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

Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri Sastri was born of poor priest parents, in Valangaiman in Thanjavur in South India. He began his career as a schoolmaster, but his interest in public causes and his powers of oratory ...[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

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]