From: Mahesh.Halyal@professionals.com <mahesh@cad.delhi.nic.in>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 01:59:07 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : P V Narsimha Rao.

Reasons : Well you have include the names Seshan and Verma which made the choice little difficult but tell me who gave them the free hand to carry on whatever good work they are doing.

Why the same Election Commissin and Supreme Court were not doing so efficiently earlier, why so many VVIP could visit and stay at Tihar Jail including Chandraswami. All credit should go to PVN.

Now we know that Sukhram has done this scam another minister involved in some other type of scam but I am sure earlier also such things were happening and passed unnoticed. PVN's name is involved in many scams and all these are related to congress party n ot for his personal gains. For a party on behalf of someone else unwillingly he might have done some mistakes but it should not be given that much importance.

You know have no other options left on this bad politics scence PVN is the only choice available

From: joy@professionals.com <tshah@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 03:14:22 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : deve gowda

Reasons : he is so cute

From: Amit.Luthra@professionals.com <amit@feta-www.us.oracle.com>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 06:36:55 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : sachin Tendulkar

Reasons : He is superb!

From: Madhu.Reddy@professionals.com <Reddy@ecsuc.ctstateu.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 07:31:26 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Behari Vajpayee

Reasons : 1.Honest, devoted, uncorrupt ,. dedicated and intelligent politician who speaks out his mind.

From: Nilesh.Soni@professionals.com <nsoni@mtu.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:25:02 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Farooq Abdullah

Reasons : Helping India reaffirm her hold on Kashmir with return of democracy.

From: Rajeev Kumar <r.kumar@sheffield.ac.uk>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:22:13 -0500

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : Mr Vajpayee not only the senior most parliamentatrian and active contributor to the proceedings, has shown to Indian masses that he has no lust for power if it is based solely on corrupt practices. I argue that lust for power and/or money has been th esole reason for degarding Indian polity and real-life practices that has come down so heavily on Indian masses.

From: raghu@professionals.com <raghu@engr.uky.edu>

Date sent: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:20:35 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : rajinikanth

Reasons : changed the political scenario of tamilnadu and india

From: Satish.Ananthakrishnan@professionals.com <ananthak@egr.msu.edu>

Date sent: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 21:17:39 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : He made India proud by winning our only medal in the olympics in the past 16 years. A truly great achievement.

From: Ajay.Kasarabada@professionals.com <kasaraba@egr.msu.edu>

Date sent: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 21:25:14 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Prem Panicker

Reasons : Prem Panicker is like a hero for all our cricket starved "desis" in the United States. Our day doesn't begin without reading one of his analyses or the live chat on rediff.

There have been so many politicians and others , but Prem is the guy whom we all adore and respect.

From: Eustaquio.Santimano@professionals.com <ejs@image.dk>

Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 02:25:35 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : For getting the only medal for India and setting an example that anything is possible if you put in your very best.

From: Amit.Raj@professionals.com <ad310@unbc.ca.net>

Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 05:00:31 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : He seems to be the only one above the fray of present days politicians, untainted, secular in real sense, dynaice and with a vision to the next millenium. All other leaders are working for their own pocket books.

From: ajay negi <ajmister@pipeline.com>

Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:52:46 -0500

Person Nominated : Dr Manmohan singh

Reasons : for improving the economy as well as introducing the Indians to a free market , which is not dependent on the goverment. Due to his liberalization the Rao scandals are being taken else the govt controlled media and the courts would never have wo ken up and punished the corrupt politicians.

From: Pranav.Shah@professionals.com <pas@ans.net>

Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:22:55 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : He is one guy despite all the competition and failures in Olympics came up big and won a bronze for india. He has been a silver lining in an otherwise lousy year for India politically.

From: Ritesh Saxena <ritesh@itsecure.com>

Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 14:51:19 -0500

Person Nominated : Amitabh Bachchan

Reasons : Inspite of his aging he is still so enthusiastic and charishmatic. Above all his will to organise Miss world in India proves his feelings to do something for India although he could have spent rest of his life peacefully and lavishly. But against all odds he did everything what a person attached to India would have done. HATS OFF to Mr.Bachchan. I wish him all the Very Best..

From: Vinay G.Kulkarni <vinay@itsecure.com>

Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 15:00:04 -0500

Person Nominated : Mr T N Seshan

Reasons : He is the first person in the histroy of Indian politics to change the entire complexion of holding elections in India.

I wish him ALL THE BEST for in future.

From: vedant.jhaver@professionals.com < sgi@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in>

Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 03:19:15 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : amitabh bachan

Reasons : guess yourself !!

From: K.Dasgupta@professionals.com <kdasgupta@pwajam.com>

Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 12:46:01 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Leander Paes

Reasons : for demonstrating that even with his meagre talents, he can go this far just on the strength of his will. Indian sports is replete with examples of people with significant talent but inablity to deliver when the moment comes. Here is someone who has done it by dint of sheer effort.

From: keerthik.nair@professionals.com <knair@pearson-college.uwc.ca>

Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 13:32:02 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : h d deve gowda

Reasons : from an obscure politician in the relatively unknown powerplay in karnataka, he is undoubtedly the man who has made a quantum leap in his personal future as well trying to mould the country's destiny in the last leg of the 20 th century. inspite of having to satisfy the aspirations of the whales and minnows in both the congress-i and janata dal, he has successfully managed to keep to keep them at bay, by hook or by crook, follows the economic liberalization policy started up by manmohan singh, inspite of the fact that his alliance partner in the goverment in the cpi-m, although not having any charismatic personality,is one who means business... the business of running the country honestly, efficiently or rather trying to run honestly.

he is undoubtedly the man who working hard in Prime minister's office....unlike his predecessor who went to office nearly once in two fortnights. he along with p chidambaram, stand along in the ground filled with corruption stinking, from every nook and corner hope he continues to be as i think he is, and is able to bring about some change in the nearly defunct, political system, from which the people have lost their trust.

From: ameet.chaubal@professionals.com <achauba@megahits.com>

Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 18:06:15 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : leander Paes

Reasons : The state of Indian nation is in doldrums. The political scenario constitutes the definition of chaos. There are very,very ,very few things that an indian can idolize and be proud of.(Please keep aside the past.gandhi,nehru etc!!! Please!) in present. One person who made me prous as an indian in front of the world was liander by winning the bronze medal.

If anyone deserves anything in india for doing anything for the COUNTRY ,it is LEANDER PAES. man you made me proud to be born in india. thank you!!

From: Madhup.Mohta@professionals.com <madhup@mos.com.np>

Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 19:24:03 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Reasons : Mr. Vajpayee embodies the Political centre in Indian polity of 1996.He is also the only political leader who inspires and whose name does not arract scepticism or ridicule!But for the role played by him the Indian democratic institutions would have been devasted by the forces of the extreme right and the confused array of marginal political parties.

From: Babu.tipirneni@professionals.com <textengr@alf.law.uc.edu>

Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 21:00:41 -0800 (PST)

Person Nominated : Chandra Babu Naidu

Reasons : The King Maker

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