The Nominations...

Name: suryanarayana
Email: polursurya@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the best cricketer in the world!

Name: Senthilnathan
Email: senthilnathans@hotmail.com
Nomination: Narayanamurthy, chairman, Infosys
Reason why: For the heights he has taken Infosys to.

Name: Anand Vasudevan
Email: anandrules@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: The best prime minister India has ever had!

Name: ysreekanth
Email: ysreekanth@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has made Andhra Pradesh a state to reckon with. He works for the people and is an example for others. His training programmes are simply mindblowing! His men were the first to reach Orissa after the super cyclone. I would like to see him as the prime minister one day. I'd vote him as the Indian of the year for his dynamism and his struggle for the upliftment of the poor.

Name: shankar
Email: shankar_t@satyam.net.in
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Our country has had people who became local heroes and momentary champions, but 1999 saw this man emerge taller than ever before to symbolise the true India.

Name: Siva Kumar M Pillai
Email: siva@public1.sta.net.cn
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: In a nation divided over caste, religion, language etc, Sachin is the unifying figure admired by one and all.

Name: abeezar burhanpurwala
Email: abeezar@sasi.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He sacrificed his life for our freedom.

Name: Ritwick Ray
Email: ritwick@tata.cummins.com
Nomination: Saurav Ganguly
Reason why: For consistent performance in the cricketing arena throughout 1999.

Name: hemjith
Email: hemjith@rediff.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: An outstanding personality. He places the nation's interest above his personal interests.

Name: D.Srinivas Patwari
Email: dspatwari@rediffmail.com
Nomination: .Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Because he got re-elected as prime minister of India, the world's largest democracy despite several odds and brought the NDA back to power.

Name: Jayanti Hajra
Email: Jayantih@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Rabindranath Tagore
Reason why: The most multifaceted human being in this century, in this country.

Name: simon
Email: simon_john_98
Nomination: Mohammad Azharuddin
Reason why: Was a good player, blamed for no fault of his.

Name: RAGHU T V
Email: SURYAVANSHI_TV@YAHOO.COM
Nomination: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Reason why: He worked for India and he never let India down.

Name: ganesh prabhu
Email: ganeshprabhu5@hotmail.com
Nomination: Aarthy
Reason why: From the under-18 category who won the world junior chess championship.

Name: Vijayan Reddy
Email: vijayan@sankhya.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: The only sane politician who is a true capitalist and industrialist at heart, one who knows how to herald India into the next millennium. He also knows how to win mass appeal through populist schemes. I would vote for him if he is to be elected as our prime minister. We need many such people. Well done Mr Naidu!

Name: Mohd meeran
Email: samr72@hotmail.com
Nomination: Annai Teresa
Reason why: Sacrificing nature and for her gratitude.

Name: RAMESH PILLAI
Email: rameshanpillai@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Best suited for his job as the prime minister of this great nation in these troubled times.

Name: dr amit dave
Email: amitdoc@hotmail.com
Nomination: Prof Amartya Sen
Reason why: He made us proud to be Indians.

Name: Neilabh
Email: neilabh@yahoo.com
Nomination: Acharya Ramlochan Saran
Reason why: He is the pioneer of publishing in Bihar. He has groomed several experts in the different aspects of publishing like Shivpujan Sahay, Rambriksh Benipuri, Upendera Mahararathi, Ramdharisingh Dinkar, Arsi Prasad and YG Krishnamurthi.

Name: B P Balsubramanyam
Email: bpbala@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Reason why: Without him we would have not got freedom for our country.

Name: V Swaminathan
Email: vswami_nathan@hotmail.com
Nomination: L K Advani
Reason why: Sensed Kargil even before the misadventure was executed and earned the wrath of the so-called secular parties for saying so. Got a shot in his arm when the US did the same thing in Afghanistan. I am really proud to nominate him as the Indian of the year.

Name: s s rao
Email: ssrao19@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Sonia Gandhi
Reason why: This dynamic lady is the sole reason why the Congress fared well in the recent elections. But truly speaking, she deserves to be voted as the Indian of the year because this year saw her rise from simply being Mrs Rajiv Gandhi to a becoming a force to reckon with in politics -- a force upon whom the Congress party relied heavily to restore its lost glory. And the fact that she had no prior political experience just goes to show the strength of her persona ! (This comes from a long time BJP voter )

Name: alok kumar
Email: poorti@mantraonline.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has given India stability, victory in war and pride. He has a very clean image and is the only person on whom we people pin our hopes for a resurgence of our nation.

Name: Akumalla Subramanyam
Email: ak_sub@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has really stood out as a successful politician and leader. He has changed the outlook of our country by going ahead with his nuclear plans and successfully testing our nuclear scientists' abilities. This has reposed lot of confidence in the countrymen. Also, heading a party like the BJP which is doing a balancing act between the Hindu fascists and the rest, he has proved to be an astute statesman. He leaves me with no other choice. Vajpayeeji is my 'Indian Of the Year'!

Name: D.Ravikumar
Email: dravi@www.com
Nomination: Arundhati Roy
Reason why: She created history with her debut novel. She donated the money that came to her with the Booker Prize for a good cause. She is fighting for real social problems.

Name: Ram Enganti
Email: enagantir@hotmail.com
Nomination: P V Narasimha Rao
Reason why: The man who changed the way we had been doing business for the last 50 years!

Name: Nimish Thaker
Email: n_cthaker@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A good leader after a long, long time. He has the vision and the capability to take our country into the next millennium.

Name: mvsrao
Email: mvsrao@hd2.dot.net.in
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Man with a vision, works hard to achieve his goal -- to make Andhra Pradesh the number one state in India in all spheres. His policies are very object-oriented. He seems to have a grasp over all fields. His main ideology is to eradicate poverty and to make education compulsory. He is an intellectual, a genius! He is completely different from the rest of the Indian politicians.. In barely four-and-a-half years as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, his achievements are many. He is the first CM in India to bring IT into the day-to-day administration of a state. In India, Andhra Pradesh is the only state to computerise registration offices, which in itself is a big task. He talks less of politics and makes efforts to increase efficiency in all spheres of administration. While all the other politicians can only talk, Naidu is proving himself by implementing various development schemes. We require such ideal politicians to take the country to glorious heights.

Name: krishna chandak
Email: eehaw@rocketmail.com
Nomination:Sardar Patel.
Reason why: Would there have been a unified India were it not for his efforts?

Name: Vibha Agarwal
Email: a_vibha@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Because he is the best. He is taking India in the right direction He is the greatest politician India has ever had.

Name: som Kolluri
Email: somkolluri@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: His tenacious and clean handling of the Kargil crisis earned a special place for modern India as a silent super power.

Name: Esther c Mascarenhas
Email:
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: With his super smooth skills he has pulled his government and the country through a year of trials.

Name: Devadas
Email: dsrinivasan@dellnet.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Every Indian is proud of him!

Name: SITARAM
Email: sitaram_yakkati@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Raj Reddy
Reason why: Technical advisor to the American President

Name: Sridhar Raju
Email: sridhar_raju@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: A very successful person who has managed to grow as a politician and strengthen the economy of Andhra Pradesh..

Name: Deepraj S Deshmukh
Email: deeprajdeshmukh@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is a true politician, a true human being, a real thinker and a great PM!

Name: Krishna
Email: kudaravalli@usa.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Because there is no alternative to him.

Name: Mohan Dadlani
Email: mgdadlani@rediff.com
Nomination: Swami Vivekananda
Reason why: Swamiji awakened Indians. After being ruled by Muslims and Britishers for nearly 1000 years, we Hindus had lost self -respect and self-confidence. Swamiji's speeches and his trips to USA made Hindus realise that we are second to none. He walked through Indian towns and saw the plight of his countrymen. He sympathised with poor people. Swamiji established the Ramakrishna Mission and Math. These two institutions have been rendering selfless service to the people of India and spreading Vedantic philosophy in many countries. There is no one who has achieved so much. Let us pay homage to this great modern saint.

Name: Dr.Suhas Kotbagi
Email: kotbagi@usa.net
Nomination: JRD Tata
Reason why: A great pioneering industrialist. Because of him, millions of people have food on their plates today. He also put India on the international map with his first flight from Karachi to Bombay.

Name: Kishore
Email: pkkishore@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For his excellent service to Andhra Pradesh

Name: Sandeep
Email: sandeeppimplapure@hotmail.com
Nomination: The unknown Indian soldier
Reason why: 'His is not to reason why, his is but to do and die'. He made the country proud and kept it safe (thereby helping the BJP win the polls). Of course, most of us will give our votes to Sachin Tendulkar, Leander Paes, Yukta Mookhey, Infosys and others, but it is the Indian soldier who is the real hero who acted with exemplary courage. Kudos!

Name: sanyukta dutta
Email: sandy_21@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Brought glory to India with the way he handled Kargil.

Name: Rajesh
Email: rajeshcs@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Nuclear power made our country proud this century

Name: Karuna Kiran
Email: k_kiran@mailcity.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He singlehandedly brought his party back to power. And the way he handled Kargil was exemplary. He is not involved in scams or unnecessary controversies.. He seems to know the power of the post he is holding and through his way of administration, has so far not brought any danger to his coalition ministry. He is fair and just, not bowing to outside pressure. He is the man of the year. In fact, 1999 has been the year of Mr Vajpayee!

Name: Nadella Srinivas
Email: nadellasv@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is a great politician

Name: Akshat Khandelwal
Email: khandu@telebot.com
Nomination: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati
Reason why: They have brought us so much glory! Whoever thought that Indians could excel in a sport like tennis!! They are the only Indians to display team spirit in any kind of activity

Name: Vidya Krishnan
Email: srkvid@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He proved his worth and answered his critics by winning the elections.

Name: dinkarrao
Email: dinkarrao@hotmail.com
Nomination:Indian soldiers
Reason why: These fine young men are ready to lay down their lives for their country which is run by corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and tax dodging citizens.

Name: arvind dundoo
Email: adundoo@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amitabh Bachchan
Reason why: He is the only superstar in the world who has ruled the film industry for 25 long years and is still going strong .

Name: hithendra
Email: hithendra@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: Fought for the nation with true heart.

Name: Nataraj
Email: bsnataraj@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Swami Vivekananda
Reason why: Changed the whole nation and brought India and Hinduism to the forefront in the world.

Name: Dinesh
Email: dineshsheshadri@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Swami Vivekananda
Reason why: Changed the whole nation and brought India and Hinduism to the forefront in the world

Name: jairaj
Email: jairajk@rediff.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For his administrative skills and his ability to shun dirty politics. He should be a lesson for other Indian politicians.

Name: rahul jain
Email: rah_jain@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Great visionary and is development oriented.

Name: Haresh Mirchandaney
Email: ham10@cornell.edu
Nomination: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: Netaji serves as an inspiration to Indians everywhere and was a great foil to the defeatist, pacifist strain that runs through Indian history. Unlike the pretenders, charlatans and fakers who supposedly led India to independence, Netaji did his duty and created a record of action and accomplishments which all Indians can admire, be they Pathans in the northwest frontier, Baluchis in Baluchistan, Punjabis in Lahore or Bengalis in Dhaka. It is only right that the current Indian leadership make the reunification of India a top priority given his legacy. If Germany can reunite and Northern Ireland can achieve home rule, there is absolutely no reason for India to remain partitioned. As the INA demonstrated, religious differences are artificial and are a product of Britain's colonial ambitions.

Name: G Santhanam
Email: gsanthanam@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam and R Chidambaram
Reason why: The Pokhran nuclear test.

Name: sankar
Email: ssn_sce@yahoo.com,ssn_sce@hotmail.com,sankaranarayanan_ssn@rediff.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the best captain and cricketer in the whole cricketing world.

Name: G Santhanam
Email: gsanthanam@hotmail.com
Nomination: Kargil heroes
Reason why: Kargil

Name: BIPIN VORA
Email: telenet@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Yukta Mookhey
Reason why: Best woman of the year!

Name: shamsiya
Email: shamsiya@123india.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is a good prime minister.

Name: Shreelakshmi K
Email: shreeraj12@aol.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: The AP chief minister has brought about a lot of changes in the state. Although he hasn't done much at the national level, he seems to be an inspiration to many other politicians. I personally have nothing to gain from him nor do I belong to the state of Andhra Pradesh, but I do feel that he is one of the few politically sound people in India.

Name: Naresh Holla B
Email: hollan2@anz.com
Nomination: Leander Paes
Reason why: At least in one sport we have a world number one thanks to him. He has greatly helped in popularising tennis in India. India needs more such people.

Name: Dhiraj Mirchandaney
Email: dhirajm@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: If it weren't for his satyagrahas, my generation would never had heard of a term called 'Dharna'. There would have been civil war long back and life wouldn't be the same today.

Name: S. SATYANARAYANA RAO
Email: satya999@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the first prime minister of India who has come back to power on a pro-vote after Indira Gandhi. He is also the first prime minister to do so without the Indian National Congress mark.

Name: C Srinivas
Email: srini@niithyd.niit.co.in
Nomination: Indian army
Reason why: For its valiant efforts in defending the territorial integrity of this nation.

Name: Amal
Email: amal@kodak.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Makes me feel proud to be an Indian. He is changing the public's perception of politicians who are all seen as power hungry and corrupt.

Name: Sashidhar R
Email: rsashidhar@usa.net
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the way he handled the Kargil conflict

Name: SANJAY AGNIHOTRI
Email: agnis@rediff.com
Nomination: JRD TATA
Reason why: He is the architect of modern India. He spent his entire life trying to make India and Indians prosperous. I personally think that in the present scenario, India needs people like JRD Tata, not foolish politicians.

Name: Alok
Email: alokgera@hotmail.com
Nomination: Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: Because he fought bravely for the independence of our country. And singlehandedly raised the Indian National Army. He is the greatest freedom fighter.

Name: Thakare Rajesh B
Email: rajthakare@hotmail.com
Nomination: Lata Mangeshkar
Reason why: Because every second of the day someone, somewhere, is listening to her voice.

Name: Sanjoy Sinha
Email: ssinha@cal.bhel.co.in
Nomination: Kashmiri Pandits
Reason why: For their resilience in coping with whatever comes their way. They have been displaced from their homes, they have been promised a lot of things but nothing has materialised. Theirs has been an endless wait with no light at the end of the tunnel.

Name: DIPANKAR DE
Email: d_de53@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has brought us fame after we won the Kargil war. His strong leadership is helping India progress finally.

Name: Srinivasa Prasad K
Email: srinivasaprasad@rediffmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Providing vision for the development of not just his state but also to other states. He has been a sort of a model for other chief minister s, many of whom have now started following his plans, policies and actions.

Name: MADHURI RAO
Email: madhurirao@eudoramail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: One has to only visit Hyderabad to see how Andhra Pradesh has changed so much for the better. It is a state to watch in the next millennium.

Name: Dilip jain
Email: dilipsjain@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: The only person I feel is worth the honour.

Name: alpana mishra
Email: alpana.mishra@lintasindia.com
Nomination: Mahatama Gandhi
Reason why: He made the biggest difference to this country. There would have been no independence for anyone without his endeavours.

Name: Gemma Dhanaraj
Email: gemma1210@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: The reasons are obvious. She was a true angel of mercy and a guiding light for millions, the epitome of goodness, kindness and mercy.

Name: vijay.ch
Email: chennupati@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has redefined present day politics with his hard work and interest in implementing new technologies.

Name: John Joseph
Email: josephj@parlis.nic.in
Nomination: K.R.Narayanan
Reason why: Well, isn't he the first citizen?

Name: kailash joshi
Email: kailash87@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He not only fought and won political wars but also the Kargil war.

Name: Shivendra Prasad
Email: shivendraprasad@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He not only led his party from the front but the whole coalition as well. Now he is all set to lead the nation into the next millennium. In his fresh term he has proved that he is ready to take hard decisions like opening up the insurance sector etc., the results of which will benefit citizens in the years to come.

Name: divya shukla
Email: divya.shukla@mailcity.com
Nomination: Rabindranath Tagore
Reason why: Because he was a great man, a man of many talents -- in poetry, painting and also writing.