Category: Personalities

Popularly known for his ‘Common Man’ satirical cartoons, which started appearing in The Times of India since 1951, R.K. Laxman has lived a life one can envy. Being a self-taught artist, he was lucky to …

One of the most influential American novelist, dramatist and short story writers Don DeLillo is widely acclaimed for portraying characters who smear comprehensive visual rendering of American life in the late 20th and early 21st …

American author, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, at the age of 64, has become the first ever to complete the 110 miles of swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a …

“Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another.” ~Author Unknown A Navy veteran and cancer patient Bryan Fazio is a remarkable man of tremendous courage – the man who has been battling the audacious …

I know it will be just another day but with more phone calls, more Facebook notifications, and more mails than usual. Yes, it will be my birthday, yet another year in my happy life and …

A multifaceted personality Anu Vaidyanathan is widely known to be the first Indian to qualify for the Half Ironman World Championships and the only Asian woman triathlete to have competed and completed long-course Ultraman, which …

December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992 In the early 20th century, some women strived hard to ensure women’s equal participation and contribution in the fields of science and engineering. In a male dominated society. …

Generosity is the most exclusive and wealthiest possession to enliven the surroundings by showering love, peace, encouragement, happiness, hope, smile, kindness and laughter. 98-year-old Dobri Dobrev, a man from Bulgaria, is the perfect match of …

Born: February 10, 1883 – Died: October 29, 1959 Edith Clarke was world’s first female electrical engineer, first woman to accomplish an electrical engineering graduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the …

Scottish by birth, Gordon James Ramsay is a widely popular British celebrity chef and television personality who has established several highly acclaimed restaurants across the world. Ramsay, in late 90s, became a television superstar through …

Shakuntala Devi, a child prodigy, mathematician and academic writer, was widely acclaimed as human computer and world’s fastest mental calculator. She was also listed on the Guinness World Record for her lightning-speed calculations. Shakuntala Devi …

Widely-beloved American icon Stevie wonder, twenty-two times Grammy winner, is known to be the most creative and ever awarded solo artist. He was born a premature infant on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan as …