Bill O’Reilly: ‘The Greatest Bowler’
byThe Aussie leg-spin great was indisputably the most feared bowler of his era.
The Aussie leg-spin great was indisputably the most feared bowler of his era.
All it took for L.V. Prasad to reach this far was a dream, a lot of determination and courage.
A tribute to Sir Jack Hobbs on his 140th birth anniversary: December 16.
Bhartendu wanted the Hindi language that includes the Persian and Sanskrit words.
The inventor of the ‘in-dipper,’ also ‘reverse swing,’ Imran Khan was an all-rounder extraordinaire.
What’s the connection between Kesarbai Kerkar and Voyager 1, the spacecraft that floats in space?
Naraina Pillai, a man who started as a clerk, built a real estate empire in Singapore. His story is an outstanding example of entrepreneurship.
It is estimated that Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat, rescued over 6,000 Jews by issuing them transit visas.
Here’s the story of a sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer who ‘discovered’ Brazil.
Gaganendranath countered Western art styles by using, well, a western art style—Cubism.
He could turnaround a match pronto with his electrifying batting, laser-beam bowling, and astounding catching.
Queen Elizabeth II ruled over perhaps the most rapid technological expansion & sociopolitical change of any monarch in recent history.
Dayal brought to photography what Verma had brought to paintings, the elegant depiction of opulence and grandeur in lifelike documentation.
Charles Metcalfe chose to see Indians as people with feelings & independent thoughts. The Press Act of 1835, which he passed, allowed Indian newspapers to flourish.
Fa Xian’s writings are still helpful in learning about the South Asian people of those times.