Famous Personalities

On Dev Anand's 94th birth anniversary, we celebrate the evergreen legend's cinematic journey with eight little-known stories from his life.

Here's the story of Aziz Ansari, the super talented comedian, writer, director, and actor whose brand of funny yet relatable storytelling is winning millions of fans across the world.

While most Indians know about Visvesvaraya's immense contributions as the Diwan of Mysore, few are aware that the legendary engineer also played a key role in making Hyderabad flood-free way back in the 1900s.

As the vivacious and versatile singer turns a year 'younger' today, we celebrate her beautiful journey with 8 little-known stories from her life.

Scholar, teacher, philosopher and statesman, Sarvepalli Radhakrishanan was one of 20th century's greatest thinkers. On Teacher's Day, here are some little-known facts from his inspiring life.

Though there are many interesting stories about the man and his exploits on the field, it is his epic tryst with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler that will be remembered for generations to come.

Clair Cameron Patterson was an American geochemist who is best known for his near accurate estimation of Earth’s age at 4.55 billion years—a figure that hasn’t been refuted since its discovery.

Celebrated for pioneering shizen nōhō, which translates to natural farming, Fukuokais is considered to be one of the five giant personalities who inspired the organic farming movement.

Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan, the former director of National Institute of Technology, Trichy, and ex-DRDO scientist, worked with the Late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for well over two decades. Here he shares with us some of his more personal experiences with Dr. Kalam, during his famed morning walks.

Munshi Premchand is one of the most celebrated figures of the Indian subcontinent, and regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the 20th century. He was also a loving and caring family man, as seen in this deeply personal narrative by his younger brother’s grandson.