Yusuf Arakkal  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 226, Hits: 1538]
Leaving the comforts of his house behind, the boy Yusuf left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter...
Updated On: 5/4/2009
Tags: Kottakkal Kerala, Royal Family of Arakkal, Muslim Royal Family, Keyees, Kozhikode, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Graphic Print, National Academy Community Studios, Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, Florence Internazionale Biennale, Child and Priest Painting, Lorenzo de Medici, Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures, Murals, Paper Works, Karnataka Lalithkala Academy Award, Asian Art Biennale, Thalassery

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Manjit Bawa  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1049, Hits: 3383]
Bawa's older brothers encouraged him to pursue art. He studied fine arts at the School of Art, New Delhi between 1958 and 1963, where his professors included Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanya...
Updated On: 1/5/2009
Tags: Mythological Paintings, Sufi Philosophy, Michelangelo, Dalhousie, Wealth of Wisdom, Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat, School of Art New Delhi, Indian Painter

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Vaclav Havel  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 370, Hits: 2061]
Vaclav Havel is a Czech writer and dramatist...
Updated On: 8/6/2008
Tags: President of Czechoslovakia, First President of Czech Republic, Political Prisoner, Soviet Era, Velvet Revolution, Democratic Market Economy, Slovakia, Liberal International, Prize For Freedom, Philadelphia Liberty Medal, Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, Prague Society, International Gandhi Peace Prize, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Government of India, Human Rights, Ambassador of Conscience Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Champions of World Democracy

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Shirin Ebadi  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 372, Hits: 2034]
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her advocacy on behalf of Iranian dissidents and others, especially women and children, Shirin Ebadi is a human rights lawyer in Tehran...
Updated On: 7/15/2008
Tags: Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, Human Rights Lawyer, Iranian Revolution, Conservative Clerics, Law Expert, Iranian Periodicals, Islamic Republic, Nobel Award Ceremony, President Mohammad Khatami, Scientific Nobels, Human Right

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Kwame Anthony Appiah  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 389, Hits: 2100]
Kwame Anthony Appiah, is a Ghanaian philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory
Updated On: 6/16/2008
Tags: Ghanaian Philosopher, Ghanaian Philosopher, Political and Moral Theory, Philosophy of Language and Mind, Laurance S. Rockefeller University, Princeton University, Philosophy of Language, African Literature, Poetry Anthologies, German Philosophers Hegel, W E B. DuBois, Avenging Angel Novel, University of Cambridge, Nobody Likes Letitia Novel, Death in Venice Novel, Theories of Afrocentrism, Appiah Argues

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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 415, Hits: 2189]
Springsteen's lyrics often concern men and women struggling to make ends meet. He has gradually become identified with progressive politics. Springsteen is also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in New Jersey...
Updated On: 5/21/2008
Tags: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, American Songwriter, E Street Band, Numerous Awards, Grammy Awards, Academy Award, Albums Born to Run, New Jersey, Rock Album, Somber Folk-Oriented Works, Iconic Status Stems, Party Rock and Roll Songs, Nickname The Boss, Club Gigs, Presidential Campaign

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Kenichi Ohmae  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 464, Hits: 2721]
Kenichi Ohmae is one of the world's leading business and corporate strategists...
Updated On: 4/21/2008
Tags: Kenichi Ohmae, Business and Corporate Strategists, Mr Strategy, 3Cs Model, McKinsey, International Management Consulting Firm, Strategic Management Practice, Consumer Electronics, Financial Institutions, Photographic Equipment, Industrial Machinery, Worlds Top Five Management Gurus, Global Business Domination, Ohmaes Classic Work

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Kazuo Ishiguro  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 556, Hits: 2005]
Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japan-born British novelist...
Updated On: 3/3/2008
Tags: Nagasaki, British Novelist, University Of Kent, University Of East Anglia, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, Creative Writing Course, Whitbread Prize, Science Fiction, Booker Prize

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Galileo Galilei  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 610, Hits: 3791]
Galileo's empirical work was a significant break from the abstract Aristotelian approach of his time...
Updated On: 2/18/2008
Tags: Italian Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Scientific Revolution, Galilean Moons, Kinematics, Astronomy, Science And Technology

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Clinton Richard Dawkins  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 760, Hits: 1977]
Clinton Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer...
Updated On: 1/31/2008
Tags: Oxford University, Science Writer, Clinton Richard Dawkins, British Ethologist, The Selfish Gene, Antireligionist, Gene-centered view of evolution, Memetics, Extended Phenotype, Phenotypic effects, Antireligionist, Secular humanist, Sceptic, Darwinian Principles, September 11 2001 attacks, Weird respect, Normal criticism

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