Category archives: Celebrity

He's just 19 and India's youngest CA: Meet Nischal Narayanam

Nischal Narayanam has become the youngest ever to clear the Chartered Accountant (CA) examination. The 19 year-old boy is also a renowned mathematical genius. Although Narayanam has cleared one of the toughest exams in the country, he will have to wait for two more years to sign the balance sheets as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) doesn’t enrol members less than 21 year. Nischal Narayanam has exhibited […]

The Amazing ‘Bearded Dame’ who is Redefining Beauty Around the World

Love yourself, ‘you’ are the only ‘you’ that ‘you’ have,” says Harnaam Kaur, the bearded dame who is changing the perception of beauty around the world. You may have heard of Harnaam Kaur, the 24-year-old woman from UK who refers to herself as the ‘Bearded Dame’. Beautiful, courageous and confident, Harnaam is a true inspiration to many in this world struggling with unrealistic and fabricated standards of beauty. TBI had […]

From a village in UP to Bollywood's finest, this is Nawazuddin Siddiqui's story

The ‘invisible’ man was in the audience. On stage, a woman grappled with the choices she’d made. “Yeh kaisi uljhan?” she asks. The audience watched as the dilemmas unfolded and he, the invisible man, was among them, submerged in darkness, wondering if this was the world for which he was destined. Vijaydan Detha’s play Uljhan is about a woman who falls in love with a feral man and leaves her […]

Indian-origin film producer making waves in Canada

Ottawa: An Indian-origin budding independent film producer, whose recent film attracted millions of dollars, is being seen as the next famous person to come out of Canada, media reports said. Komal Minhas has produced “Dream, Girl” — a feature-length film that has fetched millions in investor funding and has already created much excitement in the media, Daily Herald News reported on Monday. Minhas has partnered with US director and co-producer […]

Bus driver saved more than 70 lives in Gurdaspur Terror Attack

The alertness and bravery of a bus driver 47-year-old Punjab Roadways driver Nanak Chand Sharma saved several lives as terrorists launched an attack on Gurdaspur district of Punjab which left 3 civilians and 4 policemen dead. Punjab Roadways driver Nanak Chand did not panic even when the terrorists fired at the bus and instead scared the terrorists by driving towards them. As the terrorists, numbering four, moved back, the driver swerved […]

Remembering Kalam: The People’s President, The Missile Man

There are times when words fail you, when emotions overwhelm you to the point that you fall silent, when the sense of loss is so great that the mind goes numb and you find it difficult to reconcile to the thought that yes it is only the memories that would now stay with you. Former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s demise yesterday is one such momentous loss. The social media, be […]

APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India, is no more

Shillong: India’s most loved former president APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on Monday after he suddenly fell ill during an event in Shillong. The 84-year-old president breathed his last at 6:40 PM following a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong. Kalam, who loved to interact with students and encourage them to work for the country, passed away while interacting to students. […]

From soft drinks seller to co CEO: The inspiring story of Masaan producer Manish Mundra

The way actor-director Rajat Kapoor found a producer for his critically acclaimed film Ankhon Dekhi is now a Bollywood lore. Frustrated with producers not accepting his script on which he had worked for three years, he sent out a tweet, stating his anger and disillusionment. He said he had had enough and will now make a play instead. Manish Mundra, once a soft drink seller in Deoghar, Bihar, and then […]

Even if the world disbelieves you, hold on to your dreams'

“Without getting discouraged, focus on your dream, strive towards it.” “Dreams do come true.” The Indian Navy’s first ever woman Air Traffic Controller, Remadevi Thottathil takes us through her inspiring career journey. The Air Traffic Controller performs a critical function in the aviation sector. It is a role where a split second of delay in decision can cause a disaster. When in July 1992 the Indian Navy started inducting women […]

The 'Ironman': Milind Soman just completed the toughest triathlon in the world

If you needed more reasons to be head over heels in lust love with Milind Soman, look no further. The Bollywood actor and model just made the country proud by successfully completing the Ironman Triathlon held in Zurich, Switzerland on 19 July, reported Times of India. The triathlon is considered one of the world’s toughest races and had 2,000 participants which included seven Indians. The triathlon includes a 3.8-km swim, […]