Featured Sports Personality

Milkha Singh Till date the 'Flying Sikh' is the only Indian to have broken an Olympic record. Unfortunately, he was the fourth athlete to reset the mark and thus missed the bronze medal in the 400...[read more]

Featured Political Personality

B. R. Ambedkar Born in a low class Mahar family of Mhow in western India. His Father was in Indian Army. In early days, the Gaekwar (the ruler) of Baroda awarded him scholarship. He was sent to stud...[read more]

Featured Philosopher

Mother Teresa Daughter of an Albanian grocer, she went to Ireland in 1928 to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, sailing, only six weeks later, to India as a teacher. She subsequently re...[read more]

Featured Scientist

Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan In the '60s, as a cytogeneticist and administrator of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, he made major scientific advances, pioneering solutions to major agricultural problem...[read more]