Featured Sports Personality

Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha Ask Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha what difference one-hundredth of a second can make to one's life. The 'Payyoli Express' learnt her lesson the hard way when she was edged out by...[read more]

Featured Political Personality

Jagjivan Ram Jagjivan Ram was born into a low class Hindu family at Chandwa near Arrah. He was among the first of his caste to receive a higher education. He attended Benares Hindu University and ...[read more]

Featured Philosopher

Swami Vivekananda Narendranath Dutt was born into an upper-middle-class Kayastha family in Bengal. His education was in a western-style university where he was exposed to western philosophy, Christiani...[read more]

Featured Scientist

Jagadish Chandra Bose Born in Mymensingh in Bengal, Jagdish Chandra got his degree from the University of Cambridge and thereafter he came back to India to become a professor of physical science at Preside...[read more]