Featured Sports Personality

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Tendulkar is not only the best batsman in the world but is also hailed as the most saleable cricketer around. In India, he enjoys incredible popularity, the ultimate icon of millions ...[read more]

Featured Political Personality

Annie Besant British theosophist and nationalist leader in India, born in London, and privately educated. She early became interested in socialist and free thought movements, and wrote pamphlets d...[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

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Born in Lahore, nephew of Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (CV Raman), who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930. Chandrasekhar was educated at Presidency College, at the Uni...[read more]