Sorry for the wrong information... i trusted dnaindia :( On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Jesheem Mohamed <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > > This is indeed great news. Padma Vibhushan is the 2nd highest Civilian > Award ranking just below Bharat Ratna and above the Padma Bhushan. > > Lets take it a step at a time. Insha Allah, Padma Vibhushan this tym and > who knows the Bharat Ratna in the future. Bharat Ratna was last awarded in > 2008 to Bhimsen Joshi after a gap of 7 years. (prior to that it was awarded > in 2001) > > -Cheers, > Jesheem > > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:18:56 -0500 > Subject: [arr] Padma Vibhushan for AR... > > > > Somnath, Rahman, Leander in running for Padma > prize<http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_somnath-rahman-leander-in-running-for-padma-prize_1339047> > Javed M Ansari / DNA > Monday, January 25, 2010 1:23 IST > [image: Email] Email [image: Print] > Print<http://www.dnaindia.com/india/dnaprint910.php?newsid=1339047> [image: > Share] > Share<http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_somnath-rahman-leander-in-running-for-padma-prize_1339047#share> > *New Delhi: *Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Oscar-winning > music composer AR Rahman, US-based hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal and tennis > captain Leander Paes are being considered for the Padma awards this year. > Somnath Chatterjee and AR Rahman are likely to be given the Padma > Vibhushan and Paes the Padma Bhushan. > The list of awardees might be announced on Monday. According to sources, > writer Mahasweta Devi, veteran cinematographer Nemai Ghosh and painter > Shuvaprasanna are also being considered for the honours. > This is not the first time the UPA government is planning to bestow the > award on Chatterjee. It wanted to do so last year itself, but Chatterjee > declined saying it would not be appropriate for him to receive an award from > the executive as long as he was Lok Sabha speaker. > The honour will be another feather in the cap of AR Rahman, who won two > Oscars last year for best original music score and best song in *Slumdog > Millionaire*. > The other possible Padma awardee is US-based controversial hotelier Sant > Singh Chatwal. He is among the movers and shakers of the NRI community in > the US and has powerful connections in the Democratic Party. He is extremely > close to the Clintons. Chatwal was, in fact, one of Hillary Clinton’s > primary fundraisers during her presidential bid. He also played an active > role in drumming up support for the Indo-US nuclear deal. > Chatwal has powerful political connections in the country and was > instrumental in persuading Bill Clinton to travel to Lucknow and attend a > private lunch hosted by a UP-based industrialist considered close to Mulayam > Singh Yadav and Amar Singh. > Leander Paes has been the country’s top tennis player for over a decade. He > won the bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and has won doubles > titles at Wimbledon, Australian Open and the US Open. He was given the Rajiv > Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1996. > > -- > www.berginroy.com > > > ------------------------------ > New Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for > you.<http://windows.microsoft.com/shop> > > > -- www.berginroy.com
