Friday, October 10, 2008

Nobel Prize

US is on the lead for the Nobel Prize.
Chemistry they have it all. (though one scientist is from Japan)
Physics is shared between USA and Japan.
Medicine is shared between France and Germany.
Literature is French.

Peace and Economics are due on 10th and 13th October respectively.

I searched the site (www.nobelprize.org) to find the Indians or at-least those born in India who have won the prize.

Among the nominations Gandhiji, Nehruji and Sanjib Chaudhary (CJ Supreme Court) were nominated. Surprisingly Gandhiji never won the prize. It puzzles me to this day.

In 1913 Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore won for Literature.
In 1930 Sir Venkata Raman won the prize for Physics.
In 1968 Har Gobind Khurana for Medicine
(He took US Citizenship in 1970)
In 1979 Mother Teresa for Peace.
In 1983 Subramanya Chandrasekhar for Physics
(He became US Citizen in 1953)
In 1998 Amartya Sen for Economics

Bright Minds.

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