On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Pavithra Sankaran <[email protected]>wrote:
> > >> (Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said:) > > >> "It was because we would like to support what he > > is trying to achieve". > > Surely the Nobel is given for actual achievement rather than intention? I > am yet to hear of someone who gets it simply for wanting to find a cure for > AIDS. > > > well, to me that remark by the Nobel Committee head seems as if some explanation and justification was needed! It's just the ..immediate reaction that I got on hearing the news..."why HIM?" But then I watched a documentary about various people who have NOT got the Nobel Prize....it was just amazing. Deepa.
