Many people know Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (more popularly known as C.V. Raman) because he was the first Indian Nobel Laureate in science. Till date Raman remains the only Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in science. Raman was also the first Asian to get Nobel Prize in science. Raman’s celebrated […]
Personalities
U. Ve. Swaminatha Iyer (Uttamadhanapuram Venkatasubbaiyer Swaminatha Iyer), 1855–1942 was a Tamil scholar and researcher who was instrumental in bringing many long-forgotten works of classical Tamil literature to light. His singular effort over five decades brought to light major literary works in Tamil and contributed vastly to the enrichment of […]
Sri Ramalingam Vallalar was a multifaceted personality who changed the face of Tamilnadu. Sri Ramalingam lost his father when he was just six months old. Hence he was brought up by his brother. Even at the young age, the self knowledge of Sri Ramlingam was quite revealing and he started […]
THE MAN WHO ACCURATELY TOLD ABOUT THE PAST AND FUTURE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Here is the full story as Swami Vivekananda himself recounted, during a conversation with his disciple Sharat Chandra Chakravarty and Swami Yogananda (another direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna): Swami Yogananda to Swamiji: “Well, why don’t you narrate […]
PEOPLE OF CHENGALPATTU RISKED THEIR LIVES TO HAVE A GLIMPSE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA When Swami Vivekananda, after his successful return from the World Religious Conference at Chicago entered India through Kanyakumari. He traveled from Kanyakumari to Chennai by train. Since the train had to pass through Chengalpattu before reaching Chennai, […]
दरिद्र देवो भवः (भाग-2) नरेन्द्र सहगल अनैतिक सामाजिक व्यवस्थाओं और धार्मिक संस्थाओं के कुप्रबंधन के कारण समाज द्वारा प्रताड़ित किए जा रहे दरिद्र और साधनहीन लोगों के प्रति हमदर्दी स्वामी जी में अकस्मात ही जागृत नहीं हुई थी। बचपन से ही उनका स्वभाव दयालू था। घर-घर जाकर मांगने वाले भिखारियों […]
एक युवा सन्यासी का आध्यात्मिक एजेंडा दरिद्र देवो भवः (भाग-1) नरेन्द्र सहगल स्वामी विवेकानन्द के गुरु श्री रामकृष्ण परमहंस ने अपने सभी शिष्यों की एक लघु सभा में घोषणा की थी – ‘‘नरेन्द्र धर्म की ध्वजा लेकर विश्व में सर्वत्र जाएगा और मानवों को जागृत करते हुए ज्ञान को सर्वत्र […]
Battling a visual handicap, an 84-year-old Vedic scholar in Pune has composed “Bhimayanam” , the first ever biography of the architect of Indian constitution and icon of the underprivileged Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in Sanskrit verse. The exceptional feat of Prabhakar Joshi, who lost his sight completely while still working […]
K. Kamaraj, (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975) widely acknowledged as the “Kingmaker” in Indian politics during the 1960s. A Chief Minister and a Member of Parliament was well known for his simplicity and integrity. A School drop out in his sixth grade, when entered into mainstream public life […]
Tamilnadu reminds the man of letters, great revolutionary, nationalist, scholar and father of modern Tamil short story Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramanya Iyer popularly known as Va Ve Su Iyer (2 April 1881 – 3 June 1925) today. A linguistic person by himself composed excellent short stories which is of supreme significance. […]