Sonia Gandhi : An Idol of Renunciation   Sonia Gandhi was born on 9 December 1946 in Italin City Barsano. She has two sisters who now live in Barsano. Sonia Gandhi belongs to a roman catholic family. In 1964 she took admission in Cambridge School of Language where she met Rajiv Gandhi. In 1968 she married Rajiv Gandhi. After Rajiv’s death she became the member of CPP in 1997. She became...

Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha : A Scientific Genius   Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha was an all time genius whose altruistic efforts actuated a meteoric revolution in the scientific world. He brought the name of India in the list of seven nuclear powers of the world. He was a true Indian who put the welfare of the country above personal aggrandisement. His profound and relentless efforts in nuclear research will always be...

Dr. Radhakrishnan : A Great Philosopher and Scholar   Dr. Radhakrishnan, a great scholar and philosopher of international repute, was one of the most illustrious sons of mother India. It was on the fitness of things that this great son of the land was unanimously elected president of India. Men are here and men and there. But great men are very rare. It has rightly been said that great men are...

Subhash Chandra Bose : Leader of Azad-Hind-Fauj   Amidst the prevailing gloom of British imperialism which had chained our motherland and the clouds of foreign rule closing in from all sides, India was lucky to find a brave son waging a lone battle against the might of her oppressors. Netaji’s life is synonymous with the fate of a tiny boat struggling with all its might in the tempest prevailing in the...

J.R.D. Tata : Architect of Modern India   ‘NO secret’ J. R. D. Tata replied once when he was asked what was the secret of his success in business, “Just long hours”, he used to put in seventy five to eighty hours of work a week. That makes for about twelve to thirteen hours in a day. He was born on July 29, 1094 and died November 1993 at the ripe...

Dhiru Bhai Ambani Essay No. 01 The legend of Dhirubhai Ambani dates back to 1958 when he gave up his clerical job in Aden and moved back to Mumbai with a few thousand rupees. in his pocket and dreamt to start his own oil company. In the next 40 years, he created a world petro-chemical and energy company. Dhiru Bhai’s genius lay in spotting business opportunities; he exhorted to think big,...

Ram Krishna Paramhans: India’s Great  Spiritual Leader   In today’s world of global strife relegious fundamentalism tribal discord, terrorism and violence, perhaps the greatest lesson Sri Ramkrishna Paramhans taught us was the lesson of humanity. His life was full of episodes that were against eastern untouchability and sex discrimination. Embracing all religions, he preached the gospel of love, fraternity and secularism. Moreover with his unique anecdotes and parables, he was able...

Indira Gandhi : Lady of Iron-will   Indira Gandhi was nurtured in tumultuous period of India’s history. Her life closely linked with the freedom struggle. She had her university education of Shantineketan and Oxford in England. At Shantiniketan under the influence of Gurudev Tagore her sense of beauty was vastly reinforced. She became aware of herself as a part of nature. When war intervene she returned to India from Oxford where...