self-help book speaks about how one can achieve success by believing in themself. The author speaks about the importance of emotions in a person’s life and shares methods to attract positivity.
A collection of 103 poems by one of India’s greatest poets, it brought the author a Nobel Prize for Literature. “To read one line of Rabindranath every day is to forget all the troubles of the world.”