And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to.... Obama!!!

Of all the nobel prizes announced I have always looked upto the nobel peace prize. For there is something with the word peace that touches the heart strings of mine. And that this is supposed to be the epitome of achievement, to have led a life well lived. Oh the other nobels are no lesser in any way, but being given to men of science they have never held any fascination to me. Science may be fantastic, but the scientists are not. Most of them sound boring and seem cut off from the world.

Not that i am a great reader of who would be the peace prize winner, but the winner of this year's nobel peace prize is a man apart.Never has the world seen a messenger of hope of such magnitude. In this modern era of telecommunications and internet, hardly would anyone not heard of  "YES WE CAN", or "Change We Can Believe In", or ""I’m asking you to believe.  Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington . I'm asking you to believe in yours." and the sublime message, "Change in America doesn't start from the top down. It starts from the bottom up."

That he is a great orator, a great motivated leader, and an agent of change in America is a well known fact; but I am willing to bet that not many would know that he played a "more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting" , apparantly the reason why got the Nobel peace prize. Looks like he swayed the Nobel committee with his message of hope too!

 Any way, heartiest congratulations, Mr President! May you continue shining as a beacon of hope for the common people. And may you be successful in your stated endeavors!

Here is what Obama had to say about the announcement on twitter :

And a search result for the trending topic ( President Obama or #Obama) showed:

 

Nobel prize organisation says the following about the peace prize:

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 89 times to 119 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2008 – 96 times to individuals and 23 times to organizations. Since International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1954 and 1981, that means 96 individuals and 20 organizations have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

And the list is :

• 2009 - Barack Obama
• 2008 - Martti Ahtisaari
• 2007 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore
• 2006 - Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank
• 2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei
• 2004 - Wangari Maathai
• 2003 - Shirin Ebadi
• 2002 - Jimmy Carter
• 2001 - United Nations, Kofi Annan
• 2000 - Kim Dae-jung

ApparentlyObama is the third sitting president of US to have bagged a Nobel.The other sitting presidents to win the prize were Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002. And vice president Al Gore won it in 2007 for his efforts on speaking about climate change.


Here's looking at you, Mr Obama!

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru