Annie Besant was born on October 1, 1847, in London, England. Orphaned by her father at a young age and raised in modest circumstances, Annie showed early brilliance and independence. At age 20, she married clergyman Frank Besant, but the rigid doctrines of the Church clashed with her free-thinking spirit. She soon separated from her… Continue reading The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal!
Wordsmiths
Poets, speakers, and leaders who forged words into timeless legacies!
The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack!
Born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, Joseph Rudyard Kipling came into the world under the bright glare of the Indian sun, a place that would forever color his imagination. His father, John Lockwood Kipling, was an artist and museum curator, and his mother, Alice Kipling, a woman of spirited intellect. In… Continue reading The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack!
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf!
Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, in the Jorasanko mansion of Calcutta, into a family where art, literature, and reform were as much a part of the air as the fragrance of incense at dawn. The youngest of thirteen children, he grew up under the gentle but unyielding influence of his father, Debendranath… Continue reading Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf!
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love!
Mother Teresa was born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia), into an Albanian family. Her father died when she was just 8 years old, and her mother raised her with deep faith and compassion for the poor. From a young age, Gonxhe… Continue reading Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love!
We know what we are, but know not what we may be!
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the quiet market town of Stratford-upon-Avon, England — a place that would, centuries later, be forever etched on the map because of him. The exact day of his birth is uncertain, but tradition holds it to be April 23. The son of John Shakespeare, a glove-maker and… Continue reading We know what we are, but know not what we may be!
I Have a Dream!
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed nonviolent resistance to racial injustice. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s principles, he led pivotal campaigns, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech… Continue reading I Have a Dream!
Swami Vivekananda’s Speeches at the World ‘s Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) was an Indian monk, spiritual leader, and chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, who introduced Indian philosophy to the West. At the 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, his opening words, “Sisters and Brothers of America,” won a standing ovation and made him a global voice for unity and tolerance. He… Continue reading Swami Vivekananda’s Speeches at the World ‘s Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893
Do not belong to the past dawns, but to the noons of future!
Sri Aurobindo born Aurobindo Ghose on 15 August 1872 was not merely a thinker, a poet, or a freedom fighter — he was a yogi, a philosopher, and a visionary whose life became a bridge between the ancient wisdom of the East and the future aspirations of humanity. Born in Calcutta and educated at Cambridge,… Continue reading Do not belong to the past dawns, but to the noons of future!