title: Making India Awesome - New Essays and columns
author:  Chetan Bhagat 
description: Chetan Bhagat is the author of seven blockbuster books. These include six novels-Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), Half Girlfriend (2014)-and the nonfiction title What Young India Wants (2012). Chetan's books have remained bestsellers since their release. Many of his novels have been adapted into successful Bollywood films. The New York Times called him 'the biggestselling English language novelist in India's history'. TIME magazine named him amongst the '100 most influential people in the world' and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the world's '100 most creative people in business'. Chetan writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development issues. He is also a motivational speaker and screenplay writer. Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009 to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anusha, an exclassmate from IIMA, and his twin boys, Shyam and Ishaan.
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  **TURNING POINTS**
  
   **A Journey through**  
   **Challenges**
  
  A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  
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  HarperCollins _Publishers_ India  
   _a joint venture with_
  
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  New Delhi
  
  CONTENTS
  
   _PREFACE_
  
   _1\. WHEN CAN I SING A SONG OF INDIA?_
  
   _2\. MY NINTH LECTURE AT ANNA UNIVERSITY_
  
   _3\. SEVEN TURNING POINTS OF MY LIFE_
  
   _4\. THE INTERACTIVE PRESIDENT_
  
   _5\. WHAT CAN I GIVE TO THE NATION?_
  
   _6\. LEARNING FROM OTHERS_
  
   _7\. TOWARDS A COMPETITIVE NATION_
  
   _8\. THE CANDLE AND THE MOTH_
  
   _9\. MY VISIT TO GUJARAT_
  
   _10\. AT HOME ABROAD_
  
   _11\. REJUVENATING THE HEART OF INDIA_
  
   _12\. IN THE GARDEN_
  
   _13\. CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS_
  
   _14\. AFTER THE PRESIDENCY_
  
   _EPILOGUE_
  
   _AFTERWORD_
  
   _APPENDIX-I: INTERVIEW_
  
   _APPENDIX-II: MISSION MODE IMPLEMENTATION_
  
   _INDEX_
  
   _ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS_
  
   _PREFACE_
  
  My book _Wings of Fire_ covered my life up to 1992. Ever since it was
  published in 1999 the response has been astounding a