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Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist,  and  theatre  designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist (geometric shape) movement, the invention of…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Steven Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, business magnate, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; He is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Interestingly, in 1974, he travelled…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb,…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Richard Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. He has written numerous works of fiction and also non-fiction flight-related titles. His works include Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977), both of which were among the best sellers. Most of Bach's books have been…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights for people of colour in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by the nonviolent activism…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Anthony de Mello, also known as Tony de Mello (4 September 1931 – 2 June 1987), was an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist. A spiritual teacher, writer, and public speaker, de Mello wrote several books on spirituality and hosted numerous spiritual retreats and conferences. He continues to be known for his storytelling,…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Masanobu Fukuoka (2 February 1913 – 16 August 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide free cultivation methods from which he created a particular method of agriculture, commonly referred to as "natural farming"…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Leo Tolstoy   (1828 – 1910), was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909; the fact that he never…

Dear Friends, Namaskaram! Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one…