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

Ch. Charan Singh In 1929, Singh a lawyer by qualification joined the Indian National Congress movement. He was jailed several times in the struggle for Indian independence. He served in the United Pro...[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]