Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma - The great soul.
Gandhi was neither a great warrior nor a King, and yet Mahatma Gandhi exercised greater power and commanded greater loyalty than these. He was a man of Iron and his strength lay in his essential goodness and selflessness. The world lay at his feet because he had rejected it. This England - learned Barrister from Gujarat (India) looked, dressed and behaved like a typical Indian peasant and won instant recognition among the masses. The people chose to see in him not only a saint, a holy fakir, ...

Aung San Suu Kyi - the Great Freedom Fighter
Suu Kyi - a real fighter
As a freedom fighter, one of Suu Kyi's most theatrical speeches was in 1995, soon after she was freed from just about six years of house arrest, when she beam to a global women's conference in Beijing. She didn't seem at the conference, but spoke to the international assembly by means of a video smuggled out of Burma. Suu Kyi always communicated herself with cool conviction and calm passion, which reflects her Buddhist background. She is Gandhian in her synergistic blend of force and restrain...

John Ringling | Ringling Barnum & Bailey Circus | Art Collector
Circus Magnate Transformed Sarasota
During the 1920s, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus chose Sarasota on the west coast of Florida for its winter headquarters. Around this time, wealthy American industrialists one-upped each other by building palatial homes in warm climates. As it turned out these were the end times for the Gilded Age when the super rich built castle-like winter retreats -- the Cranes on Jekyll Island, Georgia, and the duPont's Epping Forest in Jacksonville, Florida. These latter-day palaces also includ...