The prestigious noble peace prize winner of 2009 is Barack Obama.
Is it right to give to him?
Does he deserve it?
The Noble Peace prize is one of the 6 awards in memory of Alfred Nobel. He is the inventor of Dynamite.The Peace Prize is given out in Norway, but the other prizes are given out in Sweden. This is because Norway and Sweden were one country when the prizes were started.
Barack Obama, the President of USA was one of the 205 nominations for this award. He was one of the USA's youngest presidents, in office for less than 12 days in office before the nobel nomination deadline last febuary. Was that the right time for him to get nominated? He is a great leader but he has not yet proved that he is the right person for the award this year. It seems to be this award is given in advance to him, as he has not created a big revolution yet.
The Nobel Committee said Obama was awarded for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”. Though he banned the extreme interrogation techniques for terrorists, promised to close the US military prison in Cuba, to end the war against Iraq, claims a Nuclear free world, pushing efforts to make peace with Israelis and Palestinians, there is nothing much to show from that.
I want to raise another question now, Why din't Mahatma Gandhi get the Nobel Prize? He was nominated five times in 1937,1938,1939,1947 he was not awarded, but in 1948, he was nominated few days before he was martyred in Jan 30th 1948 and the committee decided not to give any award that year basing on the ground that there was no "suitable living candidate".
Barack Obama said "Mahatma Gandhi is my real hero ". A person who is the hero of the 2009 Nobel prize winner and also other winners like Kofi Annan, Martin Luther King, Dalai Lama were inspired of Gandhi. This is ironical that Gandhi was not awarded the Nobel Prize. The Nobel committee has shown regret for the omission. When the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".
However, congrats Barack Obama. Please give your comments.
Cheers!!!
PranaY VeeR
Reference: wiki, TOI, nobel prize.org
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