Nikola Tesla:The forgotten wizard

NIKOLA TESLA:WIZARD OF ELECTRICTY
We all are enjoying the fruits of this marvellous phenomena called electricity which we have harnessed so skillfully.But do most of know the person behind all these marvels??
Electricity as we 'use' it is of two types..The Alternating Current where the direction of current changes and direct current where the direction remains same.Though DC was in vouge since the 19th century,but it was worthless for long distance transmission.Then,Nikola Tesla happened who revolutionised the whole scheme of things.
Nikola Tesla was born in a mountainious part of Balkan Peninsula,then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.His father was an Christian Priest belonging to the 'orthodox' sect.His father was also a writer and a poet.His mother,apart from being a housewife had marvellous mechanical aptitude;which later manifested itself in Tesla.
After his early schooling in *,he enrolled to study engineering at Gratz Polytechnique in Austria.There he marvelled in the course