The Nominations...
Name: manoj c m
Email: manojcm@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: Because he was the Father of the Nation.
Name: Atul Pandit
Email: panditatul@hotmail.com
Nomination: Savitribai Phule
Reason why: For being the first educated woman in India. She supported her husband in his noble work of spreading education among Indian women.
Name: shubhabrata saha
Email: subhobrata_saha@email.mobil.com
Nomination: The Indian army jawan
Reason why: For braving the odds of a treacherous region against a strategically located enemy to win a war. The new generation has rarely seen such patriotic fervour uniting the nation. Despite the various disparities, the people of the country came together to react against the Kargil conflict. The nation as a whole, perhaps oblivious so far to similar conditions in some areas where militancy is rampant, saw for itself the plight of the ordinary jawan. The Kargil war also brought to light the successive governments' indifference to the basic necessities of our soldiers if they have to defend the country in high altitudes like Kargil and the Siachen glacier, for instance. The young jawans were put to test and it is their spirit of indomitable courage, determination and selfless service that makes them stand apart from any individual, group or institution this year.
Name: J Ramachandra.
Email: jayar@tr.dot.net,in
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has worked his way to the top and has brought about a lot of changes in the country despite heading a minority government and being answerable to a tough opposition.
Name: Siddharth Shankar
Email: siddharth_s@excite.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He has redefined the game of cricket for India with his admirable batting skills. Being compared to Bradman is in itself a huge compliment, not one that everyone gets everyday.
Name: Sivabala
Email: sivab@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Jaswant Singh
Reason why: The man who made foreigners look at India with respect when we were in trouble deserves India's respect.
Name: sameer vyawahare
Email: sameer_vyawahare
Nomination: Amartya Sen.
Reason why: For winning the Nobel Prize.
Name: Nagraj
Email: Nagraj_iyer@rediff.com
Nomination: Sardar Patel
Reason why: He was a man of steel who had the guts to reconstruct India. He was a simple and a low profile man who showed what it is to be a home minister.
Name: sudarshan
Email: sudarshan81@yahoo.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For defending us against Pakistan, for resolving the Cauvery issue and for going ahead with the nuclear tests.
Name: Bhaskar
Email: bhaskar@yaho.com
Nomination: Simi Garewal
Reason why: Her programme `Rendezvous...' was special.
Name: VICKY BAJAJ
Email: vickyb@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Gives 100 per cent to his game.
Name: tarun malik
Email: tarun_malik@guardian.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For being re-elected as the prime minister, for handling his coalition partners well as also for managing the different factions of the BJP and for doing a lot of good for the Indian economy and for improving our international relations.
Name: Dnyanesh Kamat
Email: d_kamat@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Reason why: He made India what it is today.
Name: M S Mathivanan
Email: mathi@rnet.xlweb.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: He is doing all he can so our country can progress.
Name: Nawaz Haindaday
Email: nhaindaday@talk21.com
Nomination: Azim Premji, chairman, Wipro
Reason why: He is successful, has everything anyone would want and is yet humble.
Name: sitaram
Email: ram_kotte@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Reason why: It is because of him that we are what we are today.
Name: Jayesh
Email: jayeshvv@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has given hope to a billion people.
Name: vallish
Email: vallishs@hotmail.com
Nomination: Anil Kumble, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Indira Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: All these Indians have made India proud.
Name: varma dandu
Email: dandu_dandu@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For effectively leading country during the Kargil war and for returning to power the second time.
Name: Sundara Ganesh
Email: sganesh2@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For bringing stability to the country, for making the BJP a national party, a party to be reckoned with and an alternative to the Congress. He has shown a lot of maturity in handling his coalition partners as also while handling the Kargil crisis.
Name: BATCHU SRINIVAS
Email: batchu_srinivas@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: For his role in the freedom struggle and for his philosophy of Satyagraha which eventually won us our freedom.
Name:M A Partha Narayan
Email: manco@vsnl.com
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: She showed us how to nurture and care for the have nots.
Name: HS Krishnamurthy
Email: hskrishnamurthy@oks-india.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the best prime minister India has had since Independence.
Name: bmm
Email: bmm@rediffmail.com
Nomination: M Karunanidhi
Reason why: A great artist and leader who worked for the backward classes.
Name: satish babu
Email: datanews@sigmaonline.net
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is the hope of the new political system and is the best leader for his state and perhaps even for the country.
Name: sarat chandra
Email: cypg9821@violet.iitm.ernet.in
Nomination: The soldiers who fought in Kargil
Reason why: If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be discussing who is the Indian of the year here.
Name: bharathi
Email: medha32@yahoo.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: Successful completion of the nuclear tests at Pokhran and the victory at Kargil are good enough reasons..
Name: murugan m
Email: sqlmurugan@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Reason why: It is because of him that we are breathing the air of freedom today.
Name: E S Badrinarayana
Email: badarinarayana18@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is focussed on the speedy development of his state. His actions speak for him. He has made the administration accountable to the citizens. Many of the programmes he introduced -- Janmabhoomi, Sramadhanam, prajalavadduku and Palana -- are yielding good results. He has made his state IT savvy. No other chief minister has encouraged his cabinet colleagues and officials to undergo training so as to understand a problem and to be able to adopt a positive approach to solve it. One example of his sincere and honest efforts is his having sent a crack team to the rescue of fellow citizens reeling under the devastating effects of the super cyclone in his neghbouring state, Orissa.
Name: RAJA KAS
Email: rajakas@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For providing effective leadership during the Kargil crisis.
Name: mujahid
Email: mujju99@yahoo.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He changed India's destiny without the use of arms.
Name: ANIL MIRANI
Email: anilmirani@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is a great leader, an honest and courageous prime minister.
Name: Rajesh Nair
Email: rajeshn@concordemotors.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The only player who has made a mark in India's cricketing history.
Name: Kunaal Nigam
Email: kunaalnigam@hotmail.com
Nomination: M K Gandhi
Reason why: His efforts contributed to our freedom.
Name: Ajay Katiyar
Email: ajay_katiyar@reltel.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has devoted himself to the betterment of his country and is a great prime minister.
Name: RAVI
Email: rvabhi@hd2.dot.net.in
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is an able prime minister. He is also a very mature and experienced leader who can lead the country along the path of development. Above all, he is a humble man.
Name: prembhari thakkar
Email: prembhari@hotmail.com
Nomination: The Indian jawan
Reason why: For giving this country a sense of pride, for making us believe in our unity and for beating the odds against them with courage and guts.
Name: kairsy dumasia
Email: kairsyd@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
Reason why: Brought India to the forefront in a game where India never stood a chance earler. I wish there were other sportsmen like them.
Name: prembhari thakkar
Email: prembhari@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For setting a vision for the country, for giving India dignity and respectability.
Name: Rangaandh Potturi
Email: ranganadh@vsnl.com
Nomination: The unknown Indian soldier
Reason why: They ensured our victory in Kargil.
Name: dhimant vora
Email: dhimuv@hotmail.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For showing the world that Indians are capable of defending themselves.
Name: Ashok Kaushal
Email: ashokkaushal@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He guided the country ably during the Kargil War. He has introduced many important legislative measures to make the country economically vibrant and to take it into the next millennium in a much stronger position so as to face new challenges.
Name: Vickram saigal
Email: saigal@satyam.net.in
Nomination: Saurav Ganguly
Reason why: He is the world's best batsman.
Name: ramachandran
Email: orthosp@wilnetonline.net
Nomination: Indira Gandhi
Reason why: She was a woman who was tougher than many of the toughest individuals of this century.
Name: Ranjini Anand
Email: ranjini@rediffmail.com
Nomination: The valiant soldiers in Kargil
Reason why: Needless to say, the soldiers are the ones who have made it possible for us to sit back today and enjoy our lives the way we want to and have ensured our safety and security as India goes into the new millennium.
Name: narasimhan
Email: narasimhankl@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: To me, he is the model freedom fighter of India. He is a man of courage, conviction, and vision.
Name: elan_chezhiyan
Email: elan_chezhiyan@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Kapil Dev
Reason why: For his contribution to Indian cricket.
Name: Shiv Kumar
Email: shivk@mailcity.com
Nomination: The Indian soldier
Reason why: It was the humble but fiercely patriotic Indian soldier who helped unite Indians as he successfully threw back the intruders. Thanks to him and the sacrifices made by his family, we have a lot to be proud of today. He has shown the world that India cannot be taken for granted anymore.
Name: Kunal Shah
Email: prince49@mailcity.com
Nomination: Leander Paes
Reason why: Leander has shown that you can make a name in Indian sport even if you do not play cricket. He and Bhupathi managed to go up to all the Grand Slam finals. Paes has also won two singles tournaments recently.
Name: gauravjain
Email: gauravjain90@usa.net
Nomination: Raj Kumar
Reason why: A good hero.
Name: Johhny
Email: joelned@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the strong stand he has taken on various issues.
Name: B S Borkar
Email: prasadborkar@hotmail.com
Nomination: Swami Vivekanand
Reason why: An ideal and the most knowledgeable person to be born in India.
Name: Jaikumar K
Email: jaikannan@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is an efficient manager who justly qualifies to be the Indian of this year. And given the chance, he might go on to become a very successful prime minister too.
Name: Rakesh ojha
Email: Rakesh_ojha@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: More than 50 years after his death, he is still remembered and revered not only in India but even abroad.
Name: Pratim Guha Biswas
Email: pgbiswas@hotmail.com
Nomination: Saurav Ganguly
Reason why: For being in wonderful form this year at the Asia Cup, scoring the maximum number of runs for India in the World Cup, for being man of the series in the Pepsi series in New Zealand and for leading the team to victory in the Toronto Cup where he was captain.
Name: Rohit Manchanda
Email: rohit@asia.com
Nomination: T N Seshan
Reason why: For reforming the election process.
Name: pnkjr
Email: pnkjr@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: The only person who can lead the masses.
Name:P M KRISHNAKUMAR
Email: pmkrishnakumar@vsnl.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has done India proud with the way he has handled foreign affairs and economic issues and has put India back in the limelight.
Name: anil mehta
Email: mehtaswati@indiatimes.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is providing us with a stable government in spite of the many hurdles in his path.
Name:narendra agarwala
Email: skipper@cal.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has changed the status of our nation in the eyes of the world with two of his decisions. One, by giving the go ahead to nuclear testing at Pokhran, the rest of the world has been forced to accept India as a nuclear power. Two, he saw to it that Pakistan was taught a lesson in Kargil. The world now acknowledges that India is by no means a weak country and that we cannot be taken for granted.
Name: anup
Email: puna27_99@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has the wisdom and determination to lead India.
Name: Paul M C
Email: paulmc@md4.vsnl,net.in
Nomination: Indira Gandhi
Reason why: She was an able and brave administrator.
Name: PRAMOD KUMAR.G
Email: no1amit@vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Amitabh Bachchan
Reason why: For having entertained us so well!
Name: SRINIVAS MEDEPALLI
Email: msrinivas@asu.edu
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: A dynamic Indian
Name: ratnesh musale
Email: ratneshm@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: We got our independence because of him.
Name: Avinash
Email: maddy@eng.fsu.edu
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the way he handled the Kargil situation. In fact I believe that he is the only respectable Indian politician today.
Name: narasimha rao
Email: nry108@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has taken some daring decisions -- taking on Pakistan in Kargil, for instance -- and has earned the respect of countries the world over.
Name:Dileep AK
Email: akdileep@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For being the brain behind the nuclear tests.
Name: p srinivas reddy
Email: p_essar@hotmail.com
Nomination: L K Advani
Reason why: He is the brain behind the strategy which enabled the BJP to come to power once again. He chose to be a kingmaker and that shows his wisdom and commitment towards his ideology.
Name: B Bala Krishna
Email: bbkgoud@hotmail.com
Nomination: M K Gandhi
Reason why: He spearheaded the freedom struggle and won us our independence.
Name: Ch V R K Murty
Email: rkmurthy@axesb2.usa.alcatel.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For his success in the elections, for his futuristic ideas ( Vision 2020), for the development of information technology in Andhra Pradesh and finally, for his janmabhoomi programmes.
Name: Biju Prabhakar
Email: bijuprabhakar@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has provided us with a stable government, something which we have been denied of for the past so many years.
Name: SREESH
Email: SREESH14@SATYAM.NET.IN
Nomination: Soldiers of the Indian army
Reason why: For dedicating their lives to the service of the country.
Name: Deepak Kumar Suri
Email: dksuri@vsnl.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the man who can lead India into the next millennium.
Name: jay vasantlal gajjar
Email: jayvasantlal@rediff.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For being re-elected, for handling the Kargil issue efficiently and for gaining international appeal for India.
Name: R SRINIVASAN
Email: RSV66@REDIFF.COM
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He easily scores over anybody else. His vision for India in the twenty-first century is certainly inspiring.
Name: Sandeep
Email: sandeeptc@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: When I was growing up, Indian cricket was in bad shape but Sachin has revived the team.
Name: Yogin Joshi
Email: yoginjoshi@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: The only sane person in the midst of the bunch of jokers we call parliamentarians. His dignity and single-minded purpose not only assured a resounding victory for the BJP and its allies in the elections but also renewed the people's faith in his honesty and sense of duty towards the nation.
Name: m s vijayaraghavan
Email: ms.vijayaraghavan@usa.net
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Made our country a nuclear weapons state and did us proud.
Name: Mohan Padmanabhan
Email: nahom@yahoo.com
Nomination: L K Advani.
Reason why: He is the first Hindu to boldly try and uphold the Hindu population's sentiments and feelings.
Name: ashish sengupta
Email:
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has proved that mere populist rhetoric is not the key to winning power.
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