सज़ा पे छोड़ दिया,जहाँ पे छोड़ दिया,हर एक काम को हमने खुदा पे छोड़ दिया,वो हमको याद रखे या भुला दे,उसी का काम था,उसी कि रज़ा पे छोड़ दिया,अब उसकी मर्ज़ी,बुझा दे या जला दे,चिराग हमने बाहर हवा में छोड़ दिया,अब उस से बात किये बगैर कैसे रहेंगे हम,ये मसला दुआ का था,सो दुआ पे …
Month: October 2020
Dr Amartya Kumar Sen, a world-renowned economist and a Nobel laureate, was born on November 3, 1933, in Santiniketan, West Bengal, to Ashutosh Sen, Chairman of the West Bengal Public Service Commission, and Amita Sen. Rabindranath Tagore, who was a close family friend of the Sens, gave Amartya Sen his name, which means ‘not from …
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, known to millions as Mary Kom, is an Indian boxer born on March 1, 1983. She belongs to the Kom tribal community of Manipur. She was awarded the World Boxing championship title five times and is the only woman boxer in the world to have won a medal in each of …
A name to reckon with in the freedom movement, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela popularly known as Nelson Mandela was the first president of South Africa to be elected from 1994 to 1999 in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing …
Baichung Bhutia, an Indian footballer, has made his mark in the Indian sports arena. Baichung Bhutia was born on December 15, 1976, in Tinkitam, Sikkim, to two farmers, and from a young age, he showed a great interest in sports, including football, athletics, badminton and basketball. He received immense encouragement from his uncle, who motivated …
The face of new emerging India, Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Reliance Industries which has earned the reputation of being one of the largest private sector enterprises in India, a Fortune 500 company, and one of the largest private sector conglomerates in the world. He is the eldest son …
Martina Navratilova is a retired tennis player and coach, with the title “the greatest singles, doubles, and mixed doubles player who has ever graced our planet”. In her tennis career, Martina won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 women’s doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles. She also reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 …
As the famous saying goes, “Behind every successful man is a woman,” behind Narayana Murthy, IT industrialist and co-founder of Infosys, is Sudha Murthy, his wife. Sudha Murthy was born in Shiggaon in northern Karnataka, India, and is the daughter of a renowned surgeon Dr R H Kulkarni. Sudha Murthy was an outstanding student. She …
Sunita Williams, former American astronaut and a navy officer, holds records for the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 195 days, total number of spacewalks by a woman, which stands at seven, and most spacewalk time for woman at 50 hours and 40 minutes. Sunita Williams was born in Euclid, Ohio, the United States, …
Kiran Bedi, an Indian social activist and retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was born on June 9, 1949, in Amritsar, Punjab. She was the second of four daughters born to Prakash Peshawariya and Prem Peshawariya. Her parents made a number of sacrifices so that all their daughters could further their education and be successful …