What makes Amitabh Bachchan’s spectacular life and career even more astonishing is that his success has been anything but smooth

As careers go, his has been among the most spectacular and a true roller coaster. Amitabh Bachchan has been a megastar in two mediums, first in films and later, a resurrection in TV as anchor of the hugely successful Kaun Banega Crorepati. This TV comeback...

Ajit Balakrishnan launched one of India’s first dotcom companies and his entrepreneurial drive has inspired many younger achievers

Serial entrepreneurs are common in the US but there are very few in India. If ever a list is made of this rare species, Ajit Balakrishnan will qualify eminently. When just over 22, he and Arun Nanda launched Rediffusion, an ad agency that made creative...

Dr Ram Buxani has established a reputation as a conscientious and sensitive voice of non-resident Indians

Dr Ram Buxani was among those who came to India after the Partition. He had just lost his father and his mother struggled to raise the family. He left the Indian shores for Dubai in 1959 when there was no Indian Diaspora in the Gulf. Dubai had no power, water or airport and Dr...