Featured Sports Personality

Dhyan Chand A man of few words, Dhyan Chand could make a hockey stick talk as no other player could. He was called the wizard of hockey, and each time he played, he mesmerised the world with his ...[read more]

Featured Political Personality

Vishwanath Pratap Singh Born in Allahabad in the Dahiya family, he was five when he was adopted by the Manda Family a princely state near Allahabad. Adoption, legal hassles and fights marred his childhood ov...[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]