OlivaGabel6: Done

2026-01-14T23:03:25Z

Done

New page

{{Short description|Autobiography of Nambi Narayanan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox book
| italic title = 
| name = Ormakalude Bhramanapadham
| image = Autobiography_of_Nambi_Narayanan.jpg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Autobiography of Nambi Narayanan
| author = [[Nambi Narayanan]], [[Prajesh Sen]]
| audio_read_by =
| title_orig = ഓർമകളുടെ ഭ്രമണപഥം
| orig_lang_code = ml
| title_working =
| translator =
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Lebison Gopi
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| series =
| release_number =
| subject =
| genre = [[Autobiography]]
| set_in =
| publisher = Current Books, Thrissur
| publisher2 =
| pub_date =
| english_pub_date =
| published = 26 October 2017
| media_type =
| pages =
| awards = Best Seller in Malayalam 2018
| isbn =
| isbn_note =
| oclc =
| dewey =
| congress =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| native_wikisource =
| wikisource =
| notes =
| exclude_cover =
| website =
}}
'''''Ormakalude Bhramanapadham''''' ([[Malayalam]]: '''''ഓർമകളുടെ ഭ്രമണപഥം''''') is the autobiography of [[Nambi Narayanan]], former [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) scientist and the [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/former-isro-scientist-nambi-narayanan-awarded-padma-bhushan-95674 | title= Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan awarded Padma Bhushan| date=25 January 2019|publisher= The News Minute}}</ref> After his education at [[Princeton University]] in chemical rocket propulsion he was invited by [[United States]] to join [[NASA]], but he decided to serve the nation and joined ISRO{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}. He came to India with expertise in liquid propulsion at a time when Indian rocketry was still solely dependent on solid propellants.

He was closely associated with [[Vikram Sarabhai]], [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|APJ]], [[Satish Dhawan]] and [[U. R. Rao]]. As a senior official at the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO), he was in-charge of the [[cryogenics]] division. In 1994, he was falsely charged with espionage and arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49836270 | title= Nambi Narayanan: The fake spy scandal that blew up a rocket scientist's career| date=27 January 2020|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

Written by journalist turned filmmaker [[Prajesh Sen]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/isro-scientist-implicated-in-fake-spy-case-to-get-rs-1-3-crore-from-kerala-govt-1631928-2019-12-27 | title= Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan implicated in fake spy case to get Rs 1.3 crore from Kerala govt| date=27 December 2019|publisher= India Today}}</ref> the book also presents the story of [[Nambi Narayanan]]’s life.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/nambi-narayanan-pens-book-on-experience-in-jail/article25032042.ece| title= Nambi Narayanan pens book on experience in jail| date=25 September 2018|work= The Hindu}}</ref> The book untangles the scientific quest and his preliminary efforts in emerging the country's homegrown cryogenic technology that drives India's space technology today.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/here-s-the-real-story-of-isro-spy-case-that-rocked-the-nation-in-1990s-118091600109_1.html | title= Here's the real story of Isro 'spy' case that rocked the nation in 1990s|date=17 September 2018|publisher= Business standard}}</ref>

==The espionage case in 1994==
The book ''Ormakalude bhramanapadham'' probes into the ISRO spy case. It was purported that [[Nambi Narayanan]] and other scientists had sold defense secrets to two Maldivian agents.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-nambi-narayanan-5356189/ | title= Who is Nambi Narayanan?|date=15 September 2018|publisher= Indian Express}}</ref> In 1996, the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] dismissed the case, and in 1998 the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] acquitted [[Nambi Narayanan]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/here-s-the-real-story-of-isro-spy-case-that-rocked-the-nation-in-1990s-118091600109_1.html | title= Here's the real story of Isro 'spy' case that rocked the nation in 1990s|date=17 September 2018|publisher= Business standard}}</ref>

==Publication==
It was published by Current Books Thrissur. The book was released by [[Shashi Tharoor]] on 26 October 2017. In his speech, [[Shashi Tharoor]] mentioned that the "Nation owes an apology to [[Nambi Narayanan]]"
<ref>{{cite web|url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/61252003.cms| title= 'Nation owes an apology to Nambi Narayanan'|date=27 October 2017|publisher= Times of India}}</ref> “He chose to work for ISRO though he was invited by [[NASA]] after his education at [[Princeton University]]. Maybe he would have risen to the post of ISRO chairman for his meritorious service, but he now survives to reveal a moving tale which is a warning to the dedicated few,” Tharoor said

The preface for this book was written by [[T. N. Seshan]].

==English translation==
The book was published in English by the name "The orbit of memories" in the end of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.news18.com/news/india/isro-spy-case-may-have-been-cia-plot-to-sabotage-indias-cryogenic-progress-former-scientist-1558579.html | title= 3-MIN READ ISRO Spy Case May Have Been CIA Plot to Sabotage India's Cryogenic Progress: Former Scientist |date=27 October 2017|publisher= News 18}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:2017 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Indian autobiographies]]

Ormakalude Bhramanapadham - Revision history

OlivaGabel6: Done