Bhaskara (1114–1185), also known as Bhaskara II and Bhaskaracharya (“Bhaskara the teacher”), was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He was born near Vijjadavida (Bijapur in modern Karnataka). Bhaskara is alleged to have been the head of an astronomical observatory at Ujjain, the leading mathematical center of ancient India. He lived in the Sahyadri region. Bhaskara and his works represent a …

Bharat Thakur is one of the spiritual masters of India who have received international recognition. The founder of Artistic Yoga, he has numerous meditation workshops to his credit. He also conducts yoga training-sessions for groups and individuals, along with corporate yoga workshops, throughout the world. Bharat Thakur has opened yoga studios or yoga centers in various cities, like Delhi, Mumbai, …

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the 11th Vice-President of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant, until he resigned on July 21, 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil. Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), …

Bertolt Brecht, born on Feb. 10, 1898, died on Aug. 14, 1956, one of the great German poets and playwrights, had a key influence on modern drama. As an innovator he advanced such ideas as the “alienation effect,” an attempt to divorce the audience from emotional identification with the play’s characters, presumably preventing them from experiencing catharsis, pity or fear …

Bernard-Henri Levy (born in Béni Saf, Algeria) is a French public intellectual, writer and journalist. He is often referred to simply as BHL. Lévy was one of the leaders of the “Nouvelle Philosophie” (New Philosophy) movement in 1976. In 1981, he published L’Id’ologie française (“The French Ideology”), arguably his most influential work. “Superman and prophet: we have no equivalent in the …

At an early age Benjamin Peary Pal was introduced to plants. His father, though a physician, used to spend his spare time growing flowers and vegetables in their garden. Once when he was tired he asked teenaged Pal to look after the garden. Pal not only began to take care of the plants but also started improving it after reading …

Benazir Bhutto, at age 35, was one of the youngest chiefs of state in the world. More than that, she was the first woman ever to serve as prime minister of an Islamic country, but the road that brought her to power had already led through exile, imprisonment and devastating personal tragedy. Only days after young Benazir Bhutto returned to …

Balbir Singh — Balbir Singh Dosanjh, popularly known as Balbir Singh Senior has been a former Indian Hockey player who has represented the nation in 3 Olympic Games getting his team a Gold Medal victory at all the 3 events and has also been the Coach of the Indian Hockey team for some time. He is named Balbir Singh Sr. …

Bal Thackeray — “Bal” Keshav Thackeray (born January 23, 1924), popularly called ‘Balasaheb’, ‘Sher’, Ttiger’, or “Hridaysamrat” is the founder and president of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist and populist party mainly present in Maharashtra, India. Background Thackeray was born to Prabodhankar Thakaeray in a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family and is a Hindu revivalist and Hindu nationalist. Several nationalists …

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