Featured Sports Personality

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Tendulkar is not only the best batsman in the world but is also hailed as the most saleable cricketer around. In India, he enjoys incredible popularity, the ultimate icon of millions ...[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

Sri Aurobindo Ghose Indian nationalist and mystic philosopher considered a saint by many Indians. He was born in Calcutta on August 15, 1872, and was educated at the University of Cambridge. Returning to...[read more]

Featured Scientist

Har Gobind Khorana Har Gobind Khorana was born of Hindu parents in Raipur, a little village in Punjab, which is now part of eastern Pakistan. The correct date of his birth is not known; that shown in do...[read more]