Ravi Shankar is an internationally known Indian sitar maestro. As an exponent of Indian music and incomparable Sitarist, Pandit Ravi Shankar enjoys great popularity all over the world.Ravi Shankar received training in sitar from Ustad Alauddin Khan.His musical performance have an aesthetic appeal. The first Indian to compose music for foreign films, he has made a […]
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an internationally renowned world class flautist from India. He is credited with popularising Indian Classical music in India and abroad through various experiments and innovations he made with the traditional music. Born on July 1, 1938 in Allahabad, to a family of wrestlers he was drawn to the sound of the flute
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, who holds a legendary status in Indian Classical music was born in Gadag (Karnataka) on 14 February 1922. His unique style and mastery over ragas has made him unparallel to any other vocalist in the country.A conservative schoolmaster’s son, Bhimsen Joshi had a passion for music even from his early childhood. The
Princess Diana was born Diana Frances Spencer in Sandringham, Norfolk on July 1, 1961.Diana was the youngest daughter of Viscount Althorp who became 8th Earl of Spencer and the Hon Mrs Shand-Kydd. Diana had two elder sisters, Jane and Sarah, and a younger brother, Charles.Diana was only six when her parents separated: her mother, Frances
Prakash Padukone is one of the noted Badminton player of India. He was born on 10th June 1955, in Bangalore. At the age of 14, he became the National Junior Badminton Champion and at 15, the National Champion.He was the National Badminton Champion for nine consecutive years during 1970-78. When he was only 15, he
Plato (427 BC-347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, writer, and founder of the Academy in Athens. In countries speaking Arabic, Turkish or Persian, he is called Eflatun, which means a spring of water, and, metaphorically, of knowledge.Plato lectured extensively at the Academy but he also wrote
Brazilian footballer, Edson Arantes do Nasiemento aka Pele was born on 23 October 1940.Pele is regarded by many as the greatest footballer to have played the beautiful game.Born in Tres Coracoes, Minoas Gerias, Brazil, Pele was dicovered at the age of 11 and a few years later was brought to Sao Paulo to play for
Paul Newman was born on 26 January 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio.Actor, director, producer, Paul Newman’s career spans full fifty years. From his earliest appearances in films such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), to his more recent roles like in 2002’s The Roadto Perdition, Newman has been a major player in the cinema
Patanjali, is the compiler of the Yoga Sutra, a major work containing aphorisms on the practical and philosophical wisdom regarding practice of Raja yoga. (‘Yoga’ in traditional Hinduism involves inner contemplation, a rigorous system meditation practice, ethics, metaphysics, and devotion to the one common soul, God.Various references suggest he lived between 200 BC and 400
Pevez Musharraf born on August 11, 1943 in a haveli situated in Mohalla Kachcha Saadullah in Old Delhi.President Musharraf’s father Syed Musharraf Uddin, a graduate of Aligarh University, served in the Civil Services, Delhi. After partition, he joined the Foreign Department and retired as Director, Foreign Affairs. His mother received her Master’s degree from Lucknow
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