Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay biography: born in 1894, the Bengali novelist wrote Pather Panchali, the story of the boy Apu that Satyajit Ray made…
Gulzar biography: born in 1934, the poet, lyricist and film-maker has written songs for Hindi cinema for more than sixty years and…
Sahir Ludhianvi biography: born in Ludhiana in 1921, the Urdu poet brought the language of protest and of serious poetry to Hindi…
Krishna Sobti biography: born in 1925, the Hindi novelist of Mitro Marjani and Zindaginama wrote fearlessly about women and Partition and won…
Sumitranandan Pant biography: born at Kausani in 1900, the poet of nature was a pillar of the Chhayavad movement and the first…
Maithili Sharan Gupt biography: born in 1886, the poet of Bharat-Bharati and Saket made modern Khari Boli Hindi a language of poetry…
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar biography: born in Bihar in 1908, the Hindi poet of Rashmirathi and Kurukshetra is honoured as Rashtrakavi, the national…
F. N. Souza biography: born in Goa in 1924, the rebel painter founded the Progressive Artists' Group in 1947 and was the…
Abanindranath Tagore biography: born in 1871, the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore founded the Bengal School of art, painted Bharat Mata and wrote…
Nandalal Bose biography: born in 1882, the painter who led Santiniketan's art school made the Haripura posters for Gandhi and illustrated the…
O. P. Nayyar biography: born in Lahore in 1926, the composer of Naya Daur and Kashmir Ki Kali became the highest-paid music…
Yamini Krishnamurthy biography: born in 1940, the dancer was among the greatest performers of Bharatanatyam of her time and made Kuchipudi known…
