Where Are The Peace Laureates?
By Maj Gen S.G.Vombatkere
11 February, 2011
Countercurrents.org
It is heartening to read about 40 Nobel Laureates backing Dr.Binayak Sen by demanding his immediate release.
However, I am distressed to note that of all the Nobel Laureates in science and humanities named in the news item, there is not a single Nobel Laureate who has received the Nobel Peace Prize! It leaves one to wonder whether the Peace Laureates were not informed by the other Nobel community or whether they abstained for reasons of their own.
It would have been really noble of President Barack Obama (who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize even before he had made any contribution towards international peace) if he too had been a signatory to the petition demanding the immediate release of Dr.Binayak Sen, but he has lost that opportunity. Dr.Binayak Sen is, in my view, a good nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Yours faithfully,
Maj Gen S.G.Vombatkere (Retd)
475, 7th Main Road
Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysore
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