Vijay Mallya

Born on 18 December 1955 Vijay Mallya is a well known businessman all over the world today! The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya he is the Chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines, which draws its name from United Breweries Group's flagship beer brand, Kingfisher.

Vijay Mallya was born in a Konkani Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family originally from the town of Bantwal in Karnataka. He is the son of Vittal Mallya and Lalitha Ramaiah. He was educated at La Martiniere Boys' College, Kolkata and completed his degree at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta under Calcutta University. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by the California Southern University. Across the world, Vijay Mallya currently has 26 belongings. His favorite home is built on an area of 11000 sq. feet in Sausalito, California, USA, other than this he has castle in Scotland, homes in Monaco, Trump Plaza in New York City, the Northern California region of Napa Valley, South Africa and five in Indian cities New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore.

Mallya has an estimated net worth of $1.0 billion He receives substantial press coverage that focuses on his lavish parties, villas, automobiles, Force India, Royal Challengers Bangalore , and his yacht, the Indian Empress. He also owns the Formula One team Force India, the Indian Premiere League team Royal Challengers Bangalore, and the I-League team East Bengal FC.

In 2005, Mallya established Kingfisher Airlines. At present, the airline connects 32 cities. Kingfisher Airlines obtained a 26% stake in Air Deccan, a low cost Indian airline which Mallya later acquired fully and rebranded as Kingfisher Red. Vijay Mallya and his Jet Airways counterpart Naresh Goyal announced an alliance after a marathon meeting on 13 October 2008 at Mumbai, India.

Other than his business Mr. Vijay Mallya has established Mallya Hospital in Bangalore. The hospital is located in Vittal Mallya Road, named after his father. He also helped to fund the Mallya Aditi International School, a private school in Bangalore. The greatest achievement is that he brought back, Indian’s historical treasure Tipu Sultan’s sword successfully, by bidding for the sword at an auction in London in 2004. He commenced the development of real estate UB city in Bangalore, the project concentrate on corporate offices, retail and service apartments. He was conferred a Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration, by the Southern California University, Irvine. He has also been nominated as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.

Vijay Mallya has other interests too apart from business. He has won trophies in professional car racing circuits and is a keen yachtsman and aviator. He has also won numerous trophies in horse racing including several prestigious Derbies.
A gem of a person, sharp businness man with a keen eye on his goal & a man with true sportsmen spirit - Vijay Mallya.

Adolf Hitler - The Fuhrer

The extremities of human nature never fail to amaze us. Good and evil, anger and passivity, love and hate- they all are woven into the fabric of our humanness. But of all the extremes, evil bewilders us the most, and sometimes, overpowered by fits of sanctimoniousness and engulfed by our ideologies, we unleash immense horror upon fellow human beings. Such is the story of Adolf Hitler. He was a man who was born to achieve greatness; maybe not for the best of reasons, but greatness indeed.


Baby Adolf

Born on April 20th, 1889, Adolf was Alios and Klara Hitler’s fourth of six children. He grew up on the German-Austrian border with his family. He had regular clashes with his father who would beat him, but was deeply attached to his mother who always sought to reason with him with love. Hitler wanted to be an artist when he was young and made attempts to get into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. The accounts of his younger sister Paula and his boyhood friend August Kubizek reveal that since his early years Adolf showed characteristics that would become an inherent part of his personality when he became the Fuhrer, like a venomous temper, intolerance for those who disagreed with him, inability to establish ordinary human relationships, hatred towards the Jews, and a tendency towards escapism.
The passing away of his mother when he was nineteen disturbed him, after which he moved from Vienna to Germany. For some time, he worked menial jobs and lived in a homeless shelter. When World War I started, Hitler volunteered to fight in the War and was twice decorated for bravery. Germany lost the War and by imposition of the Treaty of Versailles, was made to accept the blame of starting the war and pay a sum of 132 billion marks. This left the German economy in tatters. It was at this point of time that Hitler joined the Nazis, the National Socialist German Workers Party. It called for the Germans of the world to unite into one nation and to abolish the Treaty of Versailles. Dietrich Eckart became Hitler’s mentor and in 1921, Hitler became the leader of the Party which gained huge membership due to his powerful oratory. In 1923, Hitler attempted a ‘Benito Mussolini style’ Campaign to Munich with the objective of a coup de etat which came to be known as Beer Hall Putsch. He was arrested on the charges of high treason, but was released by the Bavarian Supreme Court even before had served one year in prison.


Hitler became the saviour of Germany

While imprisoned, he wrote his autobiography Mein Kampf (seemingly less of an autobiography and more of a collection of his political views), which included blaming the Jews for all the problems of the world including democracy, capitalism and communism. Once Hitler was out of prison, the rebuilding of the Nazi Party was in order. Hitler’s oratory appealed to the German public because of his ability to provoke their offended national pride. When the worldwide recession hit Germany in 1930, Hitler began to openly propagate his ideas of ridding the nation of Jews and communists. The Nazi Party, with Hitler as its head won the national elections in 1932 and in 1933 Hitler was made the Chancellor of Germany and established a Nazi state known as “Third Reich”. He was now portrayed as the savior of Germany from the economic depression, the Versailles treaty, communism and other “undesirable” minorities. His time saw the greatest industrial expansions, civil improvements and infrastructure development that Germany had ever seen, so much so that there was nearly full employment in the economy. This was also the time when Hitler set out making new alliances with nations such as Italy and Japan.


The Holocaust

Hitler, during this time also unleashed diabolical malevolence upon the nation known as the Holocaust, also called the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”, through which he put his anti-Semitic thoughts into actions and pursued his dream of a racially pure nation. Jews, whom he alluded to as the “anti-race”, were banished from government jobs, universities and their shops were boycotted. The notorious Nuremberg Laws were passed in 1935 and Jews were declared as German “subjects” rather than citizens. A roundup of Jews with Polish citizenship was also enacted in 1938. Concentration camps were established and its first victims were children with developmental disabilities. The inmates of the Concentration Camps were not only Jews and communists, but included ethnic Poles, Romani, Soviet civilians, Soviet prisoners of war, persons with disabilities, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other political and religious opponents. Inmates were used as slave labour until they died of exhaustion or mistreatment. Where the Third Reich conquered new territory in Eastern Europe, specialized units called Einsatzgruppen murdered Jews and political opponents in mass shootings. Jews and Romani were confined in overcrowded ghettos before being transported by freight train to extermination camps where, if they survived the journey, the majority of them were systematically killed in gas chambers. This genocide took approx 6 million lives.
World War II between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) and the Allied powers from 1942 to 1944 saw the defeat of the Axis powers. In 1944, as part of Operation Valkyrie, Claus von Stauffenberg planted a bomb in Hitler’s headquarters but Hitler narrowly escaped death and obliterated the resistance. Hitler had an affair with Eva Braun for sixteen years, which was kept shrouded such that even some his intimate advisors did not know about her. In 1945, they married and then committed suicide. Hitler shot himself in the head while simultaneously biting into a capsule of cyanide.
Though he let loose untold grief upon people, one cannot deny the genius of Hitler, or the brilliance of his oratory or the charisma that he exuded. Though we are impulsively compelled to condemn the Holocaust with utmost vehemence, we must admire the perseverance of one man who has become one of the most feared people in history.

Diego Maradona

There are certain people who leave a mark such that even after they have stopped playing the game, they are always remembered for times to come. Apart from their having such an impact, what seems to be important is the effect they still have on people. Diego Maradona is a name that has been immortalized in football history, not only for the gifted player that he was, but also for his knack of finding himself in precarious situations. The story started on October 30th, 1960 of a boy born to a poor family, raised in Villa Fiorito, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. He was the third child among five in all. Diego started showing prodigious and wizardly skills at the game of football at the age of 10.

At the age of sixteen, Maradona made his debut for the prestigious Argentinean club Argentinos Juniours but was transferred to the club Boca Juniors in 1981 for 1m pounds. He was the youngest player on the national team and was given the title of South American Player of the Year in 1979 for leading Argentina to win the Junior World Cup and thereafter officially became the national sporting star. In 1982 he was transferred to the Spanish club Barcelona for a record $7.7m. Maradona got into disputes with the club’s directors and he also suffered from a broken leg and hepatitis. But he managed to remain the star footballer for the club with sheer willingness and courage and led the club to win Spain’s annual national cup competition known as Copa del Ray. He was then sold to the Italian club Napoli in 1984 for another record $12million. It was during this time that he played some of the most memorable football of his career and led Napoli to victory in the Italian League of 1986/87.

In the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Maradona captained the winning team Argentina which defeated West Germany in the final. During this World Cup Maradona left an indelible mark on sporting history because of two goals he scored in the quarter-final match against England. The first goal was struck by Maradona with his hand, a foul which the referee failed to notice and the goal stood valid, much to the ire of the English. The replay showed Maradona using his hand, and upon this Maradona commented, “A little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God”; this goal came to be known as the “Hand of God”. The second goal was a phenomenal one. Maradona controlled the ball for over half the field, and kicked a sixty meter weave across six English players. This goal was voted as the Goal of the Century by FIFA. He also won the title of the tournament’s best player and received the Golden Ball.

All the while he was in Italy, Maradona’s personal life remained rather controversial as his cocaine abuse continued and he was fined $70,000 for being absent from games and practices. There were also scandalous reports of him having an illegitimate son and friendship with the Camorra. In 1989 Maradona married his childhood sweetheart Claudia Villafane in an ostentatious ceremony, and he had two daughters of the marriage. In 1991, Maradona was suspended from playing football for possession of cocaine. By the time his suspension was over, he was 20 pounds overweight and faced charges of cocaine possession in Argentina. He had to leave Napoli, and subsequently he played with a few other clubs - Seville, Newell’s Old Boys and returned to Boca Juniors for two years before he was tested for drug abuse and yet again found to be taking cocaine and faced a shameful third suspension in 1994.

He captained the Argentinean team in the 1990 World Cup and though he though he could not repeat the brilliance of 1986, he managed to take Argentina to the final. In the 1994 World Cup, he was sent home after having played hardly two games because he failed a drug test for ephedrine doping.

In 1997, Maradona announced his retirement by saying that big people were trying to frame him for drug abuse and that he was doing it to protect himself and his family. But again in 2000, he was in the news because his drug abuse was causing him heart problems. At present, Maradona is coaching the Argentinean team which is playing in the ongoing World Cup.

There would be little or no dispute at all about the fact that Maradona was the best footballer in the world, alongside Pele perhaps.

He was one of the very few players who had the ability to read the game, adapt to it, and manipulate it to his favour with such ease. He was not a very tall man, but never lacked physical competitiveness. Some even said he had the body of a rugby player, but contrary to the brutish ways of rugby, Maradona’s ball handling was layered with finesse. His cocaine addiction cost him a lot not only in terms of his health, but also his reputation and his game. But regardless of all the controversy, Maradona was the hero of the poor Argentinean masses. He made them believe that they could lead a better life. His legacy contains not only some of the world’s most memorable football, but also a hope to those who possess talent, zeal and a willingness to be the best they can.

Ratan Tata

You may wonder why the Tatas — among the country's biggest and most illustrious industrial families for well over a century — never show up on any of those ritual listings of India's richest people. The reason is as simple as it is remarkable. Over generations, the Tatas have sustained a tradition of bequeathing much of their personal wealth to the many trusts they have created for the greater good of India and its people.


Ratan Tata was born on December 28, 1937, in Bombay. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962. Ratan Tata had a short stint with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles, California, before returning to India in late 1962. He joined the Tata Group and was assigned to various companies before being appointed director-in-charge of The National Radio & Electronics Company (NELCO) in 1971. Ratan Tata was appointed Chairman of Tata Industries in 1981. He was assigned the task of transforming the company into a Group strategy think-tank, and a promoter of new ventures in high technology businesses.

His words, ‘a promise is a promise is a promise’, went in history as golden words when the Tata Nano debuted at the 9th annual Auto Expo on January 10, 2008. Despite of facing heaps of political as well as social pressure in West Bengal, the Tatas showcased their character and delivered the car at the committed price of 1 lakh.
Ratan Tata has his own capital in Tata Sons, the holding company of the group. His share is around 1%, valuing his personal holding at approximately US$ 1 Billion.

About 66% of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family. The biggest two of these trusts are the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which were created by the families of the sons of Jamshedji Tata. Ratan Tata is on the board of trustees of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, and is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, giving him significant influence on the board of Tata Sons, despite his minority personal shareholding.

After the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Forbes opined Ratan Tata be brought into politics, calling him India’s most respected business leader.

LYRICS OF SAJNA RE - A.R. RAHMAN (COUPLES RETREAT)

When you smile, I smile with you,
When you cry, I feel it too,
You are my soul, my heart coming out to you,
Be my eyes when I can’t see,
Be my voice when I can’t speak,
Be my life when darkness creeps on me,

Hoo, sajna sajna sajna re,
Hai just sajna sajna sajna re
Sajna sajna sajna re
Hai just sajna sajna sajna re

Throw the stars that shine so bright,
Cross the sky and cross the night,
Making ways to be right by your side
Hold me close don’t let me go
Hold me tight don’t you say no
Save the love we have for ever more

Ho, sajna sajna sajna re,
Hai just sajna sajna sajna re
Sajna sajna sajna re
Hai just sajna sajna sajna re

Save me, when my dream catches fire
(Spare?) me, in my only desire
Wake me, when the pain is over
Take me, now (Take me, now) ...2
When you smile, I smile with you,
When you cry, I feel it too,
You are my soul, my heart coming out to you,
Be my eyes when I can see,
Be my voice when I can speak,
Be my life when darkness creeps on me,
Through the stars that shine so bright,
Cross the sky and cross the night,
Making ways to be right by your side
Hold me close don’t let me go
Hold me tight don’t you say no
Save the love we have for ever more...

With or Without U

Lyrics of With or Without You by U2 :-


See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you

Warren Buffett

“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No.1.”

It is true that Buffet is known as one of the greatest investors. Yet take a closer at youth attributes, instinct and activities. You may agree at the end of this tribute, he is indeed an entrepreneur. Multi-billionaire, Warren Buffet does not hide the fact that his goals are to amass wealth. In fact, it is his mission and his skill is the reason that investors back him and the holding company he manages.

In 2008 Warren Buffett was ranked the richest person in the world. He made his fortune from investing in the stock market and buying out companies.

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

Even as a child Buffett displayed an interest in making and saving money. He went door to door selling chewing gum, Coca-Cola, or weekly magazines. For a while he worked in his grandfather's grocery store. While still in high school, he carried out several successful money-making ideas: delivering newspapers, selling golfballs and stamps, and detailing cars among them. Filing his first income tax return in 1944, Buffett took a $35 deduction for the use of his bicycle and watch on his paper route.

Buffett's interest in the stock market and investing also dated to his childhood, to the days he spent in the customers' lounge of a regional stock brokerage near the office of his father's own brokerage company. On a trip to New York at the age of ten he made a point to visit the New York Stock Exchange. And about this same time he purchased shares of Cities Service for himself and his sister.

He tried to get a position with Graham’s firm and was at first unsuccessful. He finally got the job and, as he generously acknowledges, learned a lot about stock investment from The Master. Graham eventually retired and Buffett started a limited partnership in Omaha, using capital contributed by family and friends. The partnership was a great success and Buffett is said to have averaged an annual rate of return for the partnership in excess of 23 per cent, far in excess of the market.

Buffett, after several years, decided to wind up the partnership, returning the lucky investors their capital and their share of the profits, and bought an interest in Berkshire Hathaway, a textile company, giving his original investors the chance to invest. The smart ones did so. Buffett’s early days at Berkshire Hathaway were not great. The company was in an industry facing real challenges from exports and high manufacturing costs. Warren Buffett had not, however, forgotten what he had learned under Graham, and arranged for the company to buy out two Nebraska insurance companies. This was the start of Buffett’s interest in insurance and the rise to financial fame of both himself and Berkshire Hathaway.