Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of Art of Living Foundation and a great spiritual leader from India, was born in Tamil Nadu on May 13, 1956 in a very well known spiritually oriented family. With his slender figure,  dressed in simple white robes, a long black rosary around his neck, millions of people world over […]

Born into a family of modest means in an Italian village on the banks of a river 59 years ago, Sonia Maino, now Sonia Gandhi, has weaved a dramatic way to a place in history by becoming the President of India’s century-old Congress party. Being the third woman of foreign origin to hold the prestigious

Sonal Mansingh is one of the leading exponent of Odissi, an ancient classical dance form of Orissa. She has been called a philosopher among dancers for her opinions and interpretations. Apart from a dancer, she is a known social activist, thinker, researcher, orator, choreographer and teacher.Sonal has had training in Bharatnatyam, Chaau dance and Indian

Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856 in Frieburg, Moravia—now Pribor in the Czech Republic.When Sigmund Freud was three, his family moved to Vienna. He stayed there until 1938, when, taking refuge from the Nazis, he left for England where he stayed until his death on 23 September 1939.Freud remarked in 1933 when there

Full name : Shane Keith Warne, Born : September 13, 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Playing role : Bowler, Batting style : Right-hand bat, Bowling style : Legbreak googlyAt first there were nerves and chubbiness. Then came wild soaring legbreaks, followed by fame and flippers. For a long while there were women, then a bookmaker, then

Born Thomas Connery in the Fountainbridge district of Edinburgh, Scotland on August 25, 1930. He grew up impoverished. The son of a truck-driver, he came from a background very different from that of his screen alter-ego. After leaving school, he joined the Royal Navy, but was released due to ulcers. He had many jobs, including

Full Name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, Born: July 8, 1972 in Kolkata, India, Batting Style : Left-handed batsman, Bowling Style : Right-arm medium, Test Debut : England vs. India at Lord’s – June 20-24, 1996, ODI Debut : West Indies vs. India at Brisbane – January 11, 1992The Prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly has been India’s

Satyajit Ray (May 2, 1921-April 23, 1992) was a renowned film director from West Bengal. Ray was born in Calcutta. He started his career as a commercial artist before making films. He was a great writer, good composer and one of the best dialogue writer.His first feature film was ‘Pather Panchali’. This film was his

Vallabh Bhai Patel the iron-man of India was born on 13 October, 1875, in a small village Karamsadh of Bombay region. His father Jhaner Bhai Patel was a simple farmer and mother Laad Bai was a simple lady. From his childhood itself, Patel was a very hard-working individual. He used to help his father in

Sarat Chandra Chatterjee was born at Devanandapur, Hooghly in 1876 and received his primary school education at Hooghly Branch school but he was bred up in his mother’s family at Bhagalpur where he received his school education and college education for two years. The death of his parents wrecked his home life and for some

Sandra Bullock was born on July 26th, 1966, in Arlington, Virginia. Sandra is a veteran superstar actress. She is the eldest daughter of her father John, a voice coach and Pentagon official, and mother Helga, an opera singer. Sandra and her sister, Gesine, lived a number of their childhood years in Nuremberg, Germany. She and

The famous writer Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai, India. In his writings, he uses tales from various genres—fantasy, mythology, religion and oral tradition. Though most of his books have been subject of controversies.In the year 1988 Salman Rushdie came in the eye of storm with the publication of the ‘Satanic Verses’ for its alleged

Saddam Hussein was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion. Hussein had joined the revolutionary Baath party while he was a university student. He launched his political career in 1958 by assassinating a supporter of Iraqi ruler Abdul-Karim Qassim.Saddam rose in the ranks after a

Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Born: April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India, Batting Style : Right-hand Batsman, Bowling Style : Right-arm Off Break and Leg Break Bowler, Test Debut : Pakistan v India at Karachi – Nov. 15-20, 1989, ODI Debut : Pakistan v India at Gujranwala – Dec. 18, 1989Often referred to as a living

India born computer wizard, Sabeer Bhatia came into limelight when he created the web based e-mail—the Hotmail and later sold it to the software giant—the Microsoft for a staggering $400 million in 1998. This deal was struck after hectic negotiations between him and the Microsoft.After selling the hotmail to the Microsoft, Sabeer Bhatia worked with