Ameen Sayani is famous for his golden voice. He has compered programs on radio and television. He started his career in radio in 1951 with Radio Ceylon and won the heart of millions with ‘Binaca Geetmala’on AIR. At present he hosts a show on RED FM and also produces a few shows for the network. During his career of over 50 years, he has produced and compered more than 54,000 radio programmes and 19,000 jingles. [...]
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founded the Art of Living Foundation in 1982, to spread the message of compassion, commitment to society, and a cosmic understanding of life. He has traveled extensively all across the globe, promoting global peace and development. He was born in 1956 in Papanasam,Tamil Nadu. In 1997, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founded the International Association for Human Values (IAHV), which implements development projects in remote villages. It has undertaken relief [...]
Born on November 23, 1926, Sathya Sai Baba is one of the most famous Indian spiritual and religious gurus. He has millions of followers all across the globe and there are more than 1000 Sathya Sai Baba Centers in around 130 countries spread across the globe. Born as Sathyanarayana Raju in the village of Puttaparthi, in Andhra Pradesh, he studied at a nearby school. In 1940 he proclaimed himself to be a reincarnation of the [...]
Biography of Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma) Mata Amritanandamayi is a widely known Indian spiritual leader. Her followers address her as Amma or Ammachi (mother). Due to her hugging habit she is also known as ‘The Hugging Saint’. According to her followers Mata Amritanandamayi had divine experiences when she was a child. She founded Mata Amritanandamayi Mission Trust – a worldwide organization which does charitable work all over the world. She has also addressed the United Nations [...]
Gautama Buddha was a spiritual teacher and the founder of Buddhism. He is also known as Shakyamuni/Sakyamuni. He is believed to have existed around 563BCE to 483BCE. Siddhartha was born at Lumbini in modern day Nepal. His father was King Suddhodana, the Chief of the Shakya nation and his mother was Queen Maya, a Koliyan Princess. Buddha’s mother died soon after his birth. He was given the name ‘Siddhartha’ or ‘one who achieves his aim.’ [...]
Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana (1556-1627) is an Indian Sufi poet popularly known as Rahim. He was a poet at the court of Mughal emperor Akbar and the son of Bairam Khan, a great Turkish statesman, warrior and caretaker of Mughal emperor Akbar. He was the stepson of Akbar as Akbar married Bairam Khan’s wife. He was a very generous person and used to give alms to the poor and needy people. Since Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana was [...]
“The father of India’s communication revolution”, Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, or Dr Sam Pitroda as he is better known, was born in Titlagarh, Orissa in 1942. Dr. Pitroda is presently the chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission, besides being the Chairman and CEO of World-Tel Limited and the founder and CEO of C-SAM, Inc. He also worked as an advisor to the United Nations in 1992. His parents had migrated to Orissa from Gujarat. They were [...]
Sabeer Bhatia-co-founder of Hotmail, is one among select group of people who have made it big in America’s Silicon Valley. Born in Chandigarh, Sabeer Bhatia did his schooling from St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bangalore. He graduated from Caltech and went to Stanford to pursue his MS in Electrical Engineering. Sabeer attended many lectures by famous like Steve Jobs and was determined to make it big. After completing his Masters, he joined Apple computers. He [...]
“The Father of India’s Green Revolution”, M. S. Swaminathan was born on August 7, 1925, in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. His father passed away when he was 11 years old. After his father died, he became close to his uncle, a renowned scholar at the Madras University. Thereafter, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in zoology. As a teenager, he was strongly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence and belief in swadeshi (self-reliance). He enrolled at [...]
Prafulla Chandra Roy is one of the famous scientists that India has ever produced. Considered as one of the components of the Bengal Renaissance, P. C. Roy was an eminent scientist, an exemplary entrepreneur, a patriot and a passionate teacher. He was born on 2nd August, 1861 at Khulna in undivided West Bengal. He had his education in Calcutta(Kolkata), studying in some well-known schools and colleges. He went to England as a Gilchrist scholar and [...]
