| Featured Sports Personality |
| Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha |
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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] |
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| Featured Political Personality |
| Rajeev Gandhi |
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Born in Bombay and educated at University of Cambridge and Imperial College, London. His grandfather was Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and his mother was Indira...[read more] |
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| Featured Philosopher |
| Mother Teresa |
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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] |
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| Featured Scientist |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
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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] |
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