when u make someone an icon ur assuming he is infallible...Nobody is !!

The only person who seems to be infallible and whom i hv made my icon just now(bcoz i hv thought abt it only now ) is
Osama Bin Laden.

Occupation : Terrorist
Job : Spearding terrorism and running safe from forces.

Execution : Perfect
Rating : 10/10

The sheer perfection with which he does his job makes him my idol.
The way he caused the multiple plane attacks on sept 11 is commendable.

If we put in the same effort for what we want in life, nobody can stop us from getting it.

sports----sania mirza,narain karthekiyan
business---sabeer bhatia,rahul bajaj
politics----omar abdullah,rahul gandhi

Do we need icons??

We have been a nation of hero worshippers rather than one of hardcore achievers. That has been the bane of our nation, Well its all right to draw inspiration from ppl's achievements but to put them on a pedestal and give them names like icons is just carrying it a bit too far.

Set your goals and go for it. IF there is someone who has done the very same thing; great see what made them tick and learn from their experiences....All these idol worshipping...Fan Clubs are all a waste of ppls time!

And for an aside...Anil Ambani Youth Icon...for what??? I wonder if it was for business practises :)... U can admire the man for the personal discipline he has exhibited to take care of his health inspite of being in the position that he is!! The point is when u make someone an icon ur assuming he is infallible...Nobody is !!

Well..the first post on the thread called for looking beyond the normal icons- including the likes of Kumar Birla, Sunil Mittal and the like-But funnily enough we ve stuck on to our guns. If we really wish to look beyond these icons and beleive me i have nothing against these people- I d cite the examples of N.C Vij, The Chief of the Indian Army, the mumbai Dabawallas. Acheivers in the military, firefighters et al. These are people engaged in thankless professions and the media does precious little about them in any case.

Cheers
God Speed
Yogesh

here r my youth icons

Politics-Omar Abdullah
Sports-Rahul Dravid (is humble and has a very good attitude)
Singer-KK

D.M.

i can think of two names:

1. A P J Abdul Kalam- probably the best president weve had, his words are so inspiring, his dream of building a developed india, and his interaction with the youth are all things to be taken lessons from.
p.s.: i advice all of you, plss read 'Ignited Minds'- itll make you think.

2. Kiran Bedi- think courage, conviction, standing up for wat u believe in, she fought the entire system ,,and is still doing that, in the process, cleansing it up to a large extent, any body doubting their capabilities at any time, should look up to her, and well all realise, that we CAN.

narain karthikeyan and sania mirza rank highly for me if u r lookimg for youth icons

Hey Rajesh,
The name is Major Rajyavardhan SIngh Rathore.... Bichare kaa naam to theek se likho bhai.W only hope that people still remember his name .. say 2 years from Now.

How about the much talked about Mr. Prasoon Joshi... who made.. Paanch a household word? AM sure kids will forget counting soon...

Undoubtedly Swami Vivekananda
he had impressed the whole world with his speech
coz even a single word of his if understood deeply, changes lives

hi palz

The real youth icons are

a)APJ Abdul Kalam

he is really young in his mind. he has the curiosity of a baby. I am really motivated after i met him in our college campus

1. b) RANJIT SINGH RATHORE
   
   AT last he engraved the name of our country in the medal tally
   
   
   
   
   1. c) ANJU GEORGE
      
      she represented the India in olympics and tried hard to earn a medal.She is still confident in vision of playing "JANA GANA MANA" at olmpic closing ceremony

My list of India's youth icons include
Rahul Dravid - Cricket (Mr.Consistent & Player of the year)
Mr. Ambani - Business
Mr. A.R.Rehman-Music
Mr.Ram Gopal Verma- Cinema
Mr.Shah Rukh Khan & Aishwarya Rai - Movies
& above all Mr.Rajvardhan Singh Rathore for giving India its first Silver medal at the Olympics

youth icon

micheal schumi -- a living legend
just look at him
how he dominates over the years


another
Dhirubhai ambani
started with some 500 bucks
& now reliance is 65000 cr giant

I saw GOD he bats at No.4 for INDIA in Tests and he opens and bludgeons bowling attacks all around the world in ODIs with his booming drives and elegant flicks on the ON side.
He is none other than the BAADSHAH and my youth icon SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR

surprising how u guys missed out A.R.Rahman...He deeds in music is comparable to wat Sachin has achieved in cricket or maybe even better...

he is one of the real great indians today.In an industry sorrounded by mediocrity he is one highly talented artist and one who strives for excellence all the time...
An absolute genius at work and truly an youth icon.

sunil

RATAN TATA....

my idol is Harsha Bhogle... he is doing a dream job... one of the very lucky ones who has made his passion his profession... what wud i not give to be in his shoes

sid_80 Says

I wonder u named everybody at ndtv & missed arnab goswami, i adore that guy. He is very composed & confident . Very different froim rajdeep but equally impressive.

Mea Culpa. Guess what. I missed Sonali Chander too ;-)

...and Nidhi Razdan...........;-)

............and the weather gurl navodita..

[quote="If you expect anything less than excellence there is a high chance you will get it."

come again???

welll ... the WEEK always has one page article of people who help in their own small ways ... without getting too much attention and focus.

Yesterday in a NDTV (hindi) program ... saw a doctor in a particular locality in South Mumbai ... who works from about 8 in the morning to about 11.30 in the night ... he hleps all the taxi drivers in his colony ... and even works or sundays !!!

Nothing against all the ICON AWards etc .. still i believe ..

For one success story .. INDIA has about a 1000 undiscovered !!! (Whatever that meant )

hey peepz !

i think all u guyz missed the main icons....
infact the real youth icons r in our very own PG land itself .
guess who?
the ones who r really commited to community service and helping out the kids who have none, r the real icons.
every one shud follow them...
swami vivekananda says,
" All i need is men having muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind which is made up of the same material as that of a thunderbolt"
and yesssss..... i find such ppl in our PG land... the true icons
kudos to all ppl serving the community......

regards
vijay

hi i donno how most of u missed A.R.Rahman..

He's a highly talented guys.. and i find some kind of similarity bw him and Sachin.. how abt that?

Mines always been Ratan Tata for highly ethical reasons of doing business.
Who says an honest man does not make money ?
Or isnt popular with the masses !
I'd like to be like him or his big boss JRD someday
:)

ratan tata...ambanis n all..never..

for me
No. One is Leander paes... ( Coz he is champion of the game that is played in 208 countries)
Then None other than Sachin...
That's it

why not PG aka Allwyn??

my vote is for ya allwyn..in case PG is not willing
mebbe Anil....The Ruthless Czar with a flavor for Sarcasm.

j.k..

cheerios,
prashanth

The youth icons that i feel are:

1. Gurcharan Das (u guys might be thinking gur-who? well he was the CEO of Proctor and Gamble and was the brand manager for Vicks.) - his books India Unbound and the Elephant Paradigm are a must read.

2. Sam Pitroda - the person who single handedly created the telecom revolution in India. We would not have been working in IT companies had it not been for him.

3. Manmohan Singh, CHidambaram and Montek Singh ahluwalia - for having erased 40 years of stupidity in economic policies by a single sweep.

I know that all these ppl may not be too glamorous, but they have affected our lives and helped in the future of the nation.

regards

pads

Christy

Indeed itz funny man.....bt iz it sum sort of a joke u read on sum site....or it really really hapnd?

coz i really wonder hw a guy like shoaib dint retaliate 2 it !!!

Hey Christy...This indeed is true ! I think I read it in Bombay Times or in one of the articles on Cricinfo or Rediff .

And thats why even I was amazed at the wit and confidence of the d00d

Moreover what will shoaib akhtar say when he gets hits over third man for a six and Veeru goes on to make 300 after insulting him like this

Simbly Yamazzzzziinngggg Aaaii Saaayyyy !!!

hey guys....

My youth icon are:

1. Jyotiaditya raji sindhiya
2. Sachin pilot
3. Rahul Gandhi

These there are the young lots of Congress and i donno why but i somehow feel they r the going to make a BIG difference in INDIAN POLITICS! Amean!

luv,
Rahul

Im surprised no one's mentioned apna Veeru aka Virender Sehwag yet.

To me he symbolises the positive,optimistic and agressive Indian youth. The way he plays...exudes a perfect combination of talent , confidence and arrogance.I really admire the dude's approach to his game....totally non plussed by the oppositions reputation.....always doin his own thing....and at the same time not taking any Sh** from anyone !Plus the dude is amazingly witty. Here is an incident i'd like to share with you all:

On the recent Pakistani tour it was reported that Shoaib Akhtar tried to unsettle him with some short pitch stuff, and then walked up to Sehwag and kept pestering him with stuff like "not gonna hit me...are you?"...and "kya hua...ball nahi dikha raha kya?" And Sehwag told him "Tum balling kar rahe ho....ya Bheekh maang rahe ho?? " hahah...Akhtar didnt say a word to Sehwag after that

hey captain!!!

Indeed itz funny man.....bt iz it sum sort of a joke u read on sum site....or it really really hapnd?

coz i really wonder hw a guy like shoaib dint retaliate 2 it !!! :argue:

hard 2 believe :dontgeti:

tataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa n u take care......

luv alwayzzzzzzzzzzzzz,
christy

MavericK Says

I wonder u named everybody at ndtv & missed arnab goswami, i adore that guy. He is very composed & confident . Very different froim rajdeep but equally impressive.

Mea Culpa. Guess what. I missed Sonali Chander too ;-)

...and Nidhi Razdan...........;-)

Im surprised no one's mentioned apna Veeru aka Virender Sehwag yet.

To me he symbolises the positive,optimistic and agressive Indian youth. The way he plays...exudes a perfect combination of talent , confidence and arrogance.I really admire the dude's approach to his game....totally non plussed by the oppositions reputation.....always doin his own thing....and at the same time not taking any Sh** from anyone !Plus the dude is amazingly witty. Here is an incident i'd like to share with you all:

On the recent Pakistani tour it was reported that Shoaib Akhtar tried to unsettle him with some short pitch stuff, and then walked up to Sehwag and kept pestering him with stuff like "not gonna hit me...are you?"...and "kya hua...ball nahi dikha raha kya?" And Sehwag told him "Tum balling kar rahe ho....ya Bheekh maang rahe ho?? " hahah...Akhtar didnt say a word to Sehwag after that

satanincarnate Says

Murli Manohar Joshi .. for being hounded by one and all despite doing a right thing that is harming NOBODY .. and still facing all the resistance and not be swayed by it.

I totally agree with u!!!
he has don a gr8 job

Prateek

Murli Manohar Joshi .. for being hounded by one and all despite doing a right thing that is harming NOBODY .. and still facing all the resistance and not be swayed by it.

sid_80 Says

I wonder u named everybody at ndtv & missed arnab goswami, i adore that guy. He is very composed & confident . Very different froim rajdeep but equally impressive.

Mea Culpa. Guess what. I missed Sonali Chander too

if it's barkha dutt for u,i wud have happily settled for rajdep sardesai before a yr or so...but some stories which ndtv covered disillusioned me completely

Now what is that abt Rajdeep that turned you off....

I somehow have a special liking towards the NDTV crew. Rajdeep, Sreenivasan Jain (?), Vikram Chandra, Prannoy Roy and Barkha Dutt.

I wonder u named everybody at ndtv & missed arnab goswami, i adore that guy. He is very composed & confident . Very different froim rajdeep but equally impressive.

i would say india's youth icons are:
1)asim premzi

whoz this????

the old man at Wipro??????

come on buddies,

junta here is aspiring to become future technocrats or Cabelleros......

SRK , Amithab....r these the icons for u???

ppl who doesnt have an individuality, who can do nething for the sake of paper money, who cant control their lives,


r these the icons for u??????

i pity .....

buddies.....dont u ever think of the great individulas who made some difference to your lives, who made all this a real possibility???

think of ur childhood when u looked at a normal telephone and wondered how itz
working .....
think of the days when a TV was a luxury ...
those days when u heard that there is a machine called Computer which can do wonders,
think of those days when u have to depend on Postal Dep to make frns.....

how did that world change to the world today?

because someone had a vision , to see in to future and all these possibilities....

dont you ever think of those ppl who made this forum possible,
the technology, the concepts......the list is endless.....

so, who r u looking upto?

a cliched hero who cries infornt of the heroine( i call this a b****)......becuse she gets married to some one else?????

or a person who shared his wealth and built an organisation which is commended by the entire world????

or a person who gave us a sense of security by building latest missile technology???


or a woman who doesnt mind sharing her bed with neone for the sake of paper money and fromt page photos????

or a woman who has built a world class biotech co ....or a woman who made the differnce by contributing to society????


make ur choice......



no offence to neone....

my personal choice wud be...

The Great JRD....wat wud India be without him.....

NRN....though these days he is forced to act as a puppet.....

Naina Lal Kidwai.....

Vivek Paul....wat a way of Executing things.........he z a go getter....


cheers....

i would say india's youth icons are:
1)asim premzi
2)priyanka gandhi
3)sachin tendulkar
4)anand

Riz Khan on CNN referred to Mallika Sherawat as an Indian youth icon!! :!:

Now, whose icon could she be?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/627389.cms

gotta be kiddin..........riz khan in no way represents India and for Mllika sherawat........yuck yuck!