Today (May 9, 2010)  is the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the legendary Bengali poet, philosopher, educationist, essayist, musician, novelist and playwright. Wikipedia rightly refers to the person who alone reshaped Bengali literature and gifted with worldwide respect as a “Bengali polymath.” The word polymath means a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. [...]

Maharani Gayatri Devi is a personality that attracted me since childhood. Recognized as one of the ten leading beauties of the world by the fashion magazine Vogue, the Maharani of Jaipur breather her last today at a Jaipur hospital at the age of 90. She was a successful politician and known for her philanthropic activities. [...]

As I grew up I realised that you need legs to run and wings to fly. I was hurt. But I didn’t give up. I knew, one day, I would run… – Malathi K. Holla Malathi Holla is a character to emulate, a personality to admire and a sportsperson to idolize. She did not let [...]

Sheetal Mafatlal, president of Mafatlal Luxury, also popular as a socialite was on Sunday detained by the Customs department at the Mumbai International Airport with diamonds worth a whooping one crore! She has been detained for under-declaring the value of the diamonds on arrival via a British Airways flight from London. Details about the charges [...]

The Finnish phone-maker Nokia is all set to launch its first touchscreen-QWERTY phone, the Nokia N97, shortly in India. The phone has already started shipping in Europe with mixed responses coming in. Key Features : Touch display (3.5″ of it) which slides and tilts to reveal a full QWERTY kepboard plus d-pad for easy navigation. [...]

As majority of Indian sport lovers had their eyes fixed on the India Bangladesh T20 match, Leander Paes quietly won the French Open doubles title with his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy. The third seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the giant-killing South African-Belgian pair 3-6 6-3 6-2 to win their first Grand Slam title together and Leander’s [...]

Internet phenomenon Susan Boyle ened up runner up in the Britain’s Got Talent reality TV show.(The dance troupe Diversity pulled off a upset victory). But, she will remain an inspiration for everybody. When the 48 year old amateur singer with her frumpy appearance walked on to the stage in the show for the first time, [...]