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

Vinoba Bhave Vinayak Narahari was born in Wardha in Maharastra, to a high-class Brahman family. He abandoned his high school in 1916 burning all his certificates and became the adopted son of Gand...[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

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]