Ramesh Ramanathan — Bangalorean Ramesh Ramanathan followed his heart from NY to Bangalore. He left a successful career heading a $100 million business at Citibank in New York and later in London as Managing Director and European Head of Corporate Derivatives, returned to his hometown and started an NGO, Janaagraha. Never give up on hard work I live by the …

Ram Kailash Yadav — One of the most famous folk singers of the region, Ram Kailash ji has been singing for at least the last six or seven decades and singing for All India Radio since 1949. He has traveled to almost all parts of the country with his group and been honored with many awards. Though he mainly sings …

Ralph Lauren was born on October 14, 1939 in The Bronx, New York, to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants, from Pinsk, Belarus Fraydl (Kotlar) and Frank Lifshitz, a house painter. His birth name was Ralph Rueben Lifshitz. He is an American fashion designer and business executive. He is best-known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand. From a young age he started …

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore — Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is an Indian shooter and politician, who rose to fame after winning the Silver Medal in Men’s Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is the first sportsperson to win an individual Silver for India since Norman Pritchard, who won two Silver Medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Rathore …

Rajendra Kandalgaonkar — Creative innovation in Hindustani Classical music has been the key to Rajendra Kandalgaonkar’s growth as an artist. Moving into the depths of Raga, he understands and responds to the emotional environment and the nature of the Raga. As he evokes the “alaap” of raga he builds a rapport with his audience. With original thought in “layakari” and …

Rain — Jung Ji-Hoon (born June 25, 1982), better known by his stage name Rain, is a South Korean singer, recording artist, dancer, actor, model and designer. Rain’s musical career includes seven albums (six Korean, one Japanese), 19 singles and numerous concert tours around the world. His acting career began in 2003, when he won the KBS Best New Actor …

Rafael Nadal — Nicknamed “Rafa”, Rafael Nadal has took the tennis world by storm over the past 5 years as he has made his way on the professional tennis circuit to number 2 in the world with a staggering clay-court winning streak of 60 consecutive matches. He was born June 3rd 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca to Sebastian and Ana Maria. …

Rachael Ray — Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is an American television personality, businesswoman, celebrity chef and author. She hosts the syndicated talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray and three Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels and $40 a Day. Ray wrote cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, …

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis — Most beds are of standard size. Especially those put in dormitories. The result is that those who are very tall have to learn to sleep curled up or with their feet dangling over the edge. Usually, no one would think of blaming any person for their plight, but at Santiniketan, the university set up by Rabinderanath …

Twins are monozygotic dizygotic. Monozygotic twins are externally identical while dizygotic twins may or may not be identical. Every human has two things which are unique to him-finger prints and DNA. In any case twins cannot have identical DNA or finger prints because they are genetically different. But clones are genetically identical and hence finger prints of clones are supposed …