From: Nirmal Balaraman <nirmal@unlv.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:16:07 -0500

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : Anybody who saw the confidence ( and the no-confidence ) motion debates on TV would have no hesitation in seconding my choice. His poise, dignity, and the fact that even the Third front idiots couldn't come up with anything against him.

From: arun.kankani@professionals.com <akankani@mcimail.com>

Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:48:45 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : He showed courage to take the challenge of primeministership and also gave away the primemistership with grace.

From: Jayant.Somani@professionals.com <jsomani@vnet.ibm.com>

Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:14:22 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : Made the history by becoming first non congress Prime Minister of Independent India.

From: Raghu@professionals.com <raghu@cse.unl.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:52:31 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : There is no better reason than winning an Olympic Medal this year at Atlanta. No Indian may ever win such a deserved honor and I am proud Indian! in US partly because of his deed.

Thanks Leander!

From: Rajesh.Trivedi@professionals.com <rajesht@umich.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 19:39:39 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : For five decades of selfless public service.

From: madhavi rajan <mads@giasbma.vsnl.net.in>

Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:06:54 -0500

Person Nominated : sachin tendulkar

Reasons : coz he has brought the indian cricket team cricket team once again to the limelight limelight from the depths of depair. they look rejeuvenated and and are ready to take up to task any team in this world

From: Ashish Singhal <Singhaa@miamiu.muohio.edu>

Date sent: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 02:19:46 -0500

Person Nominated : T. N. Seshan

Reasons : Because of hi I am proud to say that " I belong to the biggest democracy in the world "

From: Anand Ranganathan <anand@cs.utah.edu>

Date sent: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 06:05:00 -0500

Person Nominated : Arundhati Ghose

Reasons : She stood up for India. She made India's stand clear very unequivocally. In a sea of spineless beauraucrats, it was nice to see a lady stand up for what we thought was right. Sure she may have only been implementing New Delhi policy, but it was her face that the world saw, and it was no-nonsense and firm. We can do with more such ambassadors.

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