Salman Rushdie & Amitav Ghosh in 2008 Man Booker Prize list

The novels by two India-born writers, Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh have been named in a long list of 13 books for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced recently..
 
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Rajendra Shukla presented with Dr. Martin Luther King Presidential Award for 2008

Rajender Shukla was honored with the Martin Luther King Presidential Award for 2008 during a solemn ceremony last month on Long Island, New York for his compassion and outstanding contributions to humanity and for his very effective leadership in business and society..
 
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Shukla Receives 52nd IMO Prize from World Meterological Organization

Dr. Jagadish Shukla, Professor and Chair of the Climate Dynamics Program at George Mason University and President of the Institute of Global Environment and Society has been awarded the 52nd International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize by the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)...
 
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PADMA BHUSHAN S. ANNA HAZARE IN THE US TO RECEIVE JIT JILL MEMORIAL AWARD.

A Spirit of the Mahatma Gandhi keeps living amid lingering doubts that India has forgotten him. At 70 years of age, 60 years after the passing away of Bapu, life and letters of Anna Hazare not merely reinforces the belief of Indians on Truth and Ahimsa..
 
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WINNERS ALL: India Abroad Person of the Year awards

Manhattan’s glittering Gotham Hall was the site of this year’s India Abroad Person of the Year awards ceremony on Friday, March 28, 2008. Several awards were presented to winners selected by the editors of India Abroad..
 
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Distinguished Citizen Award - Dr. Harish Rawal Receives

Dr. Harish Rawal may have been born into poverty in India but said his family there was rich with the spirit of giving, grace and charity. The lessons he learned still drive him today.  Sharing what you have should be a priority when you're blessed,  Rawal said. In December, Rawal donated $1 million to Jackson Community College to help pay for its newly renovated allied health and nursing classrooms. The college will rename the facility the Rawal Center for Health Professions, JCC President Daniel Phelan said. Due to his generous donation and continued emphasis on the importance of education, Rawal was named a Distinguished Citizen by the Citizen Patriot.
 
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Dr. Ponniseril Somasundaran wins Columbia University award

Professor Somasundaran received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and his Bachelor of Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in 1961. Before joining Columbia University, he worked for the International Minerals and Chemical Corporation and Reynolds Industries..
 
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Dr. Thomas Abraham, Dr. Joy Cherian among 12 given Samman Awards

Dr. Thomas Abraham, chairman of GOPIO, and Dr. Joy Cherian, the first Asian to be appointed to a sub-cabinet position in the US Government, were among the 12 distinguished Non Resident Indians, who were conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award..
 
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BPD REACTIONS AND REMARKS

"Vigilance is the price of liberty." Liberty is the foundation of any democratic polity. But unfortunately, the history of democracy is tainted by a few violating its fundamental tenets vitiating it with corruption and injustice...
 
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