Michelangelo: The Greatest Artist in Human History
Michelangelo (1475 – 1564): More than 500 years ago a young artist studied dead bodies, even went through their organs, and their …
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William Shakespeare: The Father of The English Language
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Neither here nor there”, “with bated breath”, “vanish into thin …
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Elvis Presley: The King of Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley (1935-1977): “Truth is like the sun, you can shut it out but it ain’t goin’ away,” said Elvis Presley. Little did he …
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J.K. Rowling: Casts a reading spell on children in the era of digital media
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965 - ): J.K. Rowling is the author of the most widely sold book series in all of history. Her fantasy …
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Rabindranath Tagore
Mystic, painter and Nobel laureate for literature, Rabindranath Tagore was a prolific writer (3,000 poems, 2,000 songs, 8 novels, …
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Charlie Chaplin
All of us are very familiar with the mustachioed Little Tramp with the bowler hat and cane _ Charlie Chaplin. But behind this …
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Marilyn Monroe
Born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe became one of the most celebrated film personalities of her …
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R.K. Narayan
Nearly 70 years ago, India’s greatest living writer in English, took out a brand new exercise book and wrote in it: …
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Vaikom Mohammed Basheer
We Indians are story-lovers. We were all, at one point or the other, children at our grandmother’s feet, listening wide-eyed …
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Satyajit Ray
One of India’s most distinguished film directors Satyajit Ray, was born on May 2, 1921 in West Bengal. Ray’s films are of …
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From Russia with Love : Rudolf Nureyev
The most photographed male dancer in the world, Rudolf Nureyev electrified the world with his ballet for close to three decades in …
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Ali Sardar Jafri
He was a poet who spoke out for the poor. He was also one who truly believed that India and Pakistan could be friends, if the …
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