[Nawab]

Sachin will obviously be above all, and so is mine choice too,

[fundoo1980]

I wud go in for Prez Abdul Kalam...as for the reason ...the icon shud be one who closely relates u and from whose life u can take inspiration ...no doubt other people in the list are stalwarts in their fields and have risen above the normal...Prez Kalam rose from a small humble family, did his studies and devoted his life for the country by working in a govt. research organisation...in a country where 90% of researchers leave country for better avenues abroad, Kalam stayed here and developed the nuclear bomb for India ! Prez leads a simple man and is down to earth in his ideas....
I can go on singing his praises but i think i must stop here...

[shub001]

For all those voting for SRK:
Just some food for thought:
has SRK made his mark in the international arena??Has he won any international acclaim?? oscar??? golden globe??? Has any marlon brando, robert de nero, jack nicholson al pacino etc...etc..etc... ever appericiated his acting??? (hell, not even all INDIANs like his acting)

But sachin is considered by almost all cricket loving fans as the best batsman.
we have don bradman comparing sachin to himself (and don was not at all easy on his compliments)

SRK used to dance in WEDDINGS!!!!!! and not when he was struggling or something (nobody would want him then ) but when he was a force to reckon with... don't you think it is kind of humiliating, dancing in weddings, FOR MONEY!!!! now dont you compare that to endorsing products okay.
Is that your role model??
( I have nothing against SRK, I am also his fan, I admire him for lots of qualities, but won't have him as my icon )

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but as far as prez kalam is considered, I have utmost respect for him. HE is really what india needs right now.

I still voted for sachin coz his (top) world class qualitiy (consistently) for so long influences me most

[shub001]

Hey ayesha u cud have included a poll too

[Zarine]

Hey!! I didnt expect such an enthu response!! My vote goes to Sachin.....for he's the only one who can make me stay up alnite watchin the match,somebody who makes me feel proud to b n Indian n his ability to treat his success n failures the same way.
As for a poll....i dunno how to include it yaar.

[pagalguy]

Edit your original post and you will find the options to include a poll

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by Ayesha

MTV is conducting Youth Icon Of the Year Poll.The following r the nominations:-
1.Shahrukh khan
2.Sachin Tendulkar
3.Smriti "tulsi" Malhotra
4.Atal Bihari Vajpayee
5.Anil Ambani
6.Prez Kalam
7.Maneka Gandhi
Now,
1.Who do u want to be represented by?
2.Why would u not choose a person right below (in case of last option,right above)?

well tat the Poll's conducted by MTV, was wondering how cud they miss out Malaika Arora...anyway coming back to the topic...
Icons eh? it asks who do we want to represent us..so i assume its kinda representing ourselves rather than representing India Globally...hence i find almost all the options sick,pathetic and disgusting, considering the fact tat the options have been put up on the forum..let me say why...

1.Shahrukh Khan - Why?? Why?? Why??

2.Sachin Tendulkar - Sachin Vs God..the arguement continues...me goin for Sachin...but an Icon?? why?? we aint 5th std kids aspiring to be the next gen Sachin hoping to play for the Country...so Sachin mebbe the best batsman ever in the History of cricket...but there's more to cricket than the Cover-Drives or the Straight-Drives...Cricket's all abt "Spirit (not Foster's), Honesty, Patriotism...and after all its a Gentleman's Game"...and talk abt Gentlemen and Cricket...dunno abt the stuff before i was born...but there can be only one example in recent times...wat other than Adam Gilchrist walking off in the Aus-SL Semifinal in WC 2003...how can we imagine a player walking off, even after the Umpire has signalled "not-out", in a crucial game such as the WC Semifinal..anyway it made the captain furious (gilchrist is the vice-captain)...but he won himself lots of fans and a director's post in the company which sponsors the Aussie Team, Travelex..

3.Smriti Malhotra Irani - aka Tulsi Virani...and wat makes her a role-model..i am forced to watch this stupid serial everytime i go home...(no wonder it started when i joined my B.Tech...any bets on which gonna finish early?)...but all i can see in this serial and in the role of Tulsi, is a tailor-made ekta kapoor script which provides the female a "NEXT TO GOD" status..and makes us look at everyone else having a "bad" character...but how often do we find such a PURRRRFECT women in our day-to-day life??? and if it had to be someone from the telly-tube...it had to be Barkha Dutt...any takers??

4.Atal Behari Vajpayee - again...WHY?? WHY?? WHY??

5.Anil Ambani - uh huh? this guy just carrying forward a 60000-cr empire set-up by his father....so aint making him an Icon anyday...gimme 60K-Cr..and too shall run the empire (atleast till the 60K-Cr is over)...so talking abt Businessmen...i cud see of only 1 option...Sunil "Bharti" Mittal

6.APJ Abdul Kalam - well the best Prez India ever got...atleast he looks like a Prez...compared to the Shankar Dayal Sharmas and the KR Narayanans...and he's been working pretty well for the betterment of the nation..and someone mentioned as the Children's Prez ( was it NDTV )...but the only viable option in the Entire list...so have to go ahead with him

7.Maneka Gandhi - dunno why...but whenever i see her...i get the Rebel/Revolutionary picture...same goes with Arundhati Roy or Medha Patkar...dont we have better ladies in India???

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by pagalguy

Edit your original post and you will find the options to include a poll

i did that...Junta, cast ur vote...lets see how the forum members think?!!

[Zarine]

HHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIII Anil! After a real long time pal! Well........I support all that u feel abt all the contestants except err..maybe..Sachin!
And u were the only one among those who participated(inc me) to say why u DIDNT choose anyone else .And thanx for the poll

[crazy4music]

pardon me friends for this off-topic posting .. maybe something is not right ?? The poll feature is not working, I just voted for A.P.J. and the result shown to me is "0 votes"..
(earlier .. on home page I was shown "1 new post since last visit" .. after 5 minutes when I refreshed the page I got "72 new posts since last visit" ) ??