Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar (Indian Cricket Icon)
Full Name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
Born : 24 April 1973.
Place : Mumbai, India.
Nationality : Indian.
Parents : Ramesh Tendulkar, Rajni.
Spouse : Anjali.
Children : Sara and Arjun.
Coach : Ramakant Achrekar.
Nicknames : Little Master, Tendlya, Master Blaster, The Master, The Little Champion.
Batting Style : Right-handed.

Awards :
Padma Vibhushan, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri, Wisden Cricketer of the Year, Maharashtra Bhushan Award.

Cricket Profile (till date) :
Matches Played -162 Tests & 439 ODIs.
Centuries - 88 (43 in Tests and 45 in ODIs).
Half Centuries – 147.
Runs Scored - 30,356 .
Highest Score - 248 in Tests, 200* in ODIs.
Wickets Taken - 44 in Tests, 154 in ODIs
Man of the Match Awards – 60.
Man of the Series Awards -15.

What other cricketers say about Sachin Tendulkar :

“I saw myself in Sachin when i saw him bat.” Sir Don Bradman
“I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.” Shane Warne
“Closest thing to batting perfection.” Sunil Gavaskar
“Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time.” Wasim Akram
“He is 99.5 percent perfect. I'd pay to see him.” Viv Richards
“You know genius when you see it. And let me tell you, Sachin is pure genius.” Brian Lara
“Sachin is cricket's God.” Barry Richards
“Tendulkar will go down in history as the best ever batsman after Bradman.” Steve Waugh.
“Tendulkar is the best batsman I have seen or played against.” Ricky Ponting
"Cricketing jewel of subcontinent." Hanif Mohammad
"Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman the game has ever seen, better than even the iconic Don Bradman. " Nasser Hussain
"He's probably the greatest batsman I've ever seen play, live. Cricket was blessed to have such a genius. Michael Clarke
"Sachin, the man we all want to be." Andrew Symonds
"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin." Mark Taylor
"I have seen God, he bats at No.4 for India." Hayden
"I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!" Anil Kumble
"There are 2 kinds of batsmen in the world.
One: SACHIN TENDULKAR
Two: all the others……………..!" Andy Flower
"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations.
The train stopped by for few minutes as usual.Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98.
The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century.
This Genius can stop time in India!!" Peter Rebouck (aussie journalist)
"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also." Waqar Younis

Books written on Sachin Tendulkar :
Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman by Gulu Ezekiel.
The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel.
Sachin Tendulkar-a definitive biography by Vaibhav Purandare.
Sachin Tendulkar - Masterful by Peter Murray.
If Cricket is a Religion, Sachin is God by Vijay Santhanam.

Sachin is the iconic Indian smashing the first double century in the four-decade-long history of One-day cricket.

He made his debut as cricketer at the age of 16. By the year 2009 he completed his 20 years of international cricket. He is regarded as the God of Indian cricket. His records are still going on and on…Keep going Sachin….

Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla (Indian-American scientist)

Born : March 17, 1962 at Karnal, Haryana, India.
Demised : February 1, 2003
Nationality : Indian.
Parents : Banarsi Lal Chawla and Sanjogta Kharbanda.
Spouse : Jean-Pierre Harrison.

Education :
Bachelor of engineering degree in aeronautical engineering at Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh.
Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Master of Science degree in 1986 and a PhD in aerospace engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Career :
Worked as NASA astronaut.
She was one of seven crewmembers of Space Shuttle Columbia .
Worked as vice president for NASA Ames Research Center .

Missions Handled :
In 1997, Chawla worked in the space shuttle STS-87 Columbia as a mission specialist.
On January 16, 2003, Chawla worked in the space shuttle STS-107 as a flight engineer and mission specialist. (she logged 30 days, 14 hours and 54 minutes in space)

Achievements :
Chawla was the first Indian-born woman and the second person of Indian origin to fly in space, following cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma who flew in 1984.
During STS-87, she was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite which malfunctioned.

Posthumous Awards:
Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Space.
Flight Medal NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Defense Distinguished Service Medal.

Honour :
In her memory India's Prime Minister Mr. A.B.Vajpayee announced on February 5, 2003, that the meteorological series of satellites, "METSAT", will be renamed as "KALPANA". The first satellite of the series, "METSAT-1", launched by India on September 12, 2002 will be now known as "KALPANA-1".
Kalpana Chawla Award was instituted by the government of Karnataka in 2004 for young women scientists.
Government of Haryana has made a Planetarium after her name called as Kalpana Chawla Planetarium in Jyotisar,Kurukshetra.

Quotes by Kalpana Chawla :
When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.

Books : Kalpana Chawla: A Life, by Padmanabhan, Anil.

Kalpana died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107.

Abdul Kalam

Abdul Kalam (Man Of Vision)
Born : 15th October 1931.
Place : Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.
Actual name : Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
Also Known as : Missile Man of India.
Nationality : Indian.
Parents : Jainulabdeen Marakayar and Ashiamma.
Autobiography : Wings of Fire.
Vision : Lead India 2020
Lead India 2020 is the action plans to develop India into a knowledge superpower by the time 2020.
Approach : “A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed" says Kalam.
Slogan : Aap Badho Desh Ko Badhao..

Books Written By Abdul Kalam : Scientist to President, Ignited Minds, India 2020, India-my-dream, Envisioning an Empowered Nation, Guiding Souls, Children Ask Kalam, Inspiring Thoughts, Mission India, Indomitable Spirit, My Journey, The Luminous Sparks.

Honour : Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna.

Acheivements :
Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III).

He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO's launch vehicle programme, particularly the PSLV configuration.

He played a major part in developing many missiles of India including Agni and Prithvi.

He played a pivotal organisational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998.

He was responsible for the evolution of ISRO's launch vehicle programme, particularly the PSLV configuration.

Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002.

Famous Quotes :
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

“To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.”

“God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.”

“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.” “Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?”

“Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”

“Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

“Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.”

“As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.”

“To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.”

“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

“The Earth is the most powerful and energetic planet..”

“There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.”

“Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.” “We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (India’s Greatest Leader)
Born : 2 October 1869 (National holiday in India, Gandhi Jayanti)
Birth Place : Porbandar
Deceased : 30 January 1948
Actual name : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Nationality : Indian
Parents : Putlibai Gandhi (Mother)
Karamchand Gandhi (Father)
Spouce : Kasturba Gandhi
Principles : Truth
Nonviolence
Vegetarianism
Brahmacharya
Simplicity
Faith
Swaraj
Famous Movements: Champaran agitation and Kheda Satyagraha
Non-cooperation
Satyagraha (Salt March)
Quit India Movement

Honour : Father Of The Nation.
All the currency notes in circulation in India contain a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Government of India awards the annual Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize.

Awards : Man of the Year, Person of the Century.

Famous Quotes :
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”

“I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.”

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.”

“There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.”

Autobiography : The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa ( A Model Of Divine Mercy)Born : 26 August 1910.
Eternally Rested : 5 September 1997.
Actual name : Agnese Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.
Ethnicity : Albanian.
Citizenship : India.

Baptized : August 27, 1910.
Inspiration Day : September 10, 1946 on a train journey from Calcutta to Darjeeling, then mother received a call “Call with in a call”, which lead to the foundation of charity families.
Founder : Missionaries of Charity.

Awards : Padhma Shri (1962), Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), Nehru Prize for Promotion of International Peace & Understanding (1972), Balzan Prize (1978), Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna (1980).

Some Inspiring Quotes by Mother Teresa :God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, of killings, of wars, of hatred. If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other.

Books by Mother Teresa:
The Best Gift is Love: Meditations by Mother Teresa; Mother Teresa; 1993

The Blessings of Love; Mother Teresa / Nancy Sabbag; 1996

My Life For the Poor; Mother Teresa; 1996

Loving Jesus; Mother Teresa / Jose Luis Gonzalez-Belado; 1991

Life in the Spirit : Reflections, Meditations, Prayers, Mother Teresa of Calcutta; Mother Teresa; 1983

A Mother Teresa Treasury; Mother Teresa; 1985

In My Own Words; Mother Teresa / José Luis Gonzalez-Belado; 1996

A Simple Path; Mother Teresa; 1995

Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Fruitfull Branch on the Vine Jesus; Mother Teresa; 2000

A Gift for God; Mother Teresa; 1996

Heart of Joy; Mother Teresa; 1987

Jesus, The Word To Be Spoken; Mother Teresa; 1987

The Joy in Loving: a Guide to Daily Living With Mother Teresa; Mother Teresa; 1997

Meditations From a Simple Path; Mother Teresa; 1996

No Greater Love; Mother Teresa; 1998

One Heart Full of Love; Mother Teresa; 1988

Words to Love By; Mother Teresa; 1989

Mary, Mother of Reconciliations; Mother Teresa; 1989

Works of Love Are Works of Peace: Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the Missionaires of Charity; Michael Collopy and Mother Teresa; 1996

Stories Told By Mother Teresa; Mother Teresa et al; 2000

In The Heart of the World, Thoughts Stories & Prayers; Mother Teresa et al; 1997

Everything Starts from Prayer: Mother Teresa's Meditations on Spiritual Life for People; Mother Teresa; 2000

Total Surrender; Mother Teresa; 1993

Reaching Out in Love: Stories Told by Mother Teresa; Mother Teresa; 1999

I see God in the eyes of every child.…every unwanted child is welcomed by us. We then find homes for these children through adoption.