MS Sparsha History often celebrates the names of great scientists like Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, C.V. Raman, and Homi J. Bhabha. Yet, hidden in the shadows of scientific history are remarkable individuals whose brilliance transformed modern science but whose names rarely find a place in textbooks. One such extraordinary Indian was Piara Singh Gill—a pioneering…
MS Sparsha History often remembers kings who ruled kingdoms, generals who won wars, and emperors who built monuments. Yet, every once in a while, there emerges an extraordinary individual who changes the destiny of an entire civilization without wearing a crown or wielding a sword. One such forgotten hero is Suyya, an ordinary man whose…
M.S. Sparsha Ask any Indian who made the country’s first motion picture and the answer, almost instinctively, is Dadasaheb Phalke. And rightly so. His Raja Harishchandra (1913) occupies an honoured place in our cinematic history as India’s first full-length feature film. But history sometimes forgets its earliest dreamers. Twelve years before Phalke ever bought a…
MS Sparsha There are heroes whose names adorn monuments and history books. And then there are those whose extraordinary contributions quietly shape our understanding of the world, even as time conspires to erase them from public memory. Dr. Sunder Lal Hora belongs to the latter category—an unsung hero whose scientific brilliance earned global admiration but…
MS Sparsha The story of success is often told through balance sheets, market share and billion-dollar valuations. Rarely do we pause to remember the dusty, uncertain beginnings of the men and women who built some of India’s most iconic brands with little more than courage and conviction. Few stories exemplify this better than that of…
MS Sparsha Long before fintech companies popularised “Buy Now, Pay Later” and banks aggressively marketed Equated Monthly Installments (EMIs), one visionary entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu had already discovered a far more powerful form of credit—trust. His name was Veraputhra Gnanadraviam Rajadas Panneerdas, better known as V.G. Panneerdas, the founder of the VGP Group. His journey…
MS Sparsha The unsung hero who protected India’s industrial dream History remembers great industrialists. It celebrates visionary entrepreneurs who built factories, created jobs and transformed nations. But behind many celebrated success stories stand lesser-known figures whose timely interventions prevented disaster and quietly altered the course of history. One such forgotten hero was Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala—the…
MS Sparsha The brightest stars do not always shine in history books. Some illuminate a nation quietly. Dr. Pulin Bihari Sarkar was one of them. Long before rare earth elements became the foundation of semiconductors, electronics, renewable energy and nuclear technology, this brilliant Bharateeyan chemist had already recognized their immense scientific and strategic value. Yet,…
MS Sparsha History often remembers political leaders, kings and warriors. Yet some of India’s greatest nation-builders worked quietly in classrooms and laboratories, shaping the country’s future without seeking recognition. One such forgotten giant was Ganesh Prasad, a pioneering mathematician whose contributions laid the foundations of higher mathematical research in India. Born in 1876 in Ballia,…
By MS Sparsha In the late 1890s, inside a bustling laboratory on Bowbazar Street in Calcutta, a young Indian medical student sat in complete darkness, his eyes heavily bandaged after a horrific acid explosion had abruptly ended his medical career. Rather than surrendering to despair, he turned his heightened senses of smell and sound into…
