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The Nominations...


Tue Dec 5 17:44:31 2000
Name:Saravana Raj
Email:tir_sraj@yahoo.com
Nomination:A B Vajpayee
Reason:For keeping NDA stable & in the process taking our great country on a right path towards economic growth.


Tue Dec 5 17:44:36 2000
Name:sameer mankad
Email:sameer_mankad@hotmail.com
Nomination:Mr. A.B.Vajpayee
Reason:Weak knees is a fact but he stood firm whenever possible despite the pain and discomfort..mostly from his own allies. He took a firm but internationally acceptable stand. Generally enhanced India's image as firm,flexible and mature nation.


Tue Dec 5 17:45:25 2000
Name:sriram
Email:sriram_035@yahoo.com
Nomination:karnam Malleshwari
Reason:battled against all the odds to get the only medal for india.


Tue Dec 5 17:47:15 2000
Name:nagubabu
Email:babukn@rediffmail.com
Nomination:karanam malleswari
Reason:this year she is only women did a favour to india.


Tue Dec 5 17:47:19 2000
Name:someshwar rao
Email:somu@cdotb.ernet.in
Nomination:A.B.VAJPAYEE
Reason:He is most successful man this year ,he driving government smoothly,he offerd cease fire, He improved forigen relations with all countries.In his governament nobody facing curruption allegations....


Tue Dec 5 17:47:25 2000
Name:S Sudharsan
Email:ssudhar@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Is giving a stable government under most difficult circumstances. I see statesmanship in him when he declares ceasfire in Kashmir. I admire his political acumen in leading the NDA which is a rag tag coalition of over 20 parties. Most importantly they were the bitter opponents of him just couple of years before. There was no political squables of the lowest order as we seen when the third fronts were in power. I see in him a true visionary who definitely has got the ability to redefine the destiny of our country. The single most respected politician without any black mark even after a long career of more than 50 yrs.


Tue Dec 5 17:47:40 2000
Name:Yeshu Anand
Email:yeshuanand2000@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:She saved INDIA from returning empty handed being her selection was in controvorsies.


Tue Dec 5 17:48:03 2000
Name:sriram
Email:sriram_035@yahoo.com
Nomination:karnam Malleshwari
Reason:battled against all the odds to get the only medal for india.


Tue Dec 5 17:48:33 2000
Name:Rajprakash Reddy
Email:rajprakashreddy@yahoo.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:Karnam Malleshwari at least made INDIA to appear on the medal tally's list


Tue Dec 5 17:49:24 2000
Name:RAJ KUMAR ROY
Email:rk_roy@rediffmail.com
Nomination:K D MALLESWARI
Reason:She is the first Indian lady to win an Olympic medal. At least she is not as commonplace as a Beauty Queen from India. Let's toast her success this year.


Tue Dec 5 17:49:24 2000
Name:rishi
Email:anurishi123@rediffmail.com
Nomination:KARNAM MALLESHWARI
Reason:JUST BECAUSE SHE TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SAVING INDIA'S HUMILIATION IN FRONT OF THE REST OF THE WORLD


Tue Dec 5 17:49:34 2000
Name:S.Sengupta
Email:sourisengupta@hotmail.com
Nomination:New Look Indian Cricket Team
Reason: For bringing back the dwindling spirit of cricket and to establish the fact that the Game is bigger than any joker who may try to demolish the spirit.


Tue Dec 5 17:50:08 2000
Name:manish saxena
Email:mannu.m@usa.net
Nomination:virappan
Reason:because nobody can catch him, he is making fool of everybody even the government. he is great in his work even though his work is wrong.


Tue Dec 5 17:50:31 2000
Name:info kananth
Email:info_kananth@rediffmail.com
Nomination:A.V.Durga Prasad
Reason:1. He is a great person. 2. He is one man army.


Tue Dec 5 17:53:30 2000
Name:sunit purandare
Email:sunitpurandare@yahoo.com
Nomination:dhanraj pillay
Reason:one man army, who tried his level best but was let down by his team, once againg showing that we fail to click at right time


Tue Dec 5 17:53:31 2000
Name:Subhabrata Ghose
Email:GSubhabr@cal.cts-corp.com
Nomination:Sourav Ganguly
Reason:For turning around the cricket team, after heaps of defeat. For restoring the nation's faith in it's most popular past time - cricket.


Tue Dec 5 17:53:34 2000
Name:SeethaRam
Email:sitaramji@yahoo.com
Nomination:Veerappan
Reason:Because of him we, and the world at large, got to know what the stuff, and what the funny personalities, our leaders are made up of!


Tue Dec 5 17:53:53 2000
Name:Mohammed Firoz
Email:mohammed.firoz@gs.com
Nomination:L. K. Advani
Reason:As a home minister,he has been successful in ensuring that communal harmony is maintained in the country. Never before in the last 2 decades, we have seen peace like this year, in terms of Hindu-Muslim relations. Full marks to Advani.


Tue Dec 5 17:54:28 2000
Name:VIJAY KADAM
Email:tejvj@hotmail.com
Nomination:ARVIND LAVKARE
Reason:I DONT KNOW IF I HAVE READ ANYTHING LIKE THIS.IT IS CLOSE TO MISSISIPI BURNING AND TO BRING THIS COUNTRY TO ITS SENSES WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE HIM TO KINDLE A FIRE IN US.


Tue Dec 5 17:55:15 2000
Name:Capt Amulya Kapoor
Email:amulyak@vcustomergroup.com
Nomination:Mr.Amitabh Bachhan
Reason:He has a charisma which is difficult to match and has set new standards for hosting TV shows which I think will be tough to achieve. Moreover he has come back with a bang with a great performance in Mohabattein.


Tue Dec 5 17:55:29 2000
Name:Ramanathan Seshadri
Email:ramanathanseshadri@rediffmail.com
Nomination:N.Chandrababa Naidu
Reason:The person has given grace to Indian politics. He is unique in his approach to bring prosperity by his actions, both political and apolitical which is so very neccesary to the nation in the current context.


Tue Dec 5 17:56:00 2000
Name:Saurabh Kar
Email:saurabhkar@123india.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For his ability to carry successfully a government inspite of everybody trying to pull a coup. His backroom policies on Kashmir and other foreign policies are laudable.Even made the economy grow though not at a leapfrogging rate.


Tue Dec 5 17:56:35 2000
Name:karthikeyan
Email:katli70@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal behari vajpayee
Reason:he is the 70+youth


Tue Dec 5 17:57:58 2000
Name:s b zaman
Email:arnacz@satyam.net.in
Nomination:amitabh bachchan
Reason:as the one indian who has the ability to empty streets and make other indians feel good when he is around.


Tue Dec 5 17:58:45 2000
Name:Ajoy Mookherjee
Email:ajoy_m@eveready.co.in
Nomination:Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:The great Indian believes India is for Indians and not for any group or community . He has started making all individuals firmly believe in his nationality from the core of his heart . His greatest achievement is keeping together his own team with diverse ideology and objective , facing the threat and militancy directly and indirectly from his neighbours , maintaining extremely critical rapport with world powers big or small without sacrifising genuine national pride as it should be in today's global as well as national scenario .


Tue Dec 5 17:58:50 2000
Name:P.Laxminarayana
Email:lass@netnoir.net
Nomination:Veerappan
Reason:the One and the only One, who can do anything, blackmail the state governaments, politicains, create law and order problems


Tue Dec 5 17:58:56 2000
Name:indumathy
Email:indu_kaliappan@yahoo.com
Nomination:A.B.Vajpayee
Reason:For the way he manages all the critical situations.


Tue Dec 5 17:59:01 2000
Name:P.R.Srinivas
Email:prsrinivas@yahoo.com
Nomination:Azim H. Premji
Reason:Made a name for himself, his company Wipro and India after he raised to the position of 2nd richest person in the world for a brief time and successfully listing Wipro on NYSE


Tue Dec 5 17:59:30 2000
Name:Mahesh Karle
Email:maheshkarle@hotmail.com
Nomination:Mohammed Azaruddin
Reason:This one man made the entire Indian cricketing fraternity, look stupid. I still feel ashemed at the thought of all those matches that I used to watch with such zeal and excitement, were fixed and like a fool we used to sideline all our essential chores to witness these dramas. If BCCI does not take strong action against him (which in all probabilities looks likely), I hope through this opinion pole, many such mad indian cricket fans like me would vote and this person could be taken to task.


Tue Dec 5 18:01:15 2000
Name:shyam b menon
Email:shyambmenon@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Mammootty
Reason:for the numerous social welfare works that he is engaged in, in Kerala. for the superb and painstaking portrayal of the title role in the period film Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.


Tue Dec 5 18:01:16 2000
Name:janhvi nanavati
Email:janhvi@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:Brought the much needed accolade for India where Billions of other Indians fail.


Tue Dec 5 18:01:40 2000
Name:shanta
Email:shanta@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Vajapayee
Reason:for trying sincerely and failing miserably and still trying for peace in Kashmir


Tue Dec 5 18:02:13 2000
Name:RAJAGOPALAN
Email:raj.gopalan@netdecisions.co.uk
Nomination:Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
Reason:He is the only able leader we got at this moment.


Tue Dec 5 18:03:01 2000
Name:Praveen Tyagi
Email:praveentyagi@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Jaswant Singh
Reason:he turned the world opinion around in India's favour


Tue Dec 5 18:03:22 2000
Name:G Mehta
Email:mehta_gaurav75@hotmail.com
Nomination:Delhi Police
Reason:Quite obvious - for exposing the cricket match fixing scandal. Does not quite fit in with your criteria of person but nonetheless.


Tue Dec 5 18:03:29 2000
Name:Mohamed Imran
Email:imranpk@rediffmail.com
Nomination:AB Vajpayee
Reason:Restoring the confidence of minorities and imbibing nationalism in them


Tue Dec 5 18:03:40 2000
Name:chetan
Email:mail2emperor@yahoo.com
Nomination:amitabh bachaan
Reason:great actor, great come back, great human


Tue Dec 5 18:04:11 2000
Name:Diptesh Shah
Email:diptesh@vsnl.com
Nomination:Hrithik Roshan
Reason:No person captivated the indian mind more than Hrithik and endured this state of affairs over a period of time


Tue Dec 5 18:04:27 2000
Name:Alok nigam
Email:alok_nigam12@rediff.com
Nomination:Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:On every issue he is abel to take bold decession either Petrolium prices or towards peace movement in kashmir.


Tue Dec 5 18:04:50 2000
Name:Sanjay Rao
Email:sanjayrao@hotmail.com
Nomination:Hritik Roshan
Reason:The guy took the film industry by storm. He took the profession seriously. Inspite of having drop dead good looks, he spent a lot of effort in training himself as a dancer and in building a good physique. All his hard work shows up when he comes on the screen. Kudos to the guy who has given respectability to the Indian Screen Hero.


Tue Dec 5 18:05:20 2000
Name:Arjun mody
Email:capri143@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:being the best prime minister of India


Tue Dec 5 18:05:32 2000
Name:Vipan Malhotra
Email:gcc2046@glide.net.in
Nomination:Amitabh Bachan
Reason:Because he is Actor of Millenium


Tue Dec 5 18:07:25 2000
Name:Victoria
Email:victoria786@usa.net
Nomination:Hrithik Roshan
Reason:Showed to many the way to whooping success through hard work


Tue Dec 5 18:07:33 2000
Name:vivek gupta
Email:gupta_vivek_78@usa.net
Nomination:amitabh bachchan
Reason:the way aby baby has grappled the fancy of millions in this country is just beyond par. he has made a show such a huge success that the entire channel is harping on its piggyback ride. people have started taking a keen interest in GK, albeit for all the wrong reasons. and the charisma of aby baby refuses to fade away,even when his foes prepare for writing him off


Tue Dec 5 18:07:45 2000
Name:Vinay Unni
Email:unni78@usa.net
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Probably the only Indian PM in recent years, to have become so popular, among the masses & classes.


Tue Dec 5 18:08:37 2000
Name:shabir contractor
Email:esnc@rediffmail.com
Nomination:atal bihari vajpayie
Reason:the only sane,reasonable,mature and bold person in the goverment.one who can keep the extremists and the fundamentalists under control and move the country ahead in the globalisation process without comprising our country's interests.


Tue Dec 5 18:09:15 2000
Name:Umesh Agarwal
Email:umeshagarwal@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:She is the only indian to win the medal at the Sydney Olyumpic Games despite the lethargic attitude from the Sports ministry


Tue Dec 5 18:10:16 2000
Name:rajashekara V Maiya
Email:rajamaiya@yahoo.com
Nomination:N R Narayanamurthy of Infosys
Reason:for his vision, creating and sharing wealth, simplicity, and creating a image for India in global market place.


Tue Dec 5 18:11:15 2000
Name:vijay Upadhyay
Email:kunwarvijay@rediff.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:All time greatest politician. I think he is better than Jawaharlal Nehru.


Tue Dec 5 18:11:23 2000
Name:guru
Email:gurgan@hotmail.com
Nomination:K. Malleshwari
Reason:saved our face downunder


Tue Dec 5 18:11:37 2000
Name:KENY LALAN
Email:kplalan@yahoo.co.in
Nomination:ATAL B. VAJPAYEE
Reason:He has lead India to great heights. Kashmir is also about to be solved. Handling Mamta,Samta needs great courage. He is the most respected politician of the country.


Tue Dec 5 18:12:09 2000
Name:J.PRADEEP
Email:PRADEEP_19IN@YAHOO.COM
Nomination:A.B.VAJPAYEE
Reason:THE MOST DYNAMIC PRIME MINISTER HE LIFTED THE FAME OF INDIA IN THIS YEAR .THE PROCESS WHICH HE IS USING TO SOLVE THE KASHMIR ISSUE IS GOOD HE IS SIMPLY SITTING IN INDIA AND MAKING PAKISTAN TO CHANGE THEIR STRATEGIES SO MY INDIAN OF THE YEAR IS OUR PRIME MINISTER


Tue Dec 5 18:12:44 2000
Name:K.B.BALASUBRAMANIAN
Email:kb_bala@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
Reason:World over support for his government


JAI HIND


Tue Dec 5 18:13:11 2000
Name:Manjunath M
Email:manjum@mail.com
Nomination:Manoj Prabhakar
Reason:Doesn't matter that he was one of the main culprits named by CBI for match fixing but atleast he started the whole thing which ended up showing the real face of our cricketers & board officials if not cleansed the system. So he is my man of the year for making me and millions of innocent cricket lovers like me not to trust these cricketers anymore.


Tue Dec 5 18:14:23 2000
Name:G Krishnaveni
Email:gkrishnaveni@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Aruna Roy
Reason:The Right to Information Act is one of the most revolutionary things to happen to us as citizens of this country. For an ex-IAS officer to get out of the system and attempt to set it right in some ways, is in my opinion, phenomenal. Can't think of anything more significant and positive that happened this year.


Tue Dec 5 18:14:43 2000
Name:S.David Joseph
Email:joseph@josephworld.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:Mr.Vajpayee has led the nation successflly managing a coalition goverment.He convinced president Clinton of India's position on the kashmir problem and made him condemn pakistan's terrorist attacks.


Tue Dec 5 18:14:55 2000
Name:Kaustubh Khandekar
Email:kaustubhk@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:The man behind our today's united India. I can not imagine what will happen to India after Atalji..Sad but true.


Tue Dec 5 18:15:48 2000
Name:CHERR DSOUZA
Email:cherr_1999@rediffmail.com
Nomination:AMITAB BACHAN
Reason:KBC HAS CHANGED NOT ONLY HIS AND STAR TVS FORTUNES ITS CHANGED THE LIFE OF TV VIEWING CLASS


Tue Dec 5 18:19:48 2000
Name:John Britto
Email:ljohnbritto@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason: as a true indian ...my vote only for karnam malleshwarri..


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