Category Archives: Personalities

Remembering Rajiv Gandhi – Was he the worst PM of India?

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

Today is the seventy-third birth anniversary of former Prime Minister of India, Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi. The majority of those who would read this would have shed a tear for Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. “If Central government releases one rupee … Continue reading →

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Bharat Ratna – Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

Posted on December 26, 2016 by

“When I returned to my Country, I first went to Lokamanya Tilak. He appeared tall like the Himalayas. I thought it was not possible for me to scale the heights and returned. Then I went to Deshbandhu Gokhale. He appeared … Continue reading →

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak : The Father of Indian Unrest !!

Posted on August 1, 2016 by

 “Swaraj humaara janmsiddh adhikar hai” (Self-rule is our birth right) roared Tilak, the Lion of India, which inspired millions of Indians. His book Geeta-Rahasya, a classic treatise on Geeta in Marathi was written by him in prison at Mandalay in … Continue reading →

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Sachinnn… Sachin! What a Player!!

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

Like any other kid, Cricket was my favorite game in my childhood. It was around the 1987 Reliance World Cup, I started following Cricket Seriously. The victory over Pakistan in the Benson & Hedges Cup, 1985 and the whole team … Continue reading →

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The Golden Words of Dr. Ambedkar

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

In last century, India witnessed many political thought leaders, namely Shri Aurbindo, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Each one of them was far superior thought leader than Mohandas K. Gandhi. But it is disputable. What is not disputable, that … Continue reading →

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Uncle Pai – The Master Storyteller

Posted on February 24, 2016 by

If I say that the majority of us Indian children since the late 1960s have learned the majority of our religion, mythology and history from the comic book called the Amar Chitra Katha (Immortal Illustrated Stories), it won’t be an … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Liberators: Masterda Surya Sen

Posted on January 13, 2016 by

Surya Sen, also known as Masterda, was a prominent revolutionary and was the chief architect of the anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong, Bengal (now in Bangladesh). On January 12, 1934, the British officials entered the cell of their captured revolutionary and … Continue reading →

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Albert Ekka – Galantry personified !!

Posted on December 27, 2015 by

Not many people know him but he was a brave gallantry personified soldier of Mother India. This Adivasi hero single-handedly changed the course of the Indo-Pak battle in Gangasagar in 1971. Lance Naik Albert Ekka was born in Gumla, Bihar (now Jharkhand) on … Continue reading →

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राष्ट्र-कवि रामधारी सिंह ‘दिनकर’ …. मृत्युंजय !!

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

बिहार के बेगूसराय जिले का एक साधारण सा सिमरिया गाँव, कविता की दुनिया के नक्शे में असाधारण महत्व रखता है. क्‍यूँकि इसी मिट्टी से ओज़ की कविता के एक सूर्य का जन्म हुआ था, जिसका नाम था, रामधारी सिंह दिनकर. दिनकर … Continue reading →

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Birsa Munda-The first tribal martyr

Posted on April 30, 2015 by

In the modern India there was born a hero who was desperate to fight against the British Raj and his leadership qualities were so intensive that attracted people without a second thought. Let’s meet one of the greatest heroes of … Continue reading →

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