Umesh > Prestige brings with it lots of benefits - like focus of the world attention > on your work - alongwith other resources. It boosts the morale of the people > who work with you or those who aspire to do similar work.
I agree, and so its become a numbers game where politics and squeeky wheels get the awards. that is why I often question the awards for Literature & Peace. Mother Theresa was one I felt really deserved it. But Sadat or Arafat? What if GW gets it this time (and its possible he might). --Ramda On 6/30/05, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ram-da, > > Prestige brings with it lots of benefits - like focus of the world attention > on your work - alongwith other resources. It boosts the morale of the people > who work with you or those who aspire to do similar work. > > Umesh > > Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umesh > > If the Nobel is a game of chance (or a numbers game), it worth it then? > > Ramda > > On 6/30/05, umesh sharma wrote: > > Ram-da, > > > > I would say that so many nominations are a good thing. If you have more > > tickets in a lottery - your chances of winning are much higher. I met a > guy > > from Tunisia who came thru a Green Card lottery. He said that then > multiple > > forms were accepted so people put in as many as 400 applications - and got > > in. > > More Indian or more third world females - more Nobels! There are hardly > any > > female Nobel winners anyway. > > > > Umesh > > > > Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > Umesh, > > > > Also 92 Indian women have been nominated for the Nobel by a women's > > organization. The list includes Malika Sarabhai ! and Kiran > > Bedi.(today's Assam Tribune) > > > > While nominations are an important first step, nowadays it seems there > > are far too many of them. In areas like Literature and Peace, the > > prizes most times a controversial. > > > > Mush & Bush, I am sure have also been nominated for their > > contributions to world peace. > > > > In essence, I would say, big deal! > > > > --Ram da > > > > On 6/30/05, umesh sharma wrote: > > > I just checked that a Pakistani female activist has been nominated for > > Nobel > > > Peace Prize this year > > > > > > " > > > > > > Akhtar Riazuddin > > > > > > Akhtar Riazuddin reaches out to thousands of poor urban homes in > Pakistan > > > through the NGO she founded for women! 's development in 1968. > > > Behbud Association of Pakistan (BAP) > > > > > > > > > http://www.1000peacewomen.org/eng/html/nominierte/treffer.php > > > Akhtar Riazuddin (born 1928) reaches out to thousands of poor homes in > > > Pakistan through the Behbud Association of Pakistan (BAP), an NGO that > she > > > founded in 1968 for community development. A woman of many talents, > Akhtar > > > brought significant changes in the status of women in Pakistan when she > > > served as a top-ranking bureaucrat in the federal government. She is > also > > a > > > gifted Urdu writer and has extensively researched the crafts of India > and > > > Pakistan. " > > > > > > > > > This article just published provides some insight on 1000 women > nominated > > > for Nobel Pea ce > > > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/inktomi255758.php > > > > > > Why not Indira Goswami who ( unlike Indira Gandhi) wants peace , and if > > she > > > is successful - be nominatyed for n! ext yea! r's Nobel Peace Prize? > > > > > > Umesh > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > > > voicemail > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Assam mailing list > > > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > > > Mailing list FAQ: > > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > > > To unsubscribe or change options: > > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Does your mail provider give you FREE antivirus protection? > > Get Yahoo! Mail > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Assam mailing list > > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > &! gt; http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > Mailing list FAQ: > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > > To unsubscribe or change options: > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail > > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
