From: Charu.Wadhawan@professionals.com <Charu_Wadhawan@iwv.com>

Date sent: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:24:26 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Sachin Tendulkar

Reasons : For bringing India back on the winning tracks after ages of low profile.

From: Gargi.Advaithi@professionals.com <gadvaithi@uoknor.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:00:44 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Manmohan Singh

Reasons : He changed the economy and the country, like no one dared before. Thanks to him we can think of going back to India, which has become the land of wishes hopes and dreams

From: revathi.advaithi@professionals.com <radvaith@uoknor.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 13:27:15 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Visalam Swamy

Reasons : My mother - for being a source of towering strength for all her five daughters in time of need. For achieving her goals through prayer and percistance. For maintaining her sense of humor. winning friends in all age groups in a new land without k nowledge of english language. For refusing to change her belief in the innante goodness of all human beings. For being a great mother, mother in law, grandmother, friend and aunt. Not a soul in India comes close to what my sixty year old mother has achiev ed the last one year.

To give an example: When the young and the active men and women of R.K Shanmugam Rd, K.K. Nagar, Madras continued to live for more than a week in knee deep water after the storm, my mother took matters into her own hand. She called the office of the CM Ka runanadhi, spoke to his secretary, gave him a piece of her mind and a lecture. He respectfully put her on to the Commissioner of Flood control - she gave him a lecture and within an hour the street was cleared of the one week old dirty stagnant water. Thi s one of her latest achievement apart from the other things she has accomplished over the year as a women on the move for family, friends and the community. My mother Mrs Visalam Swamy is defiently the person of the year. On her 60the B'day this Jan 3rd 1 997, I I think she deserves this nomination more than all the other people who only did their duty and got paid for it, while she did more than her duty selflessly, not expecting anything in return.

From: samir.k.dutt@professionals.com <dutt@haas.berkeley.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:22:07 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : CMM Prem Kumar

Reasons : Putting the fear of god in our political class - vermin all!

From: SRIKRISHNA.TALLURI@professionals.com <tsrikris@vt.edu>

Date sent: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 21:40:44 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : N. CHANDRABABU NAIDU

Reasons : Known for a long time as an immaculate planner and supreme executioner of his ideas, he has consolidated his position in his home state and has turned a kingmaker by playing avital role in forming the third front and pulling up Mr.Deve Gowda from darknessinto the limelight , for the PM's position, for which he was neither an aspirant or a forefront contender.

It is such kingmakers who ,in the shadows make vital moves, which for now has provided an alternative force at the helm in the world's biggest democracy.

From: Kishore Kumar Peravali <peravali@prairie.nodak.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 02:55:50 -0500

Person Nominated : Mhd. Azharuddin

Reasons : With all the pressures of his profession and personal life he hooked on to the spirit of the game with a positive attitude. At a time when the worst has happened and happening to him he showed his best.

From: pramod kumar yenamandra <zwd42@ttacs.ttu.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 03:29:58 -0500

Person Nominated : Justice J. S Verma

Reasons : cleanising the indian politics,and talking a lead, and setting a precedence to prove that nobody is above the law.

From: V.Sudhakar <suds@novell.com>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 05:01:27 -0500

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : A person whom India needs most today, a clean politician, and a person who promotes clean politics.

India, does need concentious bureaucrats, and outstanding sportsmen, but more so an honest politician, a rare breed, indeed.

From: Mudit Chandra < mchandra@vt.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 05:12:57 -0500

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : The only person to do India Proud in the international arena. In an year full of news of corruption, political trickery and failure on the sports front. Leander's performance and personality is a breath of fresh air. He has performed well inspit e of the limitations faced by the Indian sportsmen and at the same time stayed away from any controversies.

From: Varadarajan@professionals.com <tsv@cs.umanitoba.ca>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 05:42:23 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : T. N. Seshan

Reasons : Reasons should be obvious. I wish he becomes the President of India. The future of India will be in real safe hands then. We can after all get to see a president who really does something.

From: Ganapathi.Narayanamoorthy@professionals.com <narayanaga@mail.ssb.rochester.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 11:01:12 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Deve Gowda

Reasons : To move from an obscure Chief Minister lacking in charisma to the centrestage, to bring together so brittle a coalition that many thought would break more easily than glass and to continue to be in saddle for seven whole months when a 100 days seemed impossible and finally to stay clean when almost every politician in the land is smeared in some scandal or the other definitely characterizes honesty,pragmatism and as astute politics as ever seen in India.

From: Sailesh.Moorjani@professionals.com <pomoonglow!smoorjani@photon.att.com>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 11:37:24 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : Olympic Medal

From: Guru@professionals.com <sh99s10@acs.wooster.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:51:26 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Saurabh Shukla

Reasons : Indian citizen who upheld Indian values and pride for his citizenship even in the face of ultimate American facsism. Hats off to you Sir !!

From: yadavilli.srinivas@professionals.com < syadavil@mailhost.ecn.ou.edu>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:42:57 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : mohammad azharuddin

Reasons : because he is simply the best.moreover he is not a hypocrite like our corrupt politicians.

From: Santhosh.Pillai@professionals.com <santhosh@iss.nus.sg>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:08:03 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee

Reasons : I would like to nominate Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, not because he belongs to a particular political party, but because of his VISION for India and HONESTY, which is very difficult to find in Indian politicians today. He has a long public life behind him free from any corruption charges. He is highly respected, a scholar, and is the most trustable person in politics today.

From: ABRAHAM.JACOB@professionals.com <student@lsms-1.prestel.co.uk>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 04:27:03 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : T N SESHAN

Reasons : HIS STRONG WILL POWER TO STAND AGAINST THE POLITICAL GONDAISM AND HIS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CORRUPTION IN CARVING INTO THE SOCIETY HAS INFACT CREATED A WAVE IN THE THINKING OF ALL INDIAN NATIONAL. THIS HAS CAUSED MANING KNOCK ON EFFECTS AND WE NOW SEE MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOVE THE LAW BEING BROUGHT DOWN AND STAKING THE POSITION OF CRIMINALS IN THE COURT.

From: Rajeev Banka <banka@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:34:15 -0500

Person Nominated : T. N. Sheshan

Reasons : For making public aware of the rights, duties and power of Chief Election Commissioner. He has been able to bring the election process under control as per rules of the constitution to a certain extent. And gaining encouragement from him, his su ccessors too will use their power to force the contestants to prevent using unlawful tactics to win the elections. He has become an idol for his successors as well as the people of this country.

From: Naveen.Singhal@professionals.com <naveen.singhal@intelsat.int>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:14:03 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : T N Seshan

Reasons : Seshan was instrumental is the peaceful quiet elections held. he managed to get way from the pressures of the Govt and uphold the law so that the common man could finally exercise his right - BALLOT

From: Chandrasekharapuram.Narayanan.Venkateswaran@professionals.com <venkat@bachman.cs.ou.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:38:58 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : T.N.Seshan

Reasons : Peaceful and fair elections.

From: Babu.Arunachalam@professionals.com <babua@qualcomm.com>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 17:58:14 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Deve Gowda

Reasons : Nothing great to mention about this man. He's been a lucky opportunist and a choice of compromise. In general, he typifies the stupidity of our democracy and wonder whether this country would ever wake up and march ahead.

I have nominated him just because he happens to be the PM and noone in the world would have thought he would be one before the elections.

From: Sanjeeb.Kumar.Sahoo@professionals.com <sanjeebsahoo@indiamail.com>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:51:48 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Mr. T. N. SESHAN

Reasons : What an outstanding , courageous , honest public officer he is ! He raises hopes of honest officers from hail to heaven .Yesterday he being retired as CEC , he deserves to be the redif person of the year .

From: sasidhar.velnati@professionals.com < sbvenkat@mailhost.ecn.ou.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:29:10 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander paes

Reasons : got us the thing we were thirsting for the past 16years

From: Murali V.Nathan <muraliv@ix.netcom.com>

Date sent: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:37:48 -0500

Person Nominated : T.N. Seshan

Reasons : One of the few honest government servents left in our country. I hope he will stay involved and help clean up the junk yard, we often refer to as "Government of India".

From: Anupam Patra <anupam@indiamail.com>

Date sent: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:32:23 -0500

Person Nominated : Leander paes

Reasons : Brought glory to india in Olympics'96. Great individual perfomance indeed !!

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