Too early, too soon - - - Barack Obama has won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.
The Norwegian committee says US President Barack Obama has been honoured because of "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
In my viewpoint he has been given this "award" only for his proposals (regarding Arab-Israel conflict) and not for some real hardcore work/result. This is simply ridiculous. Agreed that his intentions are good, but the real question is are they producing results?
I know of one man, who not only has good intentions but is also producing some fantastic results. His intentions are being transformed into actions and has changed millions of lives all across the globe. His name is Sri Sri Ravishankar, the founder of the Art of Living Foundation. Obama envisions Palestinians and Israeli's to come together, but Sri Sri has already done it :) For the first time in history Arabs and the Israeli's meditated together in Bangalore under the aegis of Sri Sri. Isn't this simply amazing :) Please click to read the enormous service activities that the organization has undertaken. It is magnanimous.
Hope the Norwegian committee realizes this sooner or later that good intentions are just not enough, concrete work is what the need of the hour is.
My aim was not to draw a parallelism between Sri Sri and Obama(i am a big fan of him too) , but to stress on the fact that it is high time that work being done by Spiritual leaders like Sri Sri be recognized and given due credit :)
love,
Siddharth
PS : Here are some very interesting facts about the Nobel Peace Prize. Enjoy :)
* The 2009 winner was selected from a record 205 nominees.
* The 2009 prize was awarded to US President Barack Obama for his efforts "to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
* Mother Teresa refused to attend a Nobel dinner in Oslo when she went to collect her prize in 1979, saying the money would be better spent on the poor. The banquet was cancelled.
* The International Committee of the Red Cross is the most successful winner, with prizes in 1917, 1944 and 1963. Red Cross founder Henri Dunant of Switzerland shared the first award in 1901.
* Protesters threw snowballs at the US ambassador in Oslo when he arrived to collect the 1973 prize on behalf of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for brokering an unsuccessful deal to end the Vietnam war. North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho turned down the joint award, the most controversial in the prize's history.
* Past nominees have included Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin .
* Hitler banned Germans from accepting Nobel prizes in disgust after the 1935 award went to pacifist anti-Nazi writer Carl von Ossietzky. The ruling affected three German scientists awarded prizes for chemistry and medicine in the late 1930s.
* The 2008 prize was won by Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president, for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts.
* The 2007 prize was won by former US Vice-President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for raising awareness of the risks of global warming.
* The 2006 Peace Prize was won by Bangladeshi economist Mohammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded for their work to help millions out of poverty by granting tiny loans, pioneering a global movement known as microcredit.
* Mother Teresa refused to attend a Nobel dinner in Oslo when she went to collect her prize in 1979, saying the money would be better spent on the poor. The banquet was cancelled.
* The International Committee of the Red Cross is the most successful winner, with prizes in 1917, 1944 and 1963. Red Cross founder Henri Dunant of Switzerland shared the first award in 1901.
* Protesters threw snowballs at the US ambassador in Oslo when he arrived to collect the 1973 prize on behalf of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for brokering an unsuccessful deal to end the Vietnam war. North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho turned down the joint award, the most controversial in the prize's history.
* Past nominees have included Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin .
* Hitler banned Germans from accepting Nobel prizes in disgust after the 1935 award went to pacifist anti-Nazi writer Carl von Ossietzky. The ruling affected three German scientists awarded prizes for chemistry and medicine in the late 1930s.
* The 2008 prize was won by Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president, for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts.
* The 2007 prize was won by former US Vice-President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for raising awareness of the risks of global warming.
* The 2006 Peace Prize was won by Bangladeshi economist Mohammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded for their work to help millions out of poverty by granting tiny loans, pioneering a global movement known as microcredit.
3 comments:
I never knew so much about the history of the Nobel prizes, it made for a great read!:)
As far as Barack Obama's winning the Nobel is concerned, I agree with you!
When is your next post coming? I'm missing your insightful posts!:)
Very soon :)
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