William Shak espeare said, “some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. In fact one can achieve greatness only by ones deeds and not by ones birth. Such a person was Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. His real name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi but he was popularly called ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ for his valuable deeds. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Rajk ot, Kathiawad in Gujarat. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, was the ...

The story of the protection of this nation’s honour and dignity has been written with the blood of the brave sons and daughters of India. In the long list, there appears a name of Rani (Queen) Durgavati of Gondwana. She was the only child of the Chandel King Kirti Singh Shalivahan. Her father affectionately called her Durga. Her mother died while she was a child. Since then her father brought her up with all love and care.

Vivekananda was born on 12th January, 1863 in Calcutta (Kolkata). His name was Narendranath. His father Shri Vishwanath Dutt was a renowned lawyer in Calcutta High Court. His mother Smt. Bhuvaneshwari Devi was a pious woman, a worshipper of Lord Shiva.Narendranath was extremely intelligent and quite naughty as a child. He played his pranks on friends and given a chance, he didn’t spare even his teachers.

Regarded as an ideal Indian and a source of inspiration for the future generations, President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born on October 15, 1931 in an ordinary Tamil family of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. His full name is Abul Pakir Jainulabedin Abdul Kalam. His father Jainulabedin and mother Aashiamma were a simple and religious-minded couple. They held an honourable place in the society and were regarded as an ideal couple. They lived in a joint family.

The illustrious saint Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa was born on February 18, 1836 at Kamarpukur village of Bengal. His father Pandit Kshudiram Chatterjee was a Karmakandi Brahmin. His mother, Chandramani was a devout, religious lady. The family worshipped Lord Rama with great devotion. The childhood name of Ramakrishna Paramhansa was Gadadhar.

Lala Lajpat Rai was born in the land of five rivers that has not only given birth to one but innumerable stories of braver y and courage. On this soil and land was born, ‘Punjab Kesari’ Lala Lajpat Rai. He was born on 28th Januar y 1865, in a small town called Jagraon in the Firozpur district of Punjab . His father was Lala Radha Kishan and his mother was Gulab Devi. They were originally from Punjab.

"Independence (home-rule) is our birthright and I will have it”, the slogan that reverberated during the earlier phases of our freedom struggle was given by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was born on 23rd of July , 1856 in Ratnagiri, a place famous for it mangoes in Maharashtra. His father , Gangadhar Rao, was a learned scholar of Sanskrit and grammar . He was also the principal of a Marathi school in Ratnagiri.

Swami Ramteertha was a great philosopher and religious preacher. He was born on October 22, 1873 in Murariwala village of Gujranwala district of Punjab (now in Pakistan). His father Gosain Hiranand managed his family through his job of priesthood. His family was related to the lineage of Goswami Tulsidas.Ramteertha’s grandfather Gosain Ramchandra was a famous astrologer of his time. While making the horoscope of Ramteertha, he had made it clear that Ramteertha would be a great scholar and ...

As we speak of Sarojini Naidu ‘The Nightingale of India’, we immediately recau of a woman with multifaceted qualities. A daughter, who upheld the pro-women ideologies of her father and did not let the ideologies down despite being born in the contemporary orthodox society. A poetess, not a single word of whose appeared hollow; rather whose rich dreams embroidered in rainbow colours, reflected a mind that felt the deep anguish of her country and its people. She was a great freedom fighter w...

What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love—selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt. Awake, awake, great souls!---When we can attach the mind to, or detach it from, the sense at our will, we shall really possess character. Then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom; before that, we are mere machines.---Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness and fear is wrong life. All the...

The Buddha taught a down to Earth wisdom that is still deeply relevant today. This carefully chosen selection of the Buddha's thoughts and teachings, compiled by William Wray, presents one quotation for each day of the year. Each and every quotation brings fresh insights, helping to free us from the deep conditioning of our minds and pointing us towards making revolutionary changes in our lives on a personal, social and spiritual level. The book also contains a stimulating introduction to ...