The Nominations...

Thu Dec 14 00:03:09 2000
Name:Sanjay Shinde
Email:shinde76@yahoo.com
Nomination:Dr. MS Swaminathan/ Food Security
Reason:Architect of the green revolution and for bringing food security to billion+ indians.Self-sufficiency in food is the pre-requisite of a strong, technologically competant, confident India that we wish to see. Dr.Swaminathan has achieved something which 1.3 billion chinese couldn't!! Food security is the weakest link in China's hegemonic goals in Asia!!

Thu Dec 14 00:03:40 2000
Name:Rashmi
Email:rasshu@yahoo.com
Nomination:Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He is one of the best Prime Ministers we ever had. He has seen to it that the promises that he made are being fulfilled.I have never seen so much work done in India in such a short time ever before in my life.He is a truthful and honest prime minister and worthy of this award.He has tried his best to keep peace with our neighbouring nations without looking unduly submissive that is the best part. Three Cheers for our Prime Minister!!!

Thu Dec 14 00:03:53 2000
Name:Prashanth
Email:rayasa@tradeline.com
Nomination:The Indian soldier.
Reason:In my opinion, the vote should NOT go to the PM who has time and time again exhibited weakness dealing with terrorists. Also points cut for not dealing with the Pakistan problem firmly. The person who actually deserves this is the Indian soldier fighting battles for the country without expecting anything in return and are most often taken for granted.

Thu Dec 14 00:05:07 2000
Name:Saurabh Gupta
Email:guptasau@yahoo.com
Nomination:Dewang Mehta
Reason:1)Nudging, Goading, pushing, pressuring Govt. Of India into providing better deal for Indian software industry. This will have a fall out effect on other industries too. 2) Developing a powerful lobby of companies which can counter the populistic tendencies of Mantris, especially the ones like Laloo so opposed to IT-"YT". 3) Providing a hope for a better future to common middle class Indian.

Thu Dec 14 00:05:23 2000
Name:Manoj Kamde
Email:mjkamde@mailcity.com
Nomination:A. B. VAJPAYEE
Reason:He shown the world that we can do anything if needed. He bend down the worst neighbour, shown the world how powerful we are, also acted like a fevicol bond among NDA constituent.... Thre is lot to write about him......

Thu Dec 14 00:06:35 2000
Name:Ashok
Email:bujji@rediffmail.com
Nomination:A.B.Vajpayee
Reason:The only person who has the potential to make an impact.

Thu Dec 14 00:07:58 2000
Name:naba
Email:naba_c@hotmail.com
Nomination:Medha Patekar
Reason:For her everlasting fighting ability against our corrupt system

Thu Dec 14 00:08:37 2000
Name:Sandhya
Email:sandhyakaranji@hotmail.com
Nomination:Military
Reason:For their yeoman service to project their Motherland despite the hardship they encounter.They never expect anything in return.In this era of corruption and political pressure,they are the true HEROES who safeguard our nation and project it from Foreign invastion.

Thu Dec 14 00:09:45 2000
Name:MN Ravi
Email:mnravibvt@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal Behari Vajpayee
Reason:He survived every attack on him - physiological, political and people's wrath!

Thu Dec 14 00:16:17 2000
Name:Sandeep Nema
Email:snema@yahoo.com
Nomination:A B Vajpayee
Reason:A good and clean government so far given by him. He is managing all the fronts inspite his health problems. Its good to have such a PM at this hard time.

Thu Dec 14 00:21:34 2000
Name:Sreedhar Makarla
Email:makarla@rocketmail.com
Nomination:KARNAM MALLESHWARI
Reason:Saved the pride of INDIANS at OLYMPICS 2000...

Thu Dec 14 00:25:24 2000
Name:avnish sabharwal
Email:avnish2000@hotmail.com
Nomination:The Indian Soldier
Reason:For their Bravery and self-sacrifice. It is because of them that the people of India can sleep peacefully everynight. Their heroics in Kargil and Siachen Glacier would make any citizen proud of our Armed Forces. Jai Hind!!

Thu Dec 14 00:26:07 2000
Name:Phanindra Mankale
Email:pmankale@onesoft.com
Nomination:Mr. Narayana Murthy
Reason:Mr. Narayana Murthy has shown how Information technology can transform a nation, especially a country like India. He has set the precedent as an Ideal CEO, who shares his wealth not only with the Industry but also his employees. This whole concept was foreign to India, where comapnies like Birlas and Tatas made billions but never shared the wealth with the people who created the wealth, its employees. This whole phenomenon started by Murthy will lead to distribution of wealth amongst the middle class and in turn revive the Indian economy. May his tribe increase.

Thu Dec 14 00:26:51 2000
Name:siva kumar.b
Email:bskumar999@rediffmail.com
Nomination:karanam malleswari
Reason:in a country with 100million population and in a country where women were always sidelined and looked up as a machine to cook food and do house hold services, she has lifted the spirits of many aspiring young women both in rural and urban areas.this is a great acheivement for the women and a great inspiration for the MILLENNIUM WOMAN.

Thu Dec 14 00:27:08 2000
Name:Shyam
Email:shyam_l@yahoo.com
Nomination:Narayana Murthy of Infosys
Reason:Full marks to him for creating wealth for everybody in the company and building a global IT conglomerate from scratch

Thu Dec 14 00:27:21 2000
Name:ANEEZ
Email:eaneez@aig.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:As a woman she brought a country with 1 billion people in the Medal tally of Olympics.Undoubtedly she should be the Indian of the year.

Thu Dec 14 00:27:32 2000
Name:Raja
Email:rajamani@hotmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He is the only PM really concern about the nation so far. Definitely he will make our country as more powerful.

Thu Dec 14 00:31:08 2000
Name:raj
Email:rajsmail2me123123@rediffmail.com
Nomination:sachintendulkar
Reason:clean in match fixxing

Thu Dec 14 00:36:09 2000
Name:Praful
Email:wairagade@hotmail.com
Nomination:A B Vajpayee
Reason:Great Leader

Thu Dec 14 00:36:34 2000
Name:ganesh rao
Email:techie@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal Behari Vajpayee
Reason:He is the ideal leader. Fearless and forthcoming, Sensitive and caring, Diplomatic and prudent. After a long time India hope to achieve its dreams under his leadership

Thu Dec 14 00:37:23 2000
Name:Prem
Email:prem@cs.sunysb.edu
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:The only good thing to have happened to India the last year.

Thu Dec 14 00:38:12 2000
Name:Amit Patel
Email:amit_94040@yahoo.com
Nomination:Infosys and Wipro CEO's
Reason:They are the people bringing the revolution in India. They have compelled the P.M. and C.B. Naidu to take the steps they are taking. They have taken India to the next stage in Economy. They have placed India for the first time right shoulder to shoulder with the other nations. For the first time India has joined an economic revolution not too late after the other nations. Sit back and think they have brought more Foreign $$$ to India than the entire nation. They made their money but they have definately given India a big Technological Presence in the World..

Thu Dec 14 00:39:36 2000
Name:Dnyanesh Kamat
Email:d_kamat@hotmail.com
Nomination:Varsha Bhosle
Reason:I would nominate, for being the only person, according to me who is not apologetic about airing her views, and who doesnt hesitate in saying what she thinks is right

Thu Dec 14 00:40:36 2000
Name:Jayendran
Email:jayendran@india.com
Nomination:NR Narayana Murthy
Reason:Here is the man who is rocking the NASDAQ also. He has made indian IT companies reach global status, also bringing healthy competition among Indian IT companies. Still lives in the same place. Brought enough confidence in Indian Youngsters to who can also become Millionares. Well, I am one such so.

Thu Dec 14 00:51:01 2000
Name:Ajay Kshatriya
Email:ajay@abcomconsulting.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He's the number one. Most bold Indian leader of current times..

Thu Dec 14 00:51:14 2000
Name:Hemant Modak
Email:hemant_modak@rediffmail.com
Nomination:K. Malleswari
Reason:In spite of all the pre olympic negative publicity, she kept her morals high and gave us our only medal in the OLYMPICS and proved her worth by action and not by words. She deserves the honour.

Thu Dec 14 00:52:43 2000
Name:rajaram swaminathan
Email:rajswa@hotmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Steps in the direction, but not getting the right support, but still holding together disparate elements.

Thu Dec 14 00:53:29 2000
Name:Sameer Reddy
Email:samreddy@altavista.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He is able Politician. His efforts to solve the kashmir issue are commendable. He is bold, strong, and kept Pakistan at a distance.

Thu Dec 14 00:55:53 2000
Name:Yash
Email:yasho.d@usa.net
Nomination:AB Vajpayee
Reason:One of best PM India ever had. If India ever had leaders/politicians like Vajpayee, now India would have been in the row of developed coutries.

Thu Dec 14 00:56:24 2000
Name:Sai Kumar
Email:saiku@yahoo.com
Nomination:The Indian Soldier
Reason:Who bleeds at the border without a break while everyone else is drooling over idiots like Salman Khan and turning a blind eye towards the total mess which India is in !

Thu Dec 14 00:58:00 2000
Name:raju
Email:penmetsa@hotmail.com
Nomination:vajpayee
Reason:for being a trying leader in a difficult political environment. He is definitely a genuine leader trying to usher india into the 21 st century

Thu Dec 14 00:58:30 2000
Name:Sanjay Joshi
Email:sanjos@bigfoot.com
Nomination:Sachin Tendulkar
Reason:A model for us all! He has stayed clean even when a lot of his mates have gone down the drain. A true Indian!

Thu Dec 14 01:07:11 2000
Name:Rajesh Bellani
Email:asia@sinfo.net
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:India's best & decentest PM. GOD bless him.

Thu Dec 14 01:09:24 2000
Name:ajay kumar
Email:crazy1177@rediffmail.com
Nomination:N. chandra Babu naidu
Reason:he's a "HITECH" ceo of AP

Thu Dec 14 01:14:23 2000
Name:Narayanan Ramachandran
Email:NarayananR@yahoo.com
Nomination:Viswanathan Anand
Reason:The strongest chess player India has ever produced..

Thu Dec 14 01:19:14 2000
Name:Gautam R Bajekal
Email:gautam_bajekal@hotmail.com
Nomination:Narayan Murthy - Chairman, InfoSys Tech
Reason:Why should it always be a politician or a sports person. Its time we honour entreprenuers who deal with the creation of wealth. This individual named above has not only excelled in their business venture but created wealth for millions, brought glory to the nation and contributed to the community as well.

Thu Dec 14 01:19:14 2000
Name:Niru Shah
Email:A7121 @aol.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shanker
Reason:He has touched so many lives regardless of religion, cast or country.

Thu Dec 14 01:20:56 2000
Name:Puneet Saxena
Email:psaxenai@yahoo.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Has provided an honest and able leadship in running the government. India needs more leaders like him.

Thu Dec 14 01:22:04 2000
Name:praveen rao
Email:raop@purdue.edu
Nomination:The Delhi Police
Reason:Their efforts made us realise what a fools paradise we were living in worshipping the cricket demigods

Thu Dec 14 01:47:52 2000
Name:Sanjiv Shekhar
Email:sanjivs@ejiva.com
Nomination:A.B.Bajpai
Reason:The most suitable person to lead India at this hour.

Thu Dec 14 01:49:50 2000
Name:sri rtao
Email:sri_rao@yahoo.com
Nomination:Atal bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Because he is simply the best in the cureent circumstances

Thu Dec 14 01:53:10 2000
Name:mps bhatia
Email:mpsbhatia@rediffmail.com
Nomination:SRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
Reason:IN MY OPINION HE IS THE BEST PRIME MINISTER INDIA HAS EVER HAD EXCEPT FOR LATE SRI LAL BAHADUR SASTRI WHO WAS EQUALLY GOOD PRIME MINISTER.SO HE DESERVES TO BE REDIFF MAN OF THE YEAR

Thu Dec 14 01:54:34 2000
Name:Vijaydeep
Email:vijaydeep@hotmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:From a country where women are not encouraged to get into sports, only she got a medal for india.

Thu Dec 14 01:55:30 2000
Name:mps bhatia
Email:mpsbhatia@rediffmail.com
Nomination:SRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
Reason:IN MY OPINION HE IS THE BEST PRIME MINISTER INDIA HAS EVER HAD EXCEPT FOR LATE SRI LAL BAHADUR SASTRI WHO WAS EQUALLY GOOD PRIME MINISTER.SO HE DESERVES TO BE REDIFF INDIAN OF THE YEAR

Thu Dec 14 01:59:11 2000
Name:Ali
Email:ali@hotmail.com
Nomination:Abul Kalam Azad
Reason:He's the brains behind Indian nuclear program. He has taken India to new heights.

Thu Dec 14 02:01:13 2000
Name:Subbu
Email:ak_sub@hotmail.com
Nomination:A.B. Vajpayee
Reason:He is leading India in a better way and has so far been sucessful in countering all his adversaries. He is the only hope for Kashmir,, And for us Indians.

Thu Dec 14 02:02:15 2000
Name:girija
Email:girija_s1@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Abdul Kareem
Reason:He has clearly demonstrated that that we as Indian citizens are capable of questioning the insanities of the Govt. This should help restore our faith in the indian judicial system. Hats off to him!!!

Thu Dec 14 02:02:52 2000
Name:Mohan Akula
Email:mohanakula@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sachin Tendulkar-The Little Master
Reason:Unparallelled talent,inimitable grit, astounding devotion for the country, perfect execution of tasks, a determination never seen before, a temperant that one could only covet, a genius to the core.... all these so coyishly packed into a harmless looking dynamite called Tendulkar. Who else can parallel such a legend. An inspiration for the present generation. He is a man who inspires in action.

Thu Dec 14 02:04:13 2000
Name:deepak nautiyal
Email:dnautiyal@nyc.rr.com
Nomination:Mr. Arun Shourie
Reason:Mr. Arun Shourie has been consistent in exposing all that can be called a "threat" to the internal security of India. His work in exposing the nefarious designs of the communists/marxists and Congress combine, the Christian proselytzers, and the pseudo-secular's of India is commendable in this regard. Mr. Shourie is "Indian of this Decade" because he made, through his writing, millions of Indians recognize the true dangers that India is facing today.

Thu Dec 14 02:20:11 2000
Name:Sunil Shirguppi
Email:sunil.shirguppi@3do.com
Nomination:Mr Narayan Murthy
Reason:Mr Murthy is a true Visionary of The IT industry and he has shown the whole world what Indians are capable of.

Thu Dec 14 02:26:39 2000
Name:Baban
Email:baban_kenkre@hotmail.com
Nomination:PM A.B Vajpayee
Reason:Soldiers are indians of all times not just one year. But Vajpayee brought us new hope and has still kept that feeling alive.

Thu Dec 14 02:31:18 2000
Name:Vachaspati
Email:vachaspati_2000@yahoo.com
Nomination:Karanam Malleswari
Reason:1. She has made all of us proud. 2. She has a plan for the future. 3. Popularity did not turn her head. 4. She has successfully fought favouritism. Easily the best lady we have had.

Thu Dec 14 02:33:36 2000
Name:Vijay
Email:vijay@rediff.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Leading a democracy with so many alliances is an achievenment by itself. Apart from the strengthening of foriegn ties, and improving the economy of the country.

Thu Dec 14 02:44:56 2000
Name:Manoj
Email:manojmatt@hotmail.com
Nomination:Indian Women
Reason:Karnam Malleshwari(Olympic Bronze Medal), Lara Dutta (Miss Universe), Priyanka Chopra (Miss World),

Thu Dec 14 02:45:23 2000
Name:Avinash
Email:dhdsh@klkd.wew
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For finally admitting that the construction of Shree Ram temple at Ayodhya is an "unfinished national aspiration".

Thu Dec 14 02:55:00 2000
Name:Anil
Email:achorey@telcordia.com
Nomination:Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He has set an example of how a PM should be, for all the PMs in the future. The way he had and is handling the Kashmir issue is really admirable.

Thu Dec 14 03:05:55 2000
Name:viji palaniappan
Email:viji_p@yahoo.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason: every body knows the reason. i'm proud of her. why people nominate movie stars? i think they don't know this not cinema express award!

Thu Dec 14 03:09:09 2000
Name:Mrugesh
Email:mrugeshd@yahoo.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For being the most best PM that we ever had.

Thu Dec 14 03:18:16 2000
Name:Vishwajit Singh
Email:vishwajits@hotmail.com
Nomination:A.B.Vajpayee
Reason:The cease fire offer he made has given people of kashmir some peace. And I dont hear the bad news like everyday which says "10..12...15 people killed in the valley". Lets hope it like this forever and peace returns to the valley. Mr.Vajpayee decision is just not a political or emotional one but also a diplomatic one because he forced Pakistan to accept the offer and showed the world that we Indians want peace.

Thu Dec 14 03:22:19 2000
Name:Vinay Boppana
Email:nani_boppana@hotmail.com
Nomination:Chandrababu Naidu
Reason:He is the most capable leader moving India into the right direction.

Thu Dec 14 03:26:45 2000
Name:megha
Email:tm@hotmail.com
Nomination:indian soldiers everywhere
Reason:Right from kashmir to the northeast,all the parts of the country, unreachable by any other human, sacrificing their lives for the people who dont even understand the meaning of these sacrifice, who don't even get their piece of cake like the soldiers in Manipur who did not even get allowances they deserve

Thu Dec 14 03:27:59 2000
Name:Yogesh Lakhani
Email:yogesh_lakhani@hotmail.com
Nomination:Chandrababu Naidu
Reason:Country has good saints but needs good politicians.

Thu Dec 14 03:28:19 2000
Name:Rajlakshmi Hariharan
Email:keernam@yahoo.com
Nomination:H'norable PM -Vajpayee
Reason:For obvious reasons!!!

Thu Dec 14 03:30:31 2000
Name:Suhail
Email:suhail24@hotmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleswari
Reason:WHY NOT ? She absolutly deserves this title as well as many more for winning an Olympic medal for India. Every sportperson in the country will look forward to this and will try to emulate her. VERY WELL DONE KARNAM ! I know people will go for Political figures and it might happen that Karnam is not given the title but she gets my SALUTE !

Thu Dec 14 03:33:41 2000
Name:Arun Chandra
Email:arun115@hotmail.com
Nomination:A B Vajpayee
Reason:Whether we like him or not, A B Vajpayee has been India's only voice for these last 2-3 years!

Thu Dec 14 03:41:01 2000
Name:Sunil
Email:agarsunil@yahoo.co.uk
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajapayee
Reason:Vajapayeeji deserve for person of the year. Apart from his good and honest work, he spoke in National language Hindi during UN submit, that brought proud to Indians and gives the impression that we are not mental slave of foreign language. By giving away our regional attitude we will make second most popular world language Hindi as an UN language in this new millennium.

Thu Dec 14 03:42:22 2000
Name:Srinivas Durgavarjhula
Email:dvasu@visto.com
Nomination:Atal Behari Vajpayee
Reason:Vajpayee along with his BJP has taken bold steps to fix the various problems ailing India. From the bold nuclear tests, forcing a change in US foriegn policy to favor India, embarking on bold new economic reforms, winning Kargil, maintaining political stability, unearthing corruption in cricket, politics and cinema industry and above all raising the standard for a Prime Minister to world class levels. Indians will now expect similar or better qualities in future PMs. No more dumbos would be tolerated to lead the nation. Vajpayee and his colleagues have finally opened the gates for India's growth and prosperity after wandering aimlessly for 50 years since independence. A true achievement with so much more work to do. I wish him all the best. -Vasu

Thu Dec 14 03:42:55 2000
Name:Sanjeev Kudesia
Email:kuds@hotmail.com
Nomination:Indian Soldiers
Reason:Despite of adverse situations and a nation full of corrupt people in every walk of life, they are the one to put their life in danger. Indian masses assume their life taken for granted and still they do not shy away from responsibilities. Probably they are the best of the lot, because they sacrifice so much knowing that no one will do anything for them or their family..! They deserve to reap more rewards than they get.

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