Laurel & Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavy American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend …

Lallan Singh Gahmari, lives in Allahabad though he belongs to the Bhojpuri region. He is deeply interested in research on music and keeps traveling to dig out forms which are not sung or remembered by too many people. Apart from performing on a regular basis, he also teaches folk music- passing on some of his vast collection.

Lalit Suri (15 April 1947 – 10 October 2006) was the ‘uncrowned hotel king’ of India and a member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of India’s Parliament). Lalit Suri was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent from Uttar Pradesh in 2002. Born on April 15, 1947 in Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Lalit Suri was an alumnus of St …

Lakshmi Nivas Mittal (born June 15, 1950) is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, born in Sadulpur Village, in Churu district of Rajasthan, India and residing in Kensington, London. He is the 5th richest person in the world and the richest Indian, with a fortune of U$32 billion according to Forbes. The Financial Times named Mittal its 2006 Person of the …

Kwame Anthony Appiah, born in London, is a Ghanaian philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah is Laurance S. Rockefeller University professor of philosophy at Princeton University and author of numerous books and novels. The author of everything from monographs on the philosophy of …

Kumar Sanu alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya was born September 23, 1957 in Kolkata, is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India’s highest civilian honours. He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for 5 consecutive years. Early Life Kumar Sanu’s father Pashupati Bhattacharjee was an accomplished classical vocalist and …

Kumar Sangakkara — Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman. He used to play as a wicket-keeper and top-order batsman in all forms of the game, but has stopped doing so in Tests as his batting average is significantly higher in Tests when he …

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Malayalam: 27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005), also known as K.R. Narayanan, was the tenth President of India. He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President. Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala), and after a brief stint with journalism and then …

Klaas Jan Huntelaar — Top scorer for the Netherlands in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, the former terror of Eredivisie defences is still pursuing greater recognition for his talents overseas. The AC Milan marksman has yet to enjoy a defining moment in a major competition and remains slightly tainted by a brief and frustrating spell with Real Madrid. A regular …

The British Navy’s nickname for a torpedo is ‘tin fish’. It is an underwater powered projectile which can be launched from a ship, submarine or aeroplane to explode against a hostile ship. Robert Whitehead, a British engineer, designed the first self-propelled torpedo over a hundred years ago. Torpedoes strike their target below water. When a shell or bomb explodes above …