Featured Sports Personality

Kapil Dev Nikhanj Kapil Dev Nikhanj emerged on the cricket scene just when the era of great Indian spinners was in its twilight. The country needed wicket-taking pace bowlers more than ever and the stu...[read more]

Featured Political Personality

Morarji Desai The son of a village teacher, Desai was educated at the University of Bombay and in 1918 joined the provincial civil service of Bombay as a minor functionary. In 1930 he resigned to j...[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]