Bs Mardhekar

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Bal Sitaram Mardhekar (1909-1956) brought about a radical shift of sensibility in Marathi poetry. He was educated in Pune and London and worked...
Tabish Dehlvi

Tabish Dehlvi

male
Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi "Tamgha-e-Imtiaz", was a renowned poet of Urdu. He was born on November 9, 1911 in a learned family of Delhi. Started...

Narayana Kasturi

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Professor Narayana Kasturi was born in North Travancore, which now forms part of the modern day Kerala, an Indian state. It was Narayana Kasturi...
Shabnam Dutta

Shabnam Dutta

female
Shabnam Dutta is better known in the UK as Sonia Dutta and is a well established broadcaster, fluent in Hindi, Bengali and English, with over...

A. F. S. Talyarkhan

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Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji "Bobby" Talyarkhan (1897-1990) was an Indian cricket commentator. Talyarkhan was one of the earliest cricket...
Parul Sheth

Parul Sheth

female
Parul R. Sheth is a prolific science writer. After completing M.Sc. in organic chemistry from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, she obtained her...

Berry Sarbadhikari

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Bijoy Chandra "Berry" Sarbadhikari (died December 19, 1976 at the age of 72 in Bombay) was an Indian cricket commentator, journalist and author....

Anant D. Adawadkar

male
Dr. Anant D. Adawadkar (b. November 1936 in Khamgaon of Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India) studied Marathi Literature privately, while working as a...
Azeez Thayineri

Azeez Thayineri

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Azeez Thayineri is well-known all over Kerala for his magnificent performance of various Mappila art forms. Hailing from Payyannur in Kannur...

Maqbool Hussain Zaidi

male, deceased (1969)
Lt. Col. Maqbool Hussain Zaidi (1914-1969) was the founder of Imambargah Colonel Maqbool Hussain in Rawalpindi. Born in Delhi, India, Zaidi joined...