People Archive
Hindi Cinema’s Fallen Stars
On May 21, 2015
In People
This is the story of film stars who suddenly become dismal flops and remain forgotten destined to the fringes of the film industry, living
Dashrath Majhi: Moving a Mountain to Pave a Road
On May 17, 2015
In People
This is the incredible story of Dashrath Majhi who single handedly chiseled a hill for twenty two years to open up a road
Man Who Almost Won India her First Nobel Prize in Medicine
On May 15, 2015
In People
Editor’s Note: A man could be seen spending many a nights over six years peering into a microscope, heating chemicals, mixing them, testing and
House of Henry Derozio: The Man Who Taught Indians to Ask the Question “WHY”
On May 11, 2015
In People
The house of Henry Vivian Derozio was identified by chance when Shri SHakti Sadan Mukherjee was looking through the title deeds of Calcutta Municipal
Suhasini Biswas: A Prisoner of War in Conversation with Tagore
On May 8, 2015
In People
This is a story of how Tagore's Gitanjali helped an Indian woman PoW in World War II to survive the ordeals of detention
A Dinosaur named Tagore
On May 3, 2015
In People
The ISI geologists in 1961 excavated a dinosaur skeleton which they christened Barapasaurus tagorei after Rabindranath Tagore
Dear Dr Raghuram Rajan
A Ten Year Old Girl Writes a Letter to the RBI Governor and gets back a reply
Rao Tula Ram: Subhash Chandra Bose from Haryana
On April 29, 2015
In People
There is uncanny similarity between Rao Tula Ram, the hero of Haryana and Subhash Chandra Bose, read on and be amazed
Barun Biswas: A Martyr India Knew Too Late
On April 25, 2015
In People
This is the story of Barun Biswas , a school teacher, who single handedly taught a whole town to oppose gang rapists
Reason Across the Enemy Line: Vikarna, the Unheralded Hero of Mahabharata
On April 14, 2015
In People
It is seldom that one hears a voice of reason from enemy lines. One such rare personality was Vikarna, the younger brother of
Extraordinary Professor: JJ Thomson and his Nobel Prize Factory
On April 6, 2015
In People
Editor’s Note: Between 1884 and 1919 an earnest looking Professor along with a bunch of talented research students in a rather underfunded Cavendish laboratory
Cause for Applause: German Professor Delivers A Keynote Address in Chaste Bangla
The video features Prof Hans Harder delivering in fluent Bengali the keynote address at the inauguration of Book Fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015.
