The time passed by. Even after the defeat at the hands of Kaikya the educational activities of Taxila continued unaffected as the university did not get involved in the local politics or related upheavels. The teachers went on teaching and the students flocked in from all over the land. Infact, normal public life continued with […]
When Emperor Alexander of Greece was storming towards India the political situation here was dismal. Entire land of Bharat was divided in small kingdoms or fiefdoms. The rulers of those lands were petty minded debaucheds who envied each other. Over a trifle matters they raided each other’s lands. Quarrelsome by nature they found pleasure in
After a prolonged illness King Phillip died in the year 336 B.C. only one year after Alexander had finished his education. During the illness of his father Alexander had started discharging duties as acting ruler of Macedonia. The people, royals, chieftains, courtiers and commanders all were in favour of Alexander’s ascending to the throne. There
Meanwhile in that times of Greece several changes had occured. Some were good, some sad and positives mixed with negatives. The good included the expansion of Macedonia into a great empire encompassing large part of Greece and arrival of Prince Alexander. The passing away of great thinker Plato was a sad event. Greece had lost
The wheel of the time moved on. King Phillip was now on mission of relentlessly engaged in vanquishing his opponents and foes. In a short period he ruled supreme in Greece as one of the most mighty rulers of the land. A feared name Phillip had become.By 356 B.C., the Macedonia emperor had gained superiority
It appeared the reigning deity of Greece was smiling on King Phillip. That is why inspite of the adverse situations Phillip was able to descend on the throne of Macedonia. He gave all the credit of his successes to the Reigning Deity and his benign grace on him. Phillip had great faith in the deity
Long time ago Greece was divided into small kingdoms. The significant kingdoms were Corinth, Macedonia, Theebs, Athens and Sparta. On minor issues they used to fight big bloody battles amongst themselves or each other. Each one of them ever struggled to gain domination over others.At that period Macedonia was the most prominent of them. In
The legendary shehanai maestro, a man of tenderness, a man who believes in remaining private and who believes that musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen.The legend was born on 21 March 1916. His ancestors were court musicians in the princely state of Dumraon in Bihar and he was trained under his uncle,
Any account of Indian playback music must start and end with Lata Mangeshkar.Born September 28, 1929 in Indore, Lata Mangeshkar has been active in all walks of Indian popular and light classical music having sung film songs, ghazals, bhajans andpop. She is the supreme voice of popular Indian music, an Indian Institution. The Guinness Book
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi was the first man from the entire north-eastern region of the country to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award. The recognition, however, came half a century after his demise in August 1950.Bordoloi was born on June 6,1890. His father was a medical practitioner. He took advantage of his father’s
Amartya Kumar Sen (born November 3, 1933) is an Indian economist best known for his work on famine, human develop-ment theory, welfare economics, and the underlying mechanisms of poverty. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in welfare economics in 1998 and the Bharat Ratna in 1999.Sen first studied in India at
Ravi Shankar (born April 7, 1920) is best known for being a virtuoso at the sitar. A disciple of Ustad Allauddin Khan (founder of the Maihar Gharana of Hindustani classical music), Pandit Ravi Shankar is one of the best-known Indian musician.He was generally unknown outside of India until the musician George Harrison, a member of
Jaiprakash Narayan (October 11, 1902-October 8, 1979), widely known as JP, was an freedom fighter and political leader.He was born in village Diara in Bihar, and completed his higher studies in the UnitedStates. After returning to India, he joined the Indian National Congress in 1929 with blessings from Gandhiji. During the Indian independence movement, he
Chidambaram Subramaniam (commonly known as CS) known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India, held ministerial positions at the State and the Centre. He was born on January 30, 1910 in village Pollachi in Coimbatore district. He finished hishigher studies from Madras University. In 1932 he qualified for Bar at law.He was the
The one-line commu-nique of the then President K.R. Narayanan that the President is pleased to award the ‘Bharat Ratna’ to M.S. Subbulakshmi, was greeted by doyens of Indian music.She was in fact the first musician to be awarded this distinction. When the President spoke to her over the phone before making the announcement, eye-witnesses said