Sun Dec 17 00:08:13 2000
Name:sayantani deb
Email:sayantanideb@rediffmail.com
Nomination:k. malleshwari
Reason:she stood alone as a winner among the hopeless indian team in sydney olympic
Sun Dec 17 00:11:02 2000
Name:Vincent D'Lima
Email:vincy@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleswari
Reason:I think she deserves it....as she did someting no Indian has done save for Leander Paes.....win an individual medal for India at the Olympics after Norman Pritchard and Kashaba Jadhav.
Sun Dec 17 00:15:30 2000
Name:Jay
Email:jainair27@hotmail.com
Nomination:Ajay Jadeja
Reason:He is someone who's played his life out for the country and see what he gets from us!...when he scores a match winning knock against Pakistan, he is our hero and the very next minute, some people who themselves are rogues, call him a culprit and all of us without even thinking for a moment, throw stones at him.....
Sun Dec 17 00:52:12 2000
Name:Vipul
Email:vipul_g@hotmail.com
Nomination:Amitabh Bachchan
Reason:If you are destined to be popular you will be!
Sun Dec 17 00:54:16 2000
Name:Niranjan
Email:kniranjank@hotmail.com
Nomination:Chandra Babu Naidu
Reason:Artitech of Modern Andhra Pradesh
Sun Dec 17 00:57:49 2000
Name:Vipul
Email:vipul_g@hotmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For providing the country an election free year! I would rather like to nominate HIM next year for making INDIA economic superpower, corruption free, have total literacy and better standard of living.
Sun Dec 17 01:05:51 2000
Name:sangeeta jani
Email:sangeetajani@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Reason:He has helped transform millions of lives not only in India but in 103 countries....he has helped to bring peace in confict areas,has adopted 3500 villages in India in one year alone,has helped people in prisons by bringing transformation in their whole state of mind,made 30 villages tobacco and alcohol free through inspiration....making a continous effort to bring religious leaders together for peace dialogue.....etc
Sun Dec 17 01:08:25 2000
Name:sankar_p
Email:sankar_p_ar@yahoo.com
Nomination:Chandrababu Naidu
Reason:for providing something that this country needs the most. Hope. Hope that the country can be redeemed. Hope that we have a few polticians left who are working to make a difference.
Sun Dec 17 01:44:21 2000
Name:Srivyal
Email:srivyal@staff.juno.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:For fulfilling the Indian hopes of winning "atleast one " medal at the olympics.
Sun Dec 17 02:10:57 2000
Name:anil joshi
Email:thesolnet@hotmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:For his contribution to stability to Indian Politics
and credibility to democratic institutions, to poetry and music, international relations, and above all managing a diverse political scenario which most complicated in the World.Handling of Kashmir issue and starting peace process.
Sun Dec 17 03:05:56 2000
Name:chaitanya
Email:chaitanya_eternal@yahoo.co.in
Nomination:priyanka chopra
Reason:she brought India glory by being miss world-2000...that is the first miss world of the new millenium.
Sun Dec 17 03:09:06 2000
Name:Shanmuganathan
Email:shanmuga@engineer.com
Nomination:AR Rahman
Reason:His Music speaks for everything !!
Sun Dec 17 03:38:09 2000
Name:Keeron Modi
Email:keeron@iname.com
Nomination:Sachin Tendulkar
Reason:Right from the Australia tour, till the last match.. u see his contribution ... in a year of shame for the game of cricket, one man stays clean. admist all the match-fixing-news, people loved to see sachin bat. we knew he was clean, he would, NEVER sell his country.. and thats why i nominate him the Rediff Indian of the year - he is a true indian - show me any other.
Sun Dec 17 03:38:38 2000
Name:srinivasa
Email:s_pulugurtha@yahoo.com
Nomination:Karanam Malleshwari
Reason:She was not just the sole winner for India .. but she produced a "Paradigm shift" interms of image of Indian woman.
I would rather have nominated even if she had not won a medal.. for choosing an anti-glamourous sport..weight lifting as a career.
Sun Dec 17 03:52:11 2000
Name:Vamsi Kiran Chemitiganti
Email:atticus24@mailcity.com
Nomination:Chandrababu Naidu
Reason:The desired future of India is so well exemplified by this hard working,techno-savvy and progressive politician that he deserves a pat in the back.
Sun Dec 17 03:54:45 2000
Name:Rajani Deshpande
Email:rajani.deshpande@oracle.com
Nomination:Mr. Narayana Murthy
Reason:For his Vision, Character, simplicity, business sense. He is the poineer of business in India today and has shown how business should be done to bigwigs like Ambanis, Tatas and Birlas. Share your wealth your employees and they will stick with you through good adn bad times. Also he along with his wife has shown people how to be charitable, by starting endowments and foundations. Kudos to mr. Murthy. Hope the Birlas, Tatas and other business emulate him.
Sun Dec 17 04:09:41 2000
Name:Rajendar Pakanati
Email:rajendarp@yahoo.com
Nomination:sri sri ravi shankar
Reason:champion of upliftment of human values and spiritual depth.
Sun Dec 17 04:14:50 2000
Name:Anindya Ghosh
Email:anindyaghosh50@hotmail.com
Nomination:Saurav Ganguly
Reason:Indian cricket has been going through a very very bad time, and the popularity of the game gradually fading away. Sourav Ganguly by his iron determination and intelligent leadership, is bringing back its lost glory.
Sun Dec 17 04:15:27 2000
Name:Repaka
Email:repaka@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Hritik Roshan
Reason:You know it why?
Sun Dec 17 04:16:24 2000
Name:Abhay
Email:abhay@cheerful.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:Great Job she has done for India
Sun Dec 17 04:17:32 2000
Name:siva
Email:massrk@yahoo.com
Nomination:LK Advani
Reason:For his contribution to creation of new state and methods to solving J&K problem
Sun Dec 17 04:22:55 2000
Name:Manikandan Venkatachalam
Email:mani_ravindran@yahoo.com
Nomination:chandra babu naidu
Reason:He is the best CM, india ever had
Sun Dec 17 04:25:44 2000
Name:Deepa Conn
Email:deepaconn@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Reason:His upliftment of humanity, world-wide, through spiritual teaching, service and his clear and practical vision of what will make the world a better place.
Sun Dec 17 04:35:20 2000
Name:Madhu
Email:madhukolla@yahoo.com
Nomination:ChandraBabu Naidu
Reason:He is the FIRST WORKING CM for
a State. Many CM's have started
working like him now..
He brought a change..
a change in the system..
Sun Dec 17 04:46:57 2000
Name:Swamy C. Basim
Email:s_basim@hotmail.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:A selfless and honest politician, who longs and strives hard to make India strong. Despite all hurdles from his own coalition and opposition, he is steering the country in a right direction. Image of India in the west rose up because of his foreign policy
Sun Dec 17 05:04:24 2000
Name:ravi
Email:rarave51@hotmail.com
Nomination:chandrababu naidu
Reason:for daring to be different and working to make a real impact on people's lives.
Sun Dec 17 05:09:13 2000
Name:Tejal Desai
Email:tdesai@gsb.uchicago.edu
Nomination:Rajeev Srinivasan
Reason:writes an insightful column for rediff bringing to attention the issues most holding india back: marketing the Indian economy to international markets, foreign policy without a backbone, containing China, taking a tough stand with Pakistan, etc.
Sun Dec 17 05:34:16 2000
Name:Soumyaroop Bhattacharya
Email:soumyaroopb@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Saurav Ganguly
Reason:In spite of all sorts of scandals surrounding the game this guy has kept his cool and led India to two successive test series wins even with a rather inexperienced team and that with himself being one of the leading allrounders.
Sun Dec 17 07:09:11 2000
Name:Milind
Email:milind7@hotmail.com
Nomination:A B Vajpayee
Reason:For most of this year, ABV has been key to decisive and positive changes even as they carry India to its rightful place in the world.
Sun Dec 17 07:27:40 2000
Name:Nayla Noorani
Email:nayla7@yahoo.com
Nomination:Azim Premji
Reason:For being so successful in his business and yet not forgetting his employess in the process!
Sun Dec 17 07:48:06 2000
Name:PJP
Email:maluguy_2000@yahoo.com
Nomination:Karnam Malleswari
Reason:
Whats the doubt about ?? .. First Indian woman olympic medal winner .. Will there ever be another !!
Sun Dec 17 08:02:32 2000
Name:Arobind Chowdary Velagapudi
Email:arobind_chowdary@hotmail.com
Nomination:Nara Chandra Babu Naidu
Reason:Vision, guts, brain, courage, cunning, determination and sheer charisma have never ever come together so much in a single person.
Sun Dec 17 08:27:31 2000
Name:LAVANYA
Email:lav_nag@yahoo.com
Nomination:SHRI.ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEEJI
Reason:HE'S WORLD'S ENVY INDIA'S PRIDE.
HIS PRINCIPLE'S ONCE FOLLOWED WILL MAKE ANY MAN A TRUE INDIAN.
HE'S MADE FOR INDIA TO REFORM IT AND BRING IT TO TRACK WHICH HAD GONE OFF TRACK DUE TO PREVIOUS LEADERS.
WIT AND HUMOUR ARE INTEGRAL PART OF THIS GREAT SON OF INDIA.
Sun Dec 17 08:40:46 2000
Name:Mayur Srungarapu
Email:smayur@hotmail.com
Nomination:Chandra Babu Naidu
Reason:For being the only visionary among Indian politians!!!
Sun Dec 17 09:27:44 2000
Name:Nandkishore Malkhedkar
Email:nandkishore123@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Sri Atal Bihari Vajapayee
Reason:He is the first ever Prime Minister after Sri Nehru, who has got large number of supporters and who is the one who can take India to its pride and glory In the world, One who is wanted every person of the society.
Sun Dec 17 09:46:18 2000
Name:Nagaraj Naik
Email:nnaik@lucent.com
Nomination:Narayana Murthy, Infosys.
Reason:For Vision, Values, Leadership, Attitude, Social responsibility ...
For bringing the awareness of quality to Indian industry..
For underlining the fact that the employees are the most important assets for a company.
Sun Dec 17 09:51:14 2000
Name:suparibabu
Email:suparibabu@usa.net
Nomination:Night Shamalan
Reason:For Putting Indian's on Hollywood cadre, hats for his great, spin chilling movie "Sixth Sense". May i suggest him to make a Hindi movie.
Sun Dec 17 09:56:57 2000
Name:Pradeep Guduru
Email:pradeep@its.caltech.edu
Nomination:A.B. Vajpayee
Reason:For providing pragmatic leadership by surrounding himself with at least a few policy makers who are grounded in reality(for a change) and are not full of prepostureous ideologies and slogans. But he is yet to make up for the damage he caused through Kandahar capitulation.
Sun Dec 17 09:57:53 2000
Name:Tushar
Email:tushardas@usa.net
Nomination:Atal Vihari Vajpayee
Reason:The Best Prime Minister India has ever had. The real Hero of the nation. Above all the most honest politecian in India at present.
Sun Dec 17 09:58:08 2000
Name:Amrith Jai Kumar
Email:amrithj@hotmail.com
Nomination:Prime Minister - Mr.Vajpayee
Reason:Because of the strong economic growth during his tenure as prime , even in the difficult times he proved to the world that india is capable of doing anything and of the brave initiative in took in ordering of the ceasefire at kashmir
Sun Dec 17 09:59:45 2000
Name:IMRAN AHMAD
Email:WWW.imranahmad2000@rediff.com
Nomination:azeem premji
Reason:to become the richest person of india.
Sun Dec 17 10:03:53 2000
Name:sujata mariwala
Email:sujatamariwalla@rediffmail.com
Nomination:atal bihari vajpayee
Reason:for holding on to his seat,inspite of being weak kneed
Sun Dec 17 10:21:35 2000
Name:Moiz
Email:ss@hotmail.com
Nomination:Naidu Babu
Reason:Leadership
Sun Dec 17 10:25:23 2000
Name:satyapatnaik
Email:satyapatnaik@hotmail.com
Nomination:A B VAJPAYEE
Reason:EVEN WITH A COALITION THIS HAS BEEN A STABLE GOVERNANCE.
Sun Dec 17 10:46:03 2000
Name:S.SURESH
Email:SIVARAMSURESH@HOTMAIL.COM
Nomination:AMIATABH BHACHAN
Reason:HE TURNED THE TABLES TOTALLY AROUND. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THAT TV SHOW HAS MADE A LOT OF YOUNG INDIANS WHO WERE OTHRWISE OBSESSED WITH VALENTINE'S DAY AND OTHER NONSENSE LIKE DATING, TAKE SOME TIME TO READ AND FIND OUT ABOUT OUR GREAT HISTORY AND HERITAGE. THIS WILL MAKE AN ENTIRE GENERATION REALISE A LOT MORE. I AM PARTICULARLY NOW HAPPY TO SEE MANY INDIAN YOUTH BROWSING GOOGLE.COM LOOKING FOR NAMES LIKE BHAGAT SINGH AND GANDHI. GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY WILL MAKE THEM REALISE A LOT.
REGARDS,
S.SURESH.
SIVARMSURESH@YAHOO.COM
SIVARAMSURESH@GO4I.COM
SIVARAMSURESH2HOTMAIL.COM
SIVARAMSURESH@REDIFF.COM
Sun Dec 17 10:47:52 2000
Name:abhi
Email:prhkco@rediffmail.com
Nomination:atal
Reason:good p.m of india
Sun Dec 17 10:53:02 2000
Name:Anand
Email:anandms5@yahoo.com
Nomination:Atalji
Reason:making friend ship at a time with two super powers and making India as a Nuclear power.
Sun Dec 17 10:54:24 2000
Name:Deepa
Email:deepadevan@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Reason:Inspired others to realize that life is a celebration.
Sun Dec 17 10:57:08 2000
Name:Srinivas
Email:srinivasv@yahoo.com
Nomination:Sonia Gandhi
Reason:She is the person sacrifriced
her husband for coumtry,
capable to lead the country .
with vision and dedication to indian nation.
Sun Dec 17 11:02:03 2000
Name:hari
Email:harinagarajan@rediff.com
Nomination:karnam malleshwari
Reason:saved india from a great sinking,like titanic.though she got only a bronze medal it is worth 100 gold medals.
Sun Dec 17 11:14:52 2000
Name:chandra shekar b s
Email:chandrablr@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Mr A B Vajpayee
Reason: According to me and all my friends he has been the most honourabale prime minister ever INDIA has had and we all wish he will be our prime minister for many many more years we go with his stand about ayodhya issue also .
Sun Dec 17 11:22:04 2000
Name:v.v.ramesh kumar
Email:vvrameshk@rediffmail.com
Nomination:SRI SRI RAVI SANKAR
Reason:thru' art of living courses
Guruji has revolutionised
the whole world, and people
are loving and living in
peace and re finding their
orign. Jai Gurudev!!
Sun Dec 17 11:32:03 2000
Name:Deepak
Email:deepaksh@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:The man of the century. He is doing wonderful job as Prime minister,inspite surrounded by corrupt Politician.
He is the only guys who can bring peace in KAsmir.
The man with great vision like Chanakya.
Sun Dec 17 11:35:18 2000
Name:Anil
Email:anildevan@yahoo.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Reason:Sudarshan Kriya is something very good.
Sun Dec 17 11:46:18 2000
Name:Jaimin Bhatt
Email:jaiminb@bom5.vsnl.net.in
Nomination:Karnam Malleshwari
Reason:For bringing glory to India at the Olympics
Sun Dec 17 12:18:21 2000
Name:RAKESH MALIK
Email:malikbpl@hotmail.com
Nomination:ATAL BIHARI VAJpayee
Reason:AT a time when our country was going through a lot of political uncertainty , which was beginning to affect a normal Indian , he has given a leadership which nobody at present can challenge.
Sun Dec 17 12:21:41 2000
Name:brahmaiah
Email:brahmaiah_af@yahoo.com
Nomination:atal bihari vajpayee
Reason:good administration
Sun Dec 17 13:02:28 2000
Name:tina
Email:ttmt_2000@rediffmail.com
Nomination:sachin tendulkar
Reason:even though he hasn't made it so big this year he is ever sincere, unlike the others in his own team.
Sun Dec 17 13:16:27 2000
Name:Yarlagadda Chandra Dutt
Email:area54@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Vajpayee
Reason:For proving that peace is not just talks and speeches.but peace is putting down the gun when u can very well shoot the life out of another human being.
Sun Dec 17 13:24:59 2000
Name:manjul Srivastava
Email:manjul_s@yahoo.com
Nomination:Digvijay Singh
Reason:A low profile, down to earth, yet modern minded chief minister who finished his 8th year in office as the best CM India has ever had.
He proved that a modern approach can be used to make progress in one of the most backward states in India. And you don't have to pretend to be an IT freak to do so. Wish we could have someone like him at the centre rather than a "weak" kneed PM who is better at poetry than admin.
Sun Dec 17 13:28:30 2000
Name:saurabh agarwal
Email:saurabh88@hotmail.com
Nomination:dhirubhai ambani
Reason:starting from a petrol pump attendant to the largest grassroots refinery in the world. reliance is a part of each and every indian's life in some or the other way! this year reliance reached the zenithof it's glory and the man behind all this deserves to be indian of the year!
Sun Dec 17 14:03:39 2000
Name:Ronak R. Rathod
Email:ronakrathod@rediffmail.com
Nomination:Atal bihari Vajpayee
Reason:HE takes resonable decisions
Sun Dec 17 14:05:48 2000
Name:neelesh sahasrabudhe
Email:neeleshsahasrabudhe@rediffmail.com
Nomination:karnam malleshwari
Reason: malleshwari's triumph was the only proud and cheerful event of the year,besides she had no weak knees or else she could not have won,quite true to your analysis.
Sun Dec 17 14:07:58 2000
Name:bharat bhushan
Email:bn_d@rediffmail.com
Nomination:chandra babu naidu
Reason:a man with a vision and will to develop his state. used hightech for administration effictively to improve efficiency.
Sun Dec 17 14:12:06 2000
Name:Rachit agarwal
Email:archie_14_cool@rediff.com
Nomination:Karnam malleshwari
Reason:because she was the first indian to win an olympic medal in weightlifting and the only indian to win a medal in the sydney olympics.
Sun Dec 17 14:19:46 2000
Name:Navneet Yadav
Email:yadav_n@usa.net
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Reason:For transforming the lives of lakhs of people the world over through the activities of the Art of Living Foundation, so that they can lead more fulfilling, meaningful and happy lives.
Sun Dec 17 14:58:46 2000
Name:sudheer
Email:sudheer_2000123@rediffmail.com
Nomination:n.chandrababu naidu
Reason:he is the right person for nation.
Sun Dec 17 15:08:56 2000
Name:shailesh deshpande
Email:shaireva@usa.net
Nomination:Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
Reason:Good leadership value,came out of lot of crises in the year and also had a useful visit to USA.
Sun Dec 17 15:54:35 2000
Name:NGT
Email:ngt@yahoo.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He is the only person who has taken some positive initiative to solve the kashmir problem. He also brought america and other big nations closer to the view point of the india about kashmir. from pokhran to kargil he did the best to best of his capacity and ability.
Sun Dec 17 16:07:13 2000
Name:a.r.shashidhara
Email:shashi_rao@rediff.com
Nomination:a.b .vajpayee
Reason:he is the most intelligent leader. he managed to save another election and still managing as well as bjpians & others & saved a lot for india. his views about pak are very straight. this is how we are able to get goodwill at international level as well as by america. that is why he is great.
Sun Dec 17 16:15:02 2000
Name:sasikumar t
Email:sasitk@rediffmail.com
Nomination:a b vajpayee
Reason:he is the outstanding indian with true indianism
Sun Dec 17 16:25:43 2000
Name:Sanjeeva Reddy Nalamala
Email:snalamala@hotmail.com
Nomination:Sri Sri Ravi Shanker
Reason:His simple techniques of breathing he has given a new life to many in this world.
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