From: chandrakanth.shet@professionals.com <cshet@andrew.cmu.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:48:41 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : He is the only statseman of all indian politicians. A man with broad outlook, having vison of how India should look. He is above all petty csate politics like politicians of other party play and more of all a man without a single charge of corr uption.

From: Samuel.Poozhikala@professionals.com <samuelp@cadence.com>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:30:46 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : H D Deve Gowda

Reasons : He was written off even before he was elected. He has held off against all kinds of issues with his savvy and inncocent lloks, at the same time continues to follow the open policy...

From: shekhar.tiwari@professionals.com <stiwari@ix.netcon.com>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:03:56 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : A leader with vision and integrity, Vajpayee is capable to lead India in the right direction. No other leader can credibly claim this,

From: ALKESH.SHAH@professionals.com <ashah1@orion.it.luc.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 13:19:23 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Sachin Tendulkar

Reasons : Sachin not only because i'm a cricket fan....but also because i think he has been awesome since being selected as captain......except the 2nd test at eden gardens vs South africa where i could digest india loosing the gme but not the excuse that india had actually lost the game after the few cathces lost in the sa 1st innings......india actually had a chance till the last day to hang in there and at least draw the game.....anyways.....in evertything else he has been totally great.....he has a l ong way to go... myt second choice would have been T. N seshan...not that he doenst have his own faults......

From: Dr.Vijay.Sharma@professionals.com <vsharma@cumc.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 16:05:13 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : T.N. Sheshan

Reasons : He is simply great.

From: NITIN.SAXENA@professionals.com <saxena@engrss2.unl.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 20:13:37 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : AMITABH BACHCHAN

Reasons : He brought Miss World peagent to India which otherwise would have been impossible for any other Indian.

From: Prasanna G.Basavapatna <prasg@informix.com>

Date sent: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 01:13:12 -0500

Person Nominated : Atal Behari Vajpayee

Reasons : Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee is undoubtedly the hero of 1996. THE person of 1996 in its real sense. His famous radio-speech on the eve of assuming the office of the Prime Minister of India proved, to those who need proof, what he and the party he represented could do.

In just one comment he opened the eyes of all the Sangh parivar baiters. "All of you say that Vajpayee is good, but the party is bad. How can be fruit be good, if the tree is bad?", he asked!

A truly secular, truly honest and truly nationalistic Atalji is the TRUE PARLIAMENTARIAN we have today.

From: Hussain Ali Mirza <mirza@ee.tamu.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 05:24:36 -0500

Person Nominated : T-N- S-E-S-H-A-N Reasons : Do you need any REASON? He was sadly, the only one who cared two hoots for the filthy, lousy politicians. That's the reason why I nominate him as the best man of the year. MAY Mr. T(OUGH). N(UT). SESHAN BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF INDIA!!

From: Dr.S.Krishnamurti@professionals.com < andromed@hd1.vsnl.net.in>

Date sent: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 06:38:16 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : P V Narasimha Rao

Reasons : All said and done, he has still contributed more to the country than anybody else.

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