A tryst with rocketry

Though the book is an interesting read about the formation of ISRO

ISRO

A Personal History

R Aravamudan with Gita Aravamudan

HarperCollins

240 pages; Rs 399

If you are unfamiliar with the Indian space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), then it is firmly recommended that you begin reading this book from its annexure right at the end. Before you get to the launching of any rocket, you first have to swim against the swell in an ocean of acronyms; it appears the folks at ISRO have been quite fond of them since the agency’s humble inception in the 1960s. In fact, this book might create some kind of a record for the most acronyms