64th Independence Day: A Journey and The road ahead

Youth icons of free India

India has always proved to be a country of immense potential, be it in politics, academics, business or social welfare. Here are a few new-age icons of free India who have not only proved their mettle in their chosen fields but have also given a direction to today's youth to think out of the box and dare to be the first one taking the first step.

Internationally famous Indian women



Once confined to doing only household chores within the four walls of the house, Indian women have made an amazing progress during the last 63 years. They are getting plenty of opportunities to showcase their talents and are excelling in their chosen profession like never before and getting acclaim not only in India, but also all over the world.

leaders who shaped independent India

Few leaders who shaped independent India

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali, 1912

Any piece on Independence Day is bound to carry these lines. Every year journalists, bloggers and anyone worth their salt who think they can wield a pen, come up with articles lamenting the sacrifices of the men and women committed to one goal: Freedom.

But this is no dirge. This is a celebration of their lives.

These are the people who shaped independent India. In life they were mortal. But in death, they are immortal.

Few business icons of independent India

When India gained her independence in 1947, she was primarily an agricultural society with little to show in the name of industry and enterprise. And here we stand 64 years later, a global economic power to reckon with. This is our salute to some of the visionaries who identified and gabbed the opportunity when they saw one. Men who had the business acumen to create and establish new industries and create wealth for all those associated with it. In these six men it would be safe to say 'the elephant had truly arrived'.

education institutions that shaped India

These seats of knowledge have brought out the best from people who have contributed to India's growth--social, scientific and economic.



Few education institutions that shaped India

A strong nation is built by people of substance. And able men are made by the educational institutions of a nation. As India celebrates its 65th Independence Day, we look at the top six educational institutions of the country that helped build and sustain India.

A Few Good Men...

Sixty-four years since the Union Jack was lowered and the Tri-colour unfurled at the Red Fort, India has come a long way to be recognised as a serious contender in world politics. From a rag-tag colonised nation to a sovereign, socialist, republic country whose heart and soul is enshrined in the democratic principles of Gandhi, Nehru & Ambedkar, the transformation of an impoverished, under-privileged obscure state took time. The journey was not that easy but the people who played their part do stand out as a prime example of what one person can do to usher in a change and it is this spirit and zest we celebrate this time with a band of select people who have brought honour and glory to this old country.