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The Nominations...


Wed Dec 20 15:29:19 2000
Name:Raghu Raj Raja
Email:raghujgd@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shanker
Reason:I get to travel all over the world. And I am witness to the transformations taking placein the lives of people all over the world through Sri Sri Ravishankars teachings. Whether it is Mongolia or Belorussia or Lithuania or Slovenia or US or Canada or Italy or Germany or of course INDIA. Truly life is becoming a celebration on this planet because of this great MAN.


Wed Dec 20 15:37:07 2000
Name:Amit Chhabra
Email:amityourfriend@indya.com
Nomination:karnam malleshwari
Reason:she brought glory to india.


Wed Dec 20 15:42:46 2000
Name:Jyotsna Singhvi
Email:j_9d@yahoo.com
Nomination:Amitabh Bachchan
Reason:For all the reasons in this world


Wed Dec 20 15:56:21 2000
Name:Pradeep
Email:pradeepcet@yahoo.com
Nomination:Sachin Tendulkar
Reason:The one person who carries the hopes of millions of indians every time he walks on to the field


Wed Dec 20 16:01:10 2000
Name:Bhanu Prakash
Email:ultimate_20@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karanam Malleshwari
Reason:B'cos she kept India in the medals tally at least with a Bronze medal while other teams from India which paricipated,failed to do so. We can say she kept India alive,as far as olympics r concerned.


Wed Dec 20 16:09:11 2000
Name:Nagaraja MN
Email:nagarajamn280@yahoo.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:She has achieved the rare honours of winning an Olympiad Medal which no other Indian woman has realised so far.


Wed Dec 20 16:21:36 2000
Name:Jaspreet Bhatia
Email:jaspreetbhatia@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:What can I , it will be like showing torch to sun. One cannot imagine a person other than Mr. Vajpayee who can run a govt. in such troubled circumstances.


Wed Dec 20 16:27:05 2000
Name:gops
Email:gopi_25@yahoo.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Because he is the first perfect, ideal and noncurrupt prime minister of India


Wed Dec 20 16:32:38 2000
Name:john b dsouza
Email:hotbot@forindia.com
Nomination:Amitabh
Reason:Do we need any reason for recognising genius


Wed Dec 20 16:33:42 2000
Name:Santanu Chakrabarti
Email:beatless13@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Amitabh Bachchan
Reason:Please, in the year of KBC need you ask why. For good or bad it has changed all our lives and the lion's share of the credit goesto the not so-angry-young-anymore man.


Wed Dec 20 16:35:13 2000
Name:Kannan and Gayathri
Email:cjkannan@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For making the US realize we are capable of Bombing on Nuclear as well as Information Technology.


Wed Dec 20 16:36:16 2000
Name:leenatanejarao
Email:leenarao@rediffmail.com
Nomination:maneka gandhi
Reason:for fighting an almost lone and gutsy battle to save defenceless animals from ruthless human exploitation, and for being on the right side -- the side of nature!


Wed Dec 20 16:37:18 2000
Name:Hasan Shaikh
Email:hasan@igcar.ernet.in
Nomination:Sachin Tendulkar
Reason:He is the only Indian who is a match to the best in the world. He has brought a ray of hope for many millions Indians, who otherwise are fed up with a set of politiking leaders and general failures of the country on all fronts


Wed Dec 20 16:38:30 2000
Name:PRAJEESH
Email:rb_prajeesh@usa.net
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He is the one who can lead India to better and bright future....


Wed Dec 20 16:40:04 2000
Name:Anup
Email:anupkazani@rediffmail.com
Nomination:G.R.Khairnar
Reason:the only indian i found who actually is true to himself,his work and his nation.i consider him as the rediff indian coz he is the only indian fighting against the illegal acts and also the whole illegal system.it is proved from the very reason itself that he was called back to duty,even when his term in office was to expire.hats off.


Wed Dec 20 16:40:07 2000
Name:Anand Rao
Email:nanandrao@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpaye
Reason:One man strong holding to threads of various strength on one side and on the other also tuning himself to the pull of the fourteen threads at regular intervals and balancing himself. At the same time he does not leave his roots and is loyal to it too. He is indeed a man of real strength, courage and thus he should be considered for the nomination of-Rediff Indian of the year.


Wed Dec 20 16:40:28 2000
Name:gerard
Email:gerard@hotmail.com
Nomination:AMITABH BACCHAN
Reason:Simple and easy "rishtey me tho wo sab ka laadla hote hai" and "talent me amitabh sab ke baab hote hai"


Wed Dec 20 16:40:31 2000
Name:Pinaki Pal
Email:pinaki_pal@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For successfully leading India into the 21st. century, for spearheading the IT revolution,for being least ambiguous among politicians in exploiting sentiments over religion,casteism etc.


Wed Dec 20 16:41:53 2000
Name:srinath choudhary
Email:sreenu2k@usa.net
Nomination:Nara chandrababu naidu
Reason:A simple man with great ideas & vision. Whole country liked to have such leaders at the helm of matters. Hardworker& a political genious. He got the genuine political acumen. He defined politics better.He got genuine "Political"sense. Defined ,better,the abilities of a genuine politician.


Wed Dec 20 16:49:37 2000
Name:Anand Rao
Email:nanandrao@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpaye
Reason:One man strong holding to threads of various strength on one side and on the other also tuning himself to the pull of the fourteen threads at regular intervals and balancing himself. At the same time he does not leave his roots and is loyal to it too. He is indeed a man of real strength, courage and thus he should be considered for the nomination of-Rediff Indian of the year.


Wed Dec 20 16:56:55 2000
Name:Subrata Majumdar
Email:subrata_majumdar@hotmail.com
Nomination:Saurav Ganguly
Reason:One bright spot in the "gentleman's game" now dominated by Pappu Pagers and Munna Mobiles.


Wed Dec 20 17:00:26 2000
Name:Kasturi Pal
Email:kasturipal@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:Only Indian to have achieved international recognition in the field of sports.This was one of the areas India failed miserably particularly with the match fixing scandal.


Wed Dec 20 17:03:48 2000
Name:Manoj Karekar
Email:manojkarekar@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Malleshwari
Reason:She won the only medal for country at olympics 2000.


Wed Dec 20 17:05:24 2000
Name:Pradeep Kumar
Email:pradeeppv@vsnl.net
Nomination:Mammootty
Reason:He is the great Actor who got National award Thrice.Un macthable performance in somany well known films.


Wed Dec 20 17:08:00 2000
Name:Sunil
Email:sunil_nair_us@yahoo.com
Nomination:A.B.Vajpayee
Reason:He is one of the best PM India ever had. Stabilty,Economic prosperity, Foreign policy,Kashmir r only some of his acheivements.


Wed Dec 20 17:12:49 2000
Name:wajid jamadar
Email:wajid_j2000@rediff.com
Nomination:amitabh bachchan
Reason:because of his bright career in bollywood.


Wed Dec 20 17:18:17 2000
Name:S Chakravorty
Email:sc2k@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Azim H Premji
Reason:Contribution to industry in software


Wed Dec 20 17:19:41 2000
Name:Kasturi Pal
Email:kasturipal@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:Only Indian to have achieved international recognition in the field of sports.This was one of the areas India failed miserably particularly with the match fixing scandal.


Wed Dec 20 17:26:52 2000
Name:Pranav Vasavada
Email:pmvasavada@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Bal Thackeray
Reason:He is only man who is true talking,feeling for India. In India every politician has their own dream. No one have time for public. All are running for "Kursi". In this type of politics only Bal Thakrey is only man who care for our India and true voice in favour of our India.


Wed Dec 20 17:27:19 2000
Name:Sabyasachi Kundu
Email:kundusabyasachi@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Narayan Murthy (Infosys)
Reason:He showed that you can not stop sun by anything. If you are best, you will get everything from your country also. You need not go to USA.


Wed Dec 20 17:30:27 2000
Name:usha kakarla
Email:ukakarla@hotmail.com
Nomination:N.Chandrababu Naidu
Reason:I had completely given up on politicians and their promises - till I learnt about him. Our country still has hope - if only we can produce more politicians like him. Politicians, please go ahead, get selfish, make your money, but do atleast SOMETHING for the good of the country. Learn from this man - learn how to balance your political interests and yet do something good for the nation - the two are not mutually exclusive! My vote goes to this 'young' politician of the future.


Wed Dec 20 17:31:44 2000
Name:J.Ganesh
Email:ganeshj007@indya.com
Nomination:Padmasree A.R.Rahman
Reason:Because,His fusion music with the western music director.Already ,he spreads Indian music via Vande Maataram,Jana Gana Mana.So his music contribues about the Indian to the Western Country.


Wed Dec 20 17:35:59 2000
Name:Sachin C C
Email:sachincc@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Ajith Balakrishnan
Reason:As he had the guts to bring up such an idea as of a portal and make it a success in India.


Wed Dec 20 17:38:03 2000
Name:majid farhan
Email:majidfarhan@hotmail.com
Nomination:karnam malleshwari
Reason:the courage shown by this unknown athelete to strive for the best and achieving it is good reason enough for her being chosen as the "INDIAN OF THE YEAR". i truly believe there are many more people like malleshwari who wil surely lift the spirit of indian sports and people.


Wed Dec 20 17:40:42 2000
Name:R.J.Parthiba Ganesh
Email:gankajps@sify.com
Nomination:A.R.Rehmaan
Reason:He has a fantastic year.Because,his Fusion music and the album Jana Gana Mana brings the world to nations.His another album also widely accepted by the world,Zubeidaa.


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