The Nominations...
Name: Kaustubh Date
Email: kaustubh@onecooldude.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Because he was the most prolific batsmen in the whole of 1998. He punished every bowler there is. He glorified the Indian flag and its citizens. He is the apt one for the title.
Name: Ojas Date
Email: ojas_date@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the ultimate batsman alive. There is no bowler who can tame him.
Name: Cdr. Uday Date
Email: udaydate@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: I, being a defence person, would obviously vote for the person who is the brain behind the Indian Missile program. He has catapulted the Indian defence into new boundries.
Name: Karthik Shankar
Email: newways@bom3.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the only man who brought a smile to millions of faces.
Name: Anand Raman
Email: anandram@wipsys.soft.net
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He did the best thing which could happen to India.
Name: Faisal Khan
Email: faisalkhan786@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: A person who brought a paradigm in the business of politics: that politicians who have vision and determination can change the situation for the better.
Name: S Narendran
Email: s_narendran@yahoo.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For believing that we can achieve what we want and when we want.
Name: Ajesh Kumar T S
Email: ajeshkumarts@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Amartya Sen
Reason why: Because he gave a human touch to ivory tower economics
Name: Vinay Babu
Email: vinay_vegunta@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Best CEO of AP. Nominated for Dream Cabinet.
Setting the state as role model. True Politician with a vision to develop the state and with that the country.
Name: HGB
Email: hgb@mite.co.uk
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Andhere mein ek chingari
Name: Mathew Joseph
Email: alatrade@md3.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He has been great with the bat & ball this year.
Name: Rajesh Sawhney
Email: rajesh_sawhney@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: His vision and focussed application have been exemplary. Despite the crippling technological sanctions coupled with the rotten system and bureaucracy, our scientific establishment under his leadership has continued to deliver.
Name: K Balakrishnan
Email: kaybala@hotmail.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He sees a great future for India and is doing a great deal to make it a reality.
Name: Paru Vohra
Email: cthree@nde.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Firstly, he is brilliant in his field and secondly (more importantly) is not involved in the crummy world of politics. His attitude is what's made him!!
Name: Sunil Raman
Email: ramanika@hotmail.com
Nomination: Indian soldier
Reason why: The nameless, faceless Indian soldier posted in Siachen, the jungles of North-East - it is he who protect our frontiers. Tendulkars and Abdul Kalams have definitely brought the country glory and get recognition both from the public and government. Who remembers the soldier?
Name: Srinivas
Email: jalasri@hotmail.com
Nomination: Bal Thackarey
Reason why: 'cause he is the real patriotic Indian who never thinks of vote & tells what he thinks. The Pak team should not be allowed in India. I still remember the last tour of our team in Pak. How can we allow such a stupid country's team to play in India. One should ban the people who are allowing this.
Name: Manoj Kulwal
Email: sinmrk@unx.sas.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is exceptional and is an inspiration to the youth of the nation. He is the guy we can look forward to as an example to follow.
Name: Dr Shaunak Khandwala
Email: shaukha@yahoo.com
Nomination: Mohammed Azharuddin
Reason why: His has been a special return to captaincy and form, and while Sachin Tendulkar would garner a lot of praise, let us not forget the skipper who has won our country many trophies and cups during '98. Besides, he has been able to maintain exquisite and consistent form thereby breaking multiple one-day records. I do hope that the everlasting Skipper in the Pepsi ad (1990-2020) becomes a reality, and Azza plays on forever.
Name: Manprit Singh Arora
Email: sadda@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Because he was the brain behind the nuclear tests, the man who gave the rest of the world the biggest shock.
Name: Kaustubh Dhavse
Email: kautya@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: A person who plays for his country, one who understands the emotions and hopes of millions of Indians. In this time of crisis, we need someone like Tendulkar in our political arena so that India can come up and show the world that WE ARE THE BEST.
Name: Prakash
Email: kmu_p_prakash@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the only person who has been consistent and brought glories to India. The only person India relies on always and gets the desired result that the whole nation can cherish.
Name: Sridhar
Email: csridhar@mailcity.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Scientist with Indian Spirit
Name: Shreyas Vyas
Email: sdvyas@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the best man India has brought around in this year in patriotism through his fantastic sportsmanship.
Name: Shankar D Mohanthi
Email: dsphani@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: While every guy who gets a chance leaves India for greener pastures abroad, here is a man who seems to say "there is a great future for India"
Name: Ashutosh Khisti
Email: aknet@bigfoot.com
Nomination: A B Vajapayee
Reason why: Every educated Indian knows the reason!
Name: Venkat Mantha
Email: manthavs@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For being practically the first political head in decades to have "vision", the vision to realise the changing scenarios of this world & to take advantage of the same for the betterment of his constituencies. His policies in the past year on the IT front have had far reaching effects and will eventually benefit generations of people.
Name: Rajat Jain
Email: jainrajat@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Great performance. New World records established and old ones broken. Saved the nation from storms in deserts. Does the highly cricket obsessed nation proud throughout.
Name: Vijay Vusirikala
Email: vvusiri@hotmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For being a politician with a vision, and taking the first steps to usher in an IT revolution in India.
Name: M S Krishna
Email: m_sri_krishna@hotmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Demonstrated for the first time in the 50 years of Independent India, the way in which a CM should function on the Economic front at the STATE level.
Name: Vijay K Chander
Email: vijay_k@mail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: A real politician who has a vision for the country & not just for his party. We need politicians like him.
Name: Mubarak Hussain
Email: mubs_h@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Beacuse he achieved the highest no of centuries in one day cricket. Also for making India reach to the height were it is very difficult to reach
Name: Kaushik Chatterjee
Email: kaushikc_@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Information Technology for the cause of mankind. Improving efficiency using Information Technology. Eliminating corruption using Information Technology. Making government officials answerable on the basis of data. Setting a trend for chief ministers in other states to follow. He will make the difference. He will decide where India will be in the 21st century.
Name: Biju Joseph
Email: bjoseph@xl.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: For winning the Nobel. For his Research in famine studies.
Name: Kamesh Mullapudi
Email: kamesh_m@yahoo.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: He's the man who has rightly used his power to give the green signal to nuclear tests.
Name: Ashish Kalawadia
Email: ak@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Why not!!!
Name: Rajkumar Stephen
Email: rstephen@usa.net
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: 'Coz it was his year - the year of the best!
Name: Mahesh Vannavada
Email: mvannavada@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: More than the enormity of his accomplishments, the way he accomplished those deserves the highest accolades. Having a modest background and never having an educational stint outside India, this man is entirely made in India. His frugal lifestyle and sacrifice, apart from his astounding scientific knowledge, makes him the most deserving man for this award.
Name: Mani
Email: thmani@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: This man brought us a lot of pride. He stood as an inspiration to a lot of young Indian cricketers.
Name: Vikas Puthran
Email: vputhran@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Among the many bold initiatives he brought forward as prime minister, the one that stands out is for the country to go nuclear.
Name: Nilesh Patange
Email: spnilesh@yahoo.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Brought glory to the nation with his economic fundas, which brought global attention and Nobel Prize.
Name: Chandra Sekhar Avvaru
Email: avvaru@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: I gave you the name... no explanation is required with that name!
Name: J Shivakumar
Email: shiva@trmnet.com
Nomination: Dr Kalam
Reason why: His work in the "real" hi-tech
area. For proving that a minority from a humble background can rise to such levels.
Name: Prasanna Sridharan
Email: sprasanna@worldnet.att.net
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Made India proud by winning the Nobel Prize.
Name: Sanjeev Garg
Email: garg_s@mailcity.com
Nomination: Prof A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Scientist par excellence. It will also give a message to Muslims that India is a secular state. If you are good the country is going to be good to you.
Name: Maliha Raza
Email: maliha_raza@vsnl.com
Nomination: The Delhiite
Reason why: Delhi is fast becoming the worst city to live in. The average citizen of Delhi has to live in constant fear of being murdered in his bed at night by ruthless killers. If he survives the night, he will probably die of pollution by breathing in toxic smog. If not that, he will die in a road accident since the traffic conditions are going from bad to worse. If he wants to go to the hospital, he can't becoz the doctors or karmcharis are usually on strike. If they aren't, there is no electricity or water. If he wants to eat, the prices of basic food is way beyond his reach. Kudos to the citizen of Delhi for braving all odds and still managing to live!!
Name: Balakrishnan Thiraviam Pillai
Email: balatp@yahoo.com
Nomination: Amritya Sen
Reason why: Made India proud by winning the Nobel.
Name: Vivek
Email: vivekm@erols.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For carrying out N-tests
Name: Sashidhar Movva
Email: smovva@eos.ncsu.edu
Nomination: Indian Hockey Team
Reason why: For bringing home gold from the Asian Games.
Name: Nirav Shah
Email: hooligan44@yhoo.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: -Check out his other inventions. Security for the rich & the poor.
Name: Neeraj Bhatnagar
Email: neerajb@excite.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For putting us on the world map permanently via the Pokharan blasts. With enough pride, decisiveness, and determination, it will now be easier to produce more Sachins and Amartyas.
Name: Umesh Kamat
Email: umeshk@basit.com
Nomination: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has changed the geopolitical definition and stood strong on N-policy despite sanctions
Name: Eshwar
Email: eshwar_s@mailcity.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Highest run-getter in 1998. Performed well against all countries.
Name: Vinod Sinha
Email: vinod_sinha@hotmail.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For putting in his best efforts for the nation. His work should not be analysed just on the basis of onion prices.
Name: Sreenivas S
Email: ssreeni@yahoo.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is better than the so-called politicians who have studied at Oxford & Cambridge and practice village level politics. He has a vision and is the best thing to have happened to the country.
Name: Sai Kumar Reddy
Email: saikreddy@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Made us proud and highlighted Indian technical capabilities to the world. For his down-to-earth simplicity.
Name: Sreelal Chandrasenan
Email: sreelalc@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He dedicated his life for India's R&D. He is never involved in any corruption or misuse of power.
Name: Abraham Kannankeril
Email: kannankeril@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The one consistently bright spot in a spotted year. The one who did not let success go to his head.
Name: A S Arun
Email: a_s_arun@hotmail.com
Nomination: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Reason why: Just one female in a country of 900 million bags a gold. What more reason do you need?
Name: Ramesh VS
Email: vsramesh@hotmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For the simple reason that he is doing something good in the field which you least expect any body to perform. We hear about politicians fighting and complaining but never speaking of development. Well, he showed them how you can make headlines with vision for development.
Name: Prashant M Patil
Email: patil_prashant@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Ramakant Tendulkar
Reason why: He is the person who lifts Indian flag all over the
cricket world.
Name: Rama Ratnam
Email: ratnam@uiuc.edu
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: For showing that the concerns of poor nations and the poor, in economic matters, is a matter of global concern.
Name: Anand Deshpande
Email: anandd@usa.net
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Takes the stance, attacks the opponent, tears the bowlers apart, entertains the audience... all for the sake of our dear country, INDIA!!!
Name: Saurabh Singhal
Email: saurabhs1@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: The reason is pretty obvious. He has won the Nobel Prize.
Name: Ramani Balakrishnan
Email: ramani@msn.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Unnecessary
Name: Mahesh Ramkumar
Email: mramkumar@intercall.net
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: There are several reasons why I chose him as the Indian of the year: He is the father of the Indian Missile program. I totally believe in his saying "Strength Respects Strength". He has a good vision for our country. He is the ultimate achiever. He is one of the best scientists. Above all, I think he is a very decent human being.
Name: Lebon Mathew
Email: lebonm@ix.netcom.com
Nomination: Sonia Gandhi
Reason why: After a long gap wwe're seeing the rise of a true and unselfish politician who rose up to India's dreams and requirements. She is not eager for power like other politicians. She is setting a good example. Also she supports the good deals and deeds of the opposition govt. She is a true INDIAN.
Name: Ajay
Email: ajay.shukla@mci.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For being bold and decisive.
Name: Niranjan Phadke
Email: nphadke@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the daring decision to have nuclear tests
Name: Nanu Kulkarni
Email: nanukulkarni@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Outstanding leadership
Name: Kuntal Sampat
Email: ksampat@hotpop.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Agni, N bomb.
Name: Akhil Bansal
Email: akhil_bansal@hotmail.com
Nomination: Madhuri Dixit
Reason why: Because she is an achiever in her field. This year, she swept all the big Hindi cine awards. Even after that she kept low profile. She is no big mouth. Not only this she is also involved in social service, like having a show for handicapped children, without advertising it in the media which shows she really cares.
Name: Subramaniam Shankhar
Email: subra_man@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Abdul Kalam represents what our founding leaders dreamt an Indian must be like. He is a symbol of intelligence, hard work, dedication, and a real representative of secular India. A practising Muslim who reads and quotes Ramayana and Thirukurral. Let us give him place in today's news.
Name: T S Chandrashekar
Email: tiptur84@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: When the country was in crisis internationally after Pokran, Amartys Sen's Noble brought a recognition and credibility to the nation.
Name: Shelly Varghese
Email: vshelly@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartaya Sen
Reason why: Made every Indian proud by winning the Nobel Prize, a rare honour in a country searching for heroes.
Name: P P Sunder Singh
Email: ppsunder@n2.com
Nomination: Sonia Gandhi
Reason why: She has revived the Congress.
Name: Nisha
Email: nishas21@hotmail.com
Nomination: Lyndon Cerejo
Reason why: He is so sweet... The free homepage man
Name: Sanjay Ruprell
Email: sruprell@jps.net
Nomination: Sonia Gandhi
Reason why: She does not think or act like Rajiv or Indira Gandhi, but does what is right for the country!!!!
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