Entertainment
Manorama Biography: Early Life, Aachi, 1,500 Films, Awards and Legacy
Manorama biography: born 26 May 1937 at Mannargudi, the Tamil actress known as "Aachi" appeared in more than 1,500 films over five…
Entertainment
Vivek Biography: Early Life, Tamil Comedy, Chinna Kalaivanar, Green Kalam, Awards and Legacy
Vivek biography: born 19 November 1961, the Tamil comedian known as "Chinna Kalaivanar" used humour to attack superstition and planted lakhs of…
Entertainment
M. S. Viswanathan Biography: Early Life, Mellisai Mannar, Film Music, Songs and Legacy
M. S. Viswanathan biography: born 24 June 1928 in Palakkad, the "King of Light Music" composed for more than a thousand films…
Business
Venu Srinivasan Biography: Age, Early Life, TVS Motor, Deming Prize, Tata Trusts and Family
Venu Srinivasan biography: born 11 December 1952 in Chennai, the grandson of the TVS founder built TVS Motor into one of India's…
Technology
Mylswamy Annadurai Biography: Age, Early Life, ISRO, Chandrayaan-1, Mangalyaan and Awards
Mylswamy Annadurai biography: born 2 July 1958 near Pollachi, the ISRO scientist known as the "Moon Man of India" led Chandrayaan-1 and…
Entertainment
Vijayakanth Biography: Early Life, Captain, Films, DMDK, Leader of the Opposition and Legacy
Vijayakanth biography: born 25 August 1952 in Madurai, the Tamil action star known as "Captain" founded the DMDK and was Leader of…
Technology
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Biography: Early Life, Chandrasekhar Limit, Nobel Prize, Books and Legacy
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar biography: born 19 October 1910, the Madras-educated astrophysicist discovered the Chandrasekhar limit at nineteen and won the Nobel Prize in…
Entertainment
Bharathidasan Biography: Early Life, Puratchi Kavignar, Poetry, Dravidian Movement and Legacy
Bharathidasan biography: born 29 April 1891 in Pondicherry, the "Revolutionary Poet" of Tamil took his name from Subramania Bharati and gave the…
Politics
R. Venkataraman Biography: Early Life, Tamil Nadu’s Industrial Architect, Eighth President of India and Legacy
R. Venkataraman biography: born 4 December 1910 in Thanjavur district, the architect of Tamil Nadu's industrialisation was President of India from 1987…
Politics
Ramana Maharshi Biography: Early Life, Arunachala, Self-Enquiry, Teachings and Legacy
Ramana Maharshi biography: born 30 December 1879 at Tiruchuli, the sage of Arunachala taught the path of self-enquiry, "Who am I?", from…
Politics
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Biography: Early Life, Self-Respect Movement, Dravidar Kazhagam and Legacy
Periyar biography: born 17 September 1879 in Erode, E. V. Ramasamy founded the Self-Respect Movement and the Dravidar Kazhagam and reshaped the…
Sports
I. M. Vijayan Biography: Age, Early Life, Football Career, India Captain, Records and Films
I. M. Vijayan biography: born 25 April 1969 in Thrissur, the boy who sold soda at the stadium became India's football captain…