Protima Bedi or Protima Gauri was born in 1949 in Haryana to a trader father and a Bengali mother. She was one of the well-known models of 1960s. During her modeling days she met Kabir Bedi. They got married in 1969 and had two children Pooja and Siddhartha. A chance visit to Bhulabhai Memorial Institute changed her life forever. She was so impressed after watching the Odissi dance performance that she decided to learn Odissi [...]
As a child Dr.Naresh Trehan lived at Connaught Place in a three-room apartment. Trehan’s parents were well known doctors in Pakistan but the Partition made them refugees in New Delhi. Since childhood he was keen on learning new things. He did his MBBS from KG Medical College, Lucknow (1968). He met his wife Madhu who is a journalist at the age of 16. Trehan is happily married with two daughters. He started practicing heart surgery [...]
Meghna Reddy is a former ‘Channel V’ veejay and a gorgeous Indian model. Meghna has been in the show-biz and entertainment industry for a while now, and has carved quite a niche for herself in the glamour world. Meghna Reddy was born into a traditional South Indian family whose traits she still carries in her. She is the second child of the three Reddy siblings. Her sisters Sameera and Sushma are both famous actresses and [...]
One instantly remembers the name of Manish Malhotra when the subject of fashion designing surfaces. His name is identical with style in Bollywood films. Manish Malhotra is not only a master in costume designing but also in creating a new ‘look’ for the characters. Even as a kid he had a passion for fashion. He had also done some small modeling assignment when he studied in the Elphinstone College in Mumbai. He made his foray [...]
JJ Valaya is sometimes referred to as the Monarch of Indian fashion. He rules the fashion world with his splendid collection of hand embroidered fabric that has captured the global market. JJ Valaya was born in 1967 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Right from his childhood, he nurtured a fascination towards Arts and later he specialized in the sphere of Fine Arts. JJ Valaya joined the National Institute of Fashion Technology. JJ Valaya was the first designer [...]
Yukta Mookhey came into the spotlight when she won the Miss World title in 1999. This 5 feet 11 inches tall belle won the Miss World title among ninety- four ravishing beauties. The second runner up in this international beauty pageant was Miss Sonia Raciti of South Africa and first runner up was Martina Thorogood of Venezuela. Born to Mr.Inderlal and Mrs.Aruna in 1977, her father Mr.Inderlal is Ragz Clothing Company’s Managing Director while her [...]
Dr.Venugopal, the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was born on July 6, 1942. He is a leading heart surgeon of India and is known for his research in stem cells. He carried out India’s first heart transplant on August 3, 1994. Venugopal has trained hundreds of students in open heart surgery in his career. He joined AIIMS in 1959 as an undergraduate. He got the title of best undergraduate and received [...]
The new Miss India was declared on 30th March in Mumbai and the lucky lady to bag the title was 19 years old Vanya Mishra from Jalandhar, Punjab. The glamorous event saw likes of Nargis Fakhri, Sonam Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, director Rohit Shetty, actor Sonali Bendre, cricketer Harbhajan Singh, designer Raghavendra Rathore, Managing director of Bajaj FimServ Sanjiv Bajaj, singer Sonu Nigam and TV actor Sakshi Tanwar. The hosts to the event were Ayushman Khurana [...]
Manoj Night Shyamalan was born in Mahe, Pondicherry, on August 6, 1970. His father is Nelliatu C. Shyamalan and mother Jayalakshmi. Both of them are from the medical fraternity. Shyamalan grew up in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. Manoj learnt the tricks of film-making at the New York University’s Tisch School of Arts. He graduated in the year 1992. It was during his days at the university that Manoj changed the Nelliattu in his name to Night. [...]
Lachit Borphukan was an army general from Assam, India. He is remembered for his extraordinary victory against the Mughal army of Aurangzeb headed by Ram Singh in the Battle of Saraighat in 1669. His father Momai Tamuli Borbarua had a humble background but evolved as the first Borbarua (Governor of upper Assam and Commander-in-Chief of the Ahom army) under Prataap Singha. Lachit Borphukan received training in humanities, scriptures and military skills. Before being appointed as [...]
