Wealthy, handsome, man of science, visionary, industrialist, institution-builder, humane intellectual, inspiring leader`85 all these do not describe adequately Vikram Sarabhai.

Vikrama Raja Singhan was the last of the Tamil kings of Kandy. The British, who felt threatened by his growing popularity with his subjects, waged war with him on a slim pretext. He managed to escape and return to Kandy.

Silathoranam is about one km from the main temple. It is a spectacular rock formation — a rare geological arch estimated to be 1,500 million years old by geologists! The age of its rock is estimated at another mind-blowing 2,500 million years!

Kumbhalgarh fort: With a total length of 36 km, the 7-metre wide Kumbalgarh walls snake up and down the Aravalli hill range in southern Rajasthan. The Kumbalgarh fort has the world’s second longest wall.

Pavan Kaula has built a plane of his own for personal travel. And he believes there should be many more of them out there. When this retired pilot flies his plan-built Long-EZ, there is very little traffic and that he says is not very encouraging.

Baba Banda Singh Bahadar was born in Rajouri. He settled on the banks of the Godavri, near Nanded. It was here that Guru Gobind Singh met him. Banda ‘Bairagi’, as he came to be known, was greatly impressed by the 10th Guru and took Pahul from him. He was ordered by the master to go [...]

Mansingh was born in Nandala, a hamlet sandwiched between the Chilika Lake and the Bay of Bengal. Orphaned at the age of four, his uncle — the Dewan of Parikud, a princely state on the Chilika — nurtured him. The nearest high school was 60 km away in Khurda. Young Mayadhar walked all the way [...]

Image: The image has no relation whatsoever to the tree mentioned in the story.
“Whoever causes any harm to this tree, they will commit the sin of not taking care of their mother.”—Muniyappa. So reads a Kannada stone inscription at the base of a ficus tree, at the lake catchment area of Chennammanakere in Banashankari.

Six former students of Cathedral School, all from affluent backgrounds, simply want to do their bit for society. Tired of others blaming ‘the system’ for everything that goes wrong in the city, they put their heads together, loosened their purse-strings and decided to ‘change the system’.

Gianfranco’s three years were spent working with India’s bright colours and textures which inspired him to turn his focus from designing buildings to clothes.