Jan 26 Padma Awards for year 2007 India Complete List ~ Sam Rao Indian-American Org

Jan 26 Padma Awards for year 2007 India Complete List  ~  Sam Rao Indian-American Org 

No Bharat ratna awarded again this year. Its always fun to spot people who you think you know about on the list ( whether you think they deserve itor not)- Sort of a General Knowledge test.

Unfortunately, always underscored in this so-called General knowledge exercise is hoe awfully inadequate our iknowledge is about India’s own fantastic literature in regional languages and the arts scene.

This is but another glaringly! is our ingrained colonial and British slave legacy.

Do what most of us do to feel better- looks for the Sportsman or sportswoman awardees and the Music and Movie names which most can recognize and possibly popular literature ;-0

And IN any case, Always salute the Armed Forces folks and also the unsung heroes- the community activists; civil servants etc.

Each recipient has a great legacy- else would not have made the list any way. So Comgrats

A total of 121 recipients awarded this year

Padma Vibhushan      Total recipients: 10

1. Prof. (Dr.) Balu Sankaran (Medicine) Delhi.
2. Fali Sam Nariman (Public Affairs) Delhi.
3. Khushwant Singh (Literature and Education) Delhi.
4. N.N. Vohra (Civil Service) Haryana.
5. Naresh Chandra (Civil Service) Delhi.
6. Justice (Retd.) Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (Public Affairs) Delhi.
7. Late Shri Raja Rao (Posthumous) (Literature and Education) USA.
8. Dr. Raja Jesudoss Chelliah (Public Affairs) Tamil Nadu.
9. Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy George (Science and Engineering) USA.
10. Dr. Venkataraman Krishnamurthy (Civil Service) Delhi.

Padma Bhushan   Total recipients: 32

11. Prof. Bhikhu Parekh (Literature and Education) United Kingdom.
12. Late Shri Chandra Prasad Saikia (Posthumous) (Literature and Education) Assam.
13. Smt. Ela Gandhi ( Public Affairs) South Africa.
14. Rev Father Gabriel (Literature and Education) Kerala.
15. Gopaldas Neeraj (Literature and Education) Uttar Pradesh.
16. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kalkat (Science and Engineering) Chandigarh.
17. Ms. Indra Nooyi (Trade and Industry) USA.
18. Jamshed J. Irani (Trade and Industry) Maharashtra.
19. Javed Jan Nisaar Akhtar (Literature and Education) Maharashtra.
20. Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs (Literature and Education) USA.
21. Justice K.T. Thomas (Public Affairs) Kerala.
22. Kavalam Narayan Panikkar (Art) Kerala.
23. Captain L.Z. Sailo (Literature and Education) Mizoram.
24. Dr. (Smt.) Manju Sharma (Science and Engineering) Delhi.
25. Dr. N. Mahalingam (Trade and Industry) Tamil Nadu.
26. O. Suzuki (Trade and Industry) Japan.
27. Dr. Prithipal Singh Maini (Medicine) Delhi.
28. Pandit Rajan Misra (Art) Delhi.
29. Ramankutty Nair (Art) Kerala.
30. Pandit Sajan Misra (Art) Delhi.
31. Dr. Saroj Ghose (Science and Engineering) West Bengal.
32. Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin (Medicine) Delhi.
33. Prof. (Vaidya) Shriram Sharma (Medicine) Maharashtra.
34. Late Somnath Hore (Posthumous) (Art) West Bengal.
35. Sunil Bharti Mittal (Trade and Industry) Delhi.
36. Syed Haider Raza (Art) France
37. Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri (Medicine) West Bengal.
38. Prof. T.N. Srinivasan (Literature and Education) USA.
39. Prof. Tapan Ray Chaudhuri (Literature and Education) United Kingdom.
40. Tyeb Mehta (Art) Maharashtra.
41. Dr. (Smt.) V. Mohini Giri (Social Work) Delhi.
42. Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandaran (Science and Engineering) USA.

Padma Shri        Total recipients: 79

43. A. Sivasailam (Trade and Industry) Tamil Nadu.
44. Prof. (Dr.) Adya Prasad Mishra (Literature and Education) Uttar Pradesh.
45. Amitav Ghosh (Literature and Education) USA.
46. Prof. Ananda M. Chakrabarty (Science and Engineering) USA.
47. Dr. (Smt.) Ananda Shankar Jayant (Art) Andhra Pradesh.
48. Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Misra (Medicine) Delhi.
49. Dr. Ashok Kumar Hemal (Medicine) Delhi.
50. Astad Aderbad Deboo (Art) Maharashtra.
51. Dr. Atul Kumar (Medicine) Delhi.
52. Dr. B. Paul Thaliath (Medicine) Uttar Pradesh.
53. Dr. Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia (Literature and Education) Gujarat.
54. Dr. Balbir Singh (Medicine) Delhi.
55. Dr. Baldev Raj (Science and Engineering) Tamil Nadu.
56. Bharath Balachandra Menon (Art) Kerala.
57. Late Prof. Devindra Rahinwal (Posthumous) (Social Work) Uttaranchal.
58. Prof. (Dr.) Dilip K. Biswas (Science and Engineering) Delhi.
59. Gajendra Narayan Singh (Art) Bihar.
60. Geeta Chandran (Art) Delhi.
61. Giriraj Kishore (Literature and Education) Uttar Pradesh.
62. Rajmata Goverdan Kumarri (Art) Gujarat.
63. Prof. (Dr.) Harpinder Singh Chawla (Medicine) Chandigarh.
64. Jeev Milkha Singh (Sports) Punjab.
65. Dr. K.R. Palaniswamy (Medicine) Tamil Nadu.
66. Khalid Zaheer (Social Work) Uttaranchal.
67. Prof. (Dr.) Kharak Singh Valdiya (Science and Engineering) Karnataka.
68. Kiran Karnik (Science and Engineering) Delhi.
69. Ms. Koneru Humpy (Sports) Andhra Pradesh.
70. Dr. Lalit Pande (Environment Protection) Uttaranchal.
71. Louis Remo Fernandes (Art) Goa.
72. Dr. M. Mohan Babu (Art) Andhra Pradesh.
73. Dr. Mahadev Prasad Pandey (Literature and Education) Chhattisgarh.
74. Dr. Mahipal S. Sachdev (Medicine) Delhi.
75. Dr. Manjunath Cholenahally Nanjappa (Medicine) Karnataka.
76. Dr. Mayilvahanan Natarajan (Medicine) Tamil Nadu.
77. Ms. Meenakshi Gopinath (Literature and Education) Delhi.
78. Ms. Miriam L’vovna Salganik (Literature and Education) Russia.
79. Dr. Mohsin Wali (Medicine) Delhi.
80. Mujtaba Hussain (Literature and Education) Andhra Pradesh.
81. Prof. Mushirul Hassan (Literature and Education) Delhi.
82. Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai (Trade and Industry) Maharashtra.
83. Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta (Medicine) Delhi.
84. Smt. Neelamani Devi (Art) Manipur.
85. P. Gopinathan (Art) Kerala.
86. P.R. Thilagam (Art) Tamil Nadu.
87. Pannuru Sripathy (Art) Andhra Pradesh.
88. Prof. (Dr.) Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy (Medicine) Tamil Nadu.
89. Prof. (Smt.) Pratibha Ray (Literature and Education) Orissa.
90. Smt. Pushpa Hans (Art) Delhi.
91. Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja (Sea Cadet Corps Management) Maharashtra.
92. Rajinder Gupta (Trade and Industry) Punjab.
93. Dr. Ravi Narayan Bastia (Science and Engineering) Maharashtra.
94. Late Shri Ravindra Dayal (Literature & Education) Delhi.
95. Prof. Rostislav Borisovich Rybakov (Literature and Education) Russia.
96. Ms. Runa Banerjee (Social Work) Uttar Pradesh.
97. S. Dhakshinamurthy Pillai (Art) Tamil Nadu.
98. Sister S.M. Cyril (Social Work) Ireland.
99. Smt. Shanti Hiranand (Art) Delhi.
100. Smt. Shashikala Jawalkar (Art) Maharashtra.
101. Prof. (Dr.) Shekhar Pathak (Literature and Education) Uttaranchal.
102. Dr. Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal (Medicine) United Kingdom.
103. Sonam Skalzang (Art) Jammu & Kashmir.
104. Sonam Tshering Lepcha (Art) Sikkim.
105. Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory (Science and Engineering) Haryana.
106. Dr. Sukumar Azhikode (Literature and Education) Kerala.
107. Sushil Gupta (Social Work) Delhi.
108. Dr.(Ms.) Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (Public Affairs) Delhi.
109. T.S. Rangarajan alias Kavingar Vaali (Literature and Education) Tamil Nadu.
110. Ms. Tarla Dalal (Cookery) Maharashtra.
111. Ms. Teesta Setalvad (Public Affairs) Maharashtra.
112. Dr. (Smt.) Temsula Ao (Literature and Education) Assam.
113. Dr. Thanu Padmanabhan (Science and Engineering) Maharashtra.
114. Dr. Thekkethil Kochandy Alex (Science and Engineering) Karnataka.
115. Thingbaijam Babu Singh (Art) Manipur.
116. Lama Thupten Phuntsok (Social Work) Arunachal Pradesh.
117. Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam (Art) Tamil Nadu.
118. Vijaydan Detha (Literature and Education) Rajasthan.
119. Vikram Seth (Literature and Education) United Kingdom.
120. Waman Thakre (Art) Madhya Pradesh.
121. Dr. Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan (Literature and Education) Maharashtra.Technorati Tags: Complete list of Padma Awards 2007,India Padma Shri, Padma Shree, Republic Day, Padma Bhushan, Abdul Kalam, Vibhushan

Aishwariya Rai mAishwariya Rai may be Domesticated but Def NOT Homely!! Indian-American Org Sam Rao Jan 27

Jan 28  Aishwariya Rai mAishwariya Rai may be Domesticated but Def NOT Homely!! Indian-American Org Sam Rao  

Using HindEnglish, People have started calling Aishwariya Rai as “Domesticated”
Amitabh Bachchan has been also quoted as calling her domesticaled which presume is a Hindi to English transliteration of Gharelu.  <>

Well “Domesticated” seems reserved for cattle and is sounds icky being used for a modern emancipated independent woman,  <>

Now one more glaring HindEnglish word often used is “Homely”.Well Aishwariya Rai is definitely NOT homely

Umm !  Homely means “kind of Ugly”…… again many Indian folks especially “Bhaiyyas”- ie North Indians transliterate Gharelu  as Homely !  and that is wrong

 Definitely Aishwariya ain’t Homely!

All this in the upcoming marraige of Amitabhs son Abhisekh to Aiswariya Rai ( which BT was timed for the release of their latest movie The Guru

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Jan 27 OP NAYYAr Musical Genius Bollywood Hindi Music remembered ! Indian-AmericanOrg Sam Rao

Jan 27 OP NAYYAR Musical Genius Remembered-Short list of personal Favorites ~Musical Genius of Bollywood Hindi Music
Omkar Prasad Nayyar was the only major composer who didnot compose for Lata Mangeshkar nand still had evergreen hits and classic songs- which tells a testament of his genius

Classicas like Reshmi salwar kurta jaalidar,  and Yun toh hamne Lakh Haseen and the  Maang ke saath tumhar

Nayyar was born in Lahore in 1926, first music in Kaneez (1949).  And later along with D Pancholi his debut film, Aasmaan (1952), for which he composed the Geeta Dutt ‘s  Dekho jaadoo bhare more nain. Along with Guru Dutt Aar Paar (1954) – Yeh lo main haari Pia followed by classics in Mr & Mrs 55 (1955) and CID (1956).  with Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum

The famous Nayyar-Asha team  started in 1957 with classics like  Naya Daur – which still gets me dancing!! Nayyar  won the Best Music Director Award for Naya Daur starring Dilip Kumar and Vyhyanthimala.

Other superb music forfilms were Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Sone Ki Chidiya, Phagun, HowrahBridge and Ragini.

Teaming up with  JoyMukherji-Sadhana – who made the hair bangs famous in India movies like  Ek Musafir Ek Haseena (1962) Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) and Mere Sanam (1965) followed

With Mohammed Rafi in Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi and softer song Aapke haseen rukh pe , and Nayyar also composed for Mukesh with perennial classical in all genres (probably because of the ease of singing for karaoke etc) like the famous Chal Akela, Chal Akela

Nayyar also composed songs for singers Mahendra Kappor and Kishore although not as many.

In the early 1900’s Mayyar made a surprise comeback with ZID and the Salman Khan-Karishma Kapoor starrer Nishchay

RIP ( Rest In Peace) Nayyar saab you have given Millions of people fantastic memories with your creations and brought smiles to the faces of Millions- What else can one expect as a legacy

SHORT LIST OF SONGS
Jaaiye aap kahan jaayenge     Mere Sanam     Asha Bhonsle

Chayene se hamko kabhie     Pran Jaaye Par Vachan Na Jaaye      Asha Bhonsle

All songs in Naya Daur!!

Ek pardesi mera dil lay gaya Phagun    Rafi-Asha

Bahut shukriya     Ek Musafir Ek Hasina     Rafi-Asha

Humdum mere     Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon    Rafi-Asha

Isharon isharon mein     Kashmir Ki Kali     Rafi-Asha
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Asha Bhosle Solos

Aaiye meherban         HowrahBridge 

Piya piya na lage mora jiya           Phagun

 Balma khuli hawa mein           Kashmir Ki Kali

 Zara haule haule chalo           Sawan Ki Ghata

Woh haseen dard de do          Humsaaya

Aao huzoor tumko                  Kismet

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Jan 11 US invades IRAN territory Today- an Under-reported story ~ Indian American Org Sam Rao

US troops stormed into an Iranian consulate in Kurdish part of Iraq and seized equipment, computers and personnel. About 6 people were detained as US troops reportedly entered the Consulate of Iran.
  As is well known and accepted by International law, Consulates and Embassies etc are over in territory   and diplomatic immunity extends to the countries’ representatives & officials.
 
In a semantic sense, ” the War of Terror” is something most sane people will agree with.  However, in the name of the War on Terror, its amazing how international and domestic laws are being  totally bypassed.
 
 This act of entering a consulate is definitely an act of War against a sovereign nation.
The “bending of rules” for the war on terror against Al Qaeda- a non government, unofficial entity- doesnot apply as Iran is a Republic and a nation state.
 
Interesting that this news has been under-reported!
 
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