The White Tiger of Aravind Adiga(32) wins Man Booker Prize 2008

Indian author Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize 2008-India-The Times of India

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The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15booker.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7670417.stm
The Gurdian UK:http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/15/booker-prize-india
The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/debut-author-wins-booker-with-searing-portrait-of-indian-poverty-961390.html

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Addition Notes:
Before Aarvind Adiga, four Booker Prize winners had been writers of India origin. They were

V S Naipaul

Salman Rushdie

Arundhati Roy

Kiran Desai

Now after Aarvind Adiga, the score is five Bookers to India Originated writers.

However, After Arundhati Roy, he is the second writer to get Bookers on his début novel.

Secondly, along with him another Indian, Amitav Ghosh with his Sea of Poppies was also nominated.


Thirdly, the people who were finally shortlisted were Steve Toltz, Philip Hensher, Sebastian Barry, Amitav Ghosh, Linda Grant and Aarving Adiga.

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Source Material:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ftn-cant-write-off-books-even-in-the-age-of-tv/75927-19-single.html
Tehelka, Vol 5, Issue 38, September 27, 2008.

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A look at the winners of the 2008 Nobel Prizes - International Herald Tribune

A look at the winners of the 2008 Nobel Prizes - International Herald Tribune


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P N Vinayachandran , SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

P. N. Vinayachandran is an Associate Professor in Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science ( IISc) Bangalore


He did his M. Sc. (Engg.) from IISc, Bangalore, M. Sc. Cochin University of Science and Technology and Ph.D. from IISc. Bangalore.

He has been awarded Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2008.

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Source:
Ocean Expert Directory: http://www.oceanexpert.net/viewMemberRecord.php?&memberID=8248
As accessed on October 4, 2008.

Vinayachandran Home Page at IISc. Bangalore at http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/academic/vinay.html
As accessed on October 4, 2008.

Photo source: Images.google.com. (A link to IISc. Bangalore, which however, I was not able to access after my previous access as the access was denied to me.)

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J Radhakrishnan, SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Mathematical Sciences

J. Radhakrishnan is an Associate Professor and Dean, School of Technology and Computer Science in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.

He did his B. Tech from IIT Kharagpur in Computer Science and Electronics. He obtained his doctorate from Rutgers University in 1991.

He has been awarded Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (Mathematical Sciences), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2008.

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Source:
Home page of J Radhrishnan: http://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~jaikumar/mypage.html
As re-accessed on October 9, 2008.

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research: http://www.tifr.res.in/
As accessed on October 9, 2008

Photo source: From TIFR site.

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Prof Ranjan K. Mallik, SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Engineering Sciences

Ranjan K. Mallik is a professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

He has done Ph. D. from the University of Southern California. He did his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering in 1987 from IIT, Kanpur. He completed his M. S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California.

He has been awarded Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (Engineering Sciences), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2008.

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Sources:
Home Page of Prof. Ranjan K. Mallik: http://rkmallik.tripod.com/~rkmallik/

As accessed on October 4, and then October 9, 2008.

IIT. Delhi: http://www.iitd.ac.in/deptt/ee/
As accessed on October 4, and then October 9, 2008.

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Professor T. Pardeep, SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Chemical Sciences

T. Pardeep is Professor, Department of Chemistry and Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai. He heads Department of Science and Technology (DST) unit on Nanoscience in IIT Madras.

His discoveries in the field of Nanoscience have helped in developing filter for pesticide removal.

He is M. Sc from Calicut University. He did his doctorate from IISc. Banglore. He was post doctoral fellow with Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley and Purude University, Indiana. He is interested in making teaching aids and writing in Malayalam.

He has been awarded Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (Chemical Sciences), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2008.

The prize consists of Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque. It is otherwise a big honour in the field of science within India.

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Source:
Web site of IIT Madras (Copyright with the Institute which is a government of India funded institute. The above information is derived from the above site and required link is duly given.)
The Photograph sourced through Pradeep Research Group accessed through IIT Madras site.

Accessed between September 26, 2008 to October 8, 2008 for this post.

Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal listed by Time Magazine as Hero of Environment

Sikh leader in Heroes of Environment list:

Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal undertook a community service to clean the river Kali Bein in Hoshiarpur District of Punjab.

Similarly, the help of Sant Seechewal was sought to clean Buddha Nala in Ludhiana District.

Buddha Nala follows the course which earlier was the path of River Satluj. Similarly Kali Bein has a religious signficance as it is believed that Guru Nanak got enlightenment after taking bath in Kali Bein.

The Right to Livelihood Awards Comes to India

TN couple wins Alternative Nobel

The Sarvodya Couple of Krishnammal Sankaralingam and Sankaralingam Jagannathan and their organisation Land for the Tillers Freedom (LAFTI) have won the Right to Livelihood Award. The Right Livelihood Award is equated to the Alternative Nobel Prize.

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L. S. Shashidara: SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Biological Sciences

L S Shashidara obtained B. Sc. and M. Sc. (Genetics and Plants Breeding) in 1987 at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. He received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Cambridge, UK. After a period of post-doctoral work at the University of Cambride, he worked in National Centre for Biological Sciences, Banglore, as a visiting fellow. He joined CCMB (Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad, one of 38 laboratories of ICSR) in 1995. Since August 2007, he is on deputation at IISER Pune as Professor and Coordinator (Biology).

He remained in the national limelight when in 2001, he along with Poonam Bandari, had reported to have developed genetically engineered fruit flies (Drosophila), which could be used for screening and validating drugs instead of employing mice. (A press report can be accessed here.)

An article by Prof. Shashidara on Drosophila Genetics & Developmental Biology can be accessed here.

The transgenic flies at CCMB were specifically bred for evaluating the efficacy of existing and new drugs against certain types of cancer.

L. S. Shashidhara has won S S Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008 along with G P S Raghava of IMTECH Chandigarh. They have won the prize for Biological Sciences.

The prize consists of Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque. It is otherwise a big honour in the field of science within India.

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Sources Used:
Article by L. S. Shashidara given on the web site of CCMB Hyderabad.

Bio date of L. S. Shashidara given on the web site of CCMB Hyderabad.

Indian Express: Healthcare Management

G.P.S. Raghava: SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Biological Sciences

G.P.S. Raghava is a scientist working at Bioinformatics Centre (BIC), Institute of Microbial Technology(IMTECH), Chandigarh. He joined IMTECH in 1986. His primary duty is to develop computer software, to maintain computer hardware/software and to maintain network at IMTECH. He is also looking after distributed information centre (DIC) supported by DBT under BTISNET programme, where his primary duty is to built/maintain infrastructure required for protein modeling and engineering. He is developing software in the field of bioscience since 1990.

He belongs to Village Nagla Karan, District, Bulandhshahr, Uttar Pardesh.

G.P.S. Raghava has won S S Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008 along with L. S. Shashidhara, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. They have won the prize for Biological Sciences.

The prize consists of Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque. It is otherwise a big honour in the field of science within India.

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Sources: G. P. S. Raghava Home Page.
Photographs: G. P. S. Raghava Home Page. (Op cit)
The Hindu: CSIR names Bhatnagar Award.
The above links were retrieved on September 30, 2008 at 8.17 pm IST.

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008 has been announced by Director-General Samir K. Brahmachari of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The announcement was made on Friday, September 26, 2008.


Biological sciences – G.P.S. Raghava, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh; and L.S.Shashidara, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Chemical sciences – Pradeep Thalappil, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; and Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, IIT, Kanpur.

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences – P.N.Vinayachandran, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.


Engineering Sciences – Ranjan Kumar Mallik, IIT, Delhi.


Mathematical Sciences – Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.


Medical Sciences – Ravinder Goswami, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.


Physical Sciences – Raghunathan Srianand, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune; and Srikanth Sastry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore.

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Kindly note that same information is now available on CSIR site at http://csirhrdg.res.in/ssb2008.htm. This page was accessed on October 1, 2008 reached through the main site of CSIR at http://csirhrdg.res.in/

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Source and Acknowledgement:
It is word by word copy from The Hindu: CSIR names Bhatnagar winners.

Kris Srikanth Cheeka is new Chairman Senior Selection Committee of BCCI

Kris Srikanth (Cheeka) has been appointed as the new Chairman, Senior Selection Committee of BCCI. He replaces Dilip Vensarkar. The tenure of Kris Srikanth is for four years. Now onwards, the post and also the posts of the members of the selection committee will be paid posts.

The other members of the Selection Committee are Yashpal Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Surendera Bhave and Raja Venktaraman.

Srikanth represents South Zone and heads the committee as the Chairman. Yashpal Sharma represents the North Zone. He was member of the Senior Selection Committee earlier also. Surendra Bhave represent the West Zone. Narendra Hirwani represents the Central Zone. Raja Venktaraman represents the East Zone.

Srikanth, Yashpal Sharma and Narendra Hirwani had remained the members of the playing national team.

Dilip Vensarkar after leaving the post of the Chairman, Senior Selection Committee of BCCI, is presently Vice President of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).

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sources:
cricinfo.com for contents and photograph
The Telegraph, Calcutta, India

Singer Mahendra Kapoor passes away-India-The Times of India

Singer Mahendra Kapoor passes away-India-The Times of India

Mohinder Kapoor, an established playback singer of erstwhile golden era of Bombay Film Music Industry, which was dominated by Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mehmood and Hemant Kumar among the male voices and Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle among female singer passed away on September 27, 2008, Sunday at Mumbai.

He was from Amritsar Punjab. He was given a break in Hindi film playback music by C Ramchandra also popular as Chitalkar. Mohinder Kapoor became famous with his first song Adha hai Chandrama Raat Aadhi. His another famous song is Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se from Gumraha. Another famous song was Nile Gagan ke Tale, Dharti ka Piyar Phale.

As it was popular in 60s and 70s that each singer was identified with some leading hero of that period, therefore, as Mukesh was popular playback for Raj Kapoor then Mohinder Kapoor was made a team with Manoj Kumar. No doubt, many patriotic songs by Mohinder Kapoor are still popular. Among them, the popularity of Mere Desh kee Dharti Sona Ugle of Upkar of Manor Kumar is still recognized.

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Photograph source: Times of India

Taare Zameen Par: India's Official Entry to Oscar

The Chairman of a jury established by Film Federation of India (FFI), Sunil Darshan on September 20, 2008, that Taare Zameen Par will be the official Indian entry to the Oscar.


Taare Zameen Par is about dyslexic Child and his Teacher relation. It is the directorial debut of the Bombay Film Industry Actor Aamir Khan. Aamir Khan has played the role of Ram Shankar Nikumbh. The child role is played by Darsheel Safary. He had played the role of the lead character Ishaan Awasthi. It was released on December 21, 2007. The producer of the film is PVR Pictures in association with Aamir Khan. The international name of the film is Stars on Earth.


There were nine movies including Taare Zameen before the Jury to select the Indian entry.


Before that, in 2001, another movie, in which Aamir Khan played a lead role, Lagaan was also sent for Oscar nominations.


Lagaan was directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar. In this movie, an Indian village during the Victorian Empirical rule stake their future on a cricket match. Aamir Khan had played the role of Bhuvan in the movie. It was produced by Aamir Khan Productions.

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Sources Used:
Indian Express: Aamir Does it Again

The Internet Movie Data Base

TOI: Taare Zameen Par is India's Entry for Oscar

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Saina Nehwal, Winner of Chinese Taipei Badminton nearing Top 10 World Ranking of Shuttlers

Top 10 not beyond Saina, feel experts - Badminton - Other Sports - The Times of India Sports

Saina Nehwal is up to No. 12 in the world rankings. If she come into first ten in world ranking, which she can possible do, then she will be first Indian Women Badminton player to achieve that submit.

Saina won the title in Yonex Chinese Taipei Open badminton on Sunday, September 14, 2008.

In Beijing Olympics 2008, she had reached upto quarter-finals.

Saina Nehwal is a 19-year-old Hyderabad-based girl.

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Sources: Both the Photoprints are from Times of India sports section retrieved first on September 11, 2008 and then on September 18, 2008.

Double crown for Advani in world billiards - Snooker/Billiards - Other Sports - The Times of India Sports

Double crown for Advani in world billiards - Snooker/Billiards - Other Sports - The Times of India Sports

The 'Wonder Boy of Billiards' Pankaj Advani (23) won ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship at Bangalore.

The Indian Personalities behind NSG Waiver to India

The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News

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Source:The Tribune Indian September 7, 2008