Archive for the ‘Prize’ Category

4 Jul

Knighthood to Rushdie- A gimmick?

Posted by khadaksingh in Asia, Assasination, Award, Britain, Celebrity, Health, India, Iraq, Knighthood, Middle-East, News, Politics, Prize, Rushdie, South Asia, Terrorism, United Kingdom, controversy, democracy.

Conferring knighthood to Rushdie, Indian born British author is a surprise, though one can expect that it will not reprieve Muslim anger.
A celebrity himself , Rushdie at 60 is set to divorce his celebrity wife & model Padma Laxmi.
Rushdie famous/infamous for his work The Satanic Verses is on the run from his home country since [...]

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27 Mar

Math prize for Indian prof in NYU

Posted by khadaksingh in Award, India, Maths, Prize.

After humiliating defeats against Bangladesh and SriLanka and a first round exit from the vision 2007 World Cup, Indians have something to cheer about.
Prof. Srinivasa Varadhan, an Indian born professor in NYU has won the Abel Prize, constituted by Government of Norway for distinguished work in the field of mathematics.
Prof.Srinivasa Varadhan an Indian born professor armed with doctorate [...]

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