Amrita Arora is an upcoming Bollywood actress and is recognized as an actress with immense potential. With some strong performances and sizzling dance numbers she has won the heart of millions of Hindi movie-goers. Amrita Arora was born in Bombay on January 31, 1981. Her mother was a Malayali and her father was a Punjabi. Her sister Malaika Arora, a reputed dancer and VJ is married to Arbaaz Khan, the younger brother of Salman Khan. [...]
Amitabh Bachchan, the ‘Shehenshah’ of Bollywood, has evolved to become one of the most recognised names in the country. He was born on October 11, 1942, to eminent poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan. He is well-known internationally, active in helping out in social issues and also connects well with the masses. His appearance on the TV show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, gave a new lease of life to his career and helped him earn [...]
Amisha Patel is an Indian actress. She was born in Mumbai on June 9, 1976. Born to Amit and Asha Patel, Amisha Patel started her career in films with her debut film ‘Kaho Naa Pyaar Hain’ in 2000 opposite Hrithik Roshan. Being the only daughter, Amisha Patel was brought up with great care in a traditional but modern way. As the head girl of her school, she took part in most extracurricular activities and went [...]
Phanishwar Nath Renu is a revolutionary novelist of the post-Premchand era of the Hindi literature. He was the voice of the contemporary rural India and among the pioneers to bring regional voices into the mainstream Hindi literature. He was born on 4th March 1921 in Aurahi Hingna in the district of Purnia. He received his primary education in Araria and Forbesganj. He passed his Matriculation from Viratnagar Adarsh Vidyalaya(school), Viratnagar, Nepal. And Intermediate from Kashi [...]
Padmakar is a famous poet of the Riti Kaal of Hindi literature. His full name was Padmakar Bhatt. He belonged to a family of scholars and poets so his family was called ‘Kavishwar’. They were patronized by the courts of Panna, Gwalior, Bundi, Udaipur, and Jaipur. His father Mohanlal Bhatt was a brahmin. Padmakar was born in 1753, in Sagar, in Madhya Pradesh. He was a scholar of ritishastra, and an excellent writer who wrote [...]
Considered to be the Father of post independence Indian verse in English, Nissim Ezekiel was a prolific poet, playwright, critic, broadcaster and social commentator. He was born on December 24, 1924 in a Jew family. His father was a professor of botany and mother was principal of her own school. Ezekiel was inclined to the poets such as T.S. Eliot. Yeats, Ezra Pound in his school days. The influence of all these literary personalities was [...]
Nagarjun is a legendary writer of the Hindi literature. He was affectionately called Nagarjun ‘Janakavi’- the People’s Poet by his contemporaries and admirers. His poems predominantly deal with politics, problems of ordinary people, of the peasantry and of the proletariat. He was born in a lower middle class Brahmin family in 1911 in a small village of Tarauni in Darbhanga district of Bihar. He was named Vaidyanath Mishra by his parents but was more popular [...]
Biography of Munshi Premchand Dhanpat Rai Srivastava or Munshi Premchand as he was better known was born on 31 July, 1880 in Lamahi near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He ranks as one of the tallest icons in the field of modern Hindi and Urdu literature. He had to face tremendous struggles to make his ends meet due to his patents’ early death. In 1910, the District Magistrate in Jamirpur reprimanded him for his collection of [...]
Mohan Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (literally “new story”) movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s and made considerable contribution to novel, travelogue, criticism, memoirs, short story, and drama. Mohan Rakesh was born on 8th January 1925 in Amritsar. He did his masters in Hindi and English from Punjab University. He was a talented playwright and novelist. As we go through his early works we find a gradual development [...]
Mirza Ghalib was a famous Urdu and Persian poet of the Indian subcontinent in the 19th century. His original name was Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan. His original pen-name was Asad but he changed it to Ghalib, which means ‘conqueror’. According to historical documents, Ghalib had no formal education. Personal Life Mirza Ghalib was born on 27 December, 1796 in Kala Mahal, Agra. He was of Turkish descent. His father and uncle died when he was [...]
