As a child, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam remembers being fascinated by the flight of seagulls.

"It was in the train I heard the call to give up all and follow him to the slums to serve the poorest of the poor".

Viswanathan Anand is the World Chess Champion! The greatest sportsman India has ever produced.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and JRD to the world was a doyen of Indian industry and a pioneering aviator.

Dr. Verghese Kurien is called the "father of the white revolution" in India and made it the largest milk producer in the world.

I.M. Vijayan used to sell bottles of soda, earning 10 paise a bottle. Today he is the highest-paid footballer in the country.

Dhirubhai H Ambani rose from humble beginnings to become chairman of India's largest private sector company.

The greatest batsman in the world today, Sachin Tendulkar has the cricketing world at his feet.

A strong desire to travel beyond the blue yonder, to fly into the heavens and touch the stars some day...

How many people in Delhi know a man called E. Sreedharan? He is 70. Should have retired a long time ago.

Orator par excellence, veteran parliamentarian, poet, visionary, a man of peace and the prime minister of India.

How many people in Delhi know a man called E. Sreedharan? He is 70. Should have retired a long time ago.