A brilliant collection of profiles of 20 trailblazing Indians who changed the world with their ideas, innovation and discoveries.
For over 3000 years, the Indian subcontinent has contributed to fields as diverse as mathematics and science, spirituality and philosophy, as well as music and literature. In this absorbing book, Shruthi Rao profiles 20 legendary Indians who dared to think differently and changed the world--from starting a new religion based on the principles of compassion and peace; to creating the first set of rules for grammar; to discovering the existence of black holes, and so much more. 20 Indians Who Changed the World is as informative and well-researched as it is inspiring, a book every Indian can read with pride.

Amartya Sen
Ashoka
Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya)
Buddha
C.V. Raman
Faqir Chand Kohli
Har Gobind Khorana
Indra K. Nooyi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kalpana Chawla
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mother Teresa
Narinder Singh Kapany
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Panini
Rabindranath Tagore
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Swami Vivekananda
Tipu Sultan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan