A former Chief Election Commissioner of India who largely ended malpractices in elections held in the country

India's principled leader of peace and order, who made the police to be on the side of the community and the community to be more supportive of the peace keeping force

A master of the raga who has revealed its beauty to those outside of India by creating new music for dance, radio and films, composing hundreds of songs in both the folk and classical traditions and bringing sitar music to the West

By introducing modern plays and films to rural folk in southern India, K. V. SUBBANNA is making a powerful case for the universality of art

India's foremost political cartoonist who gave readers a sense of identity with the experiences that constitute India's national life

An ombudsman who is affirming the right and duty of every citizen to initiate and secure redress and who has shown that a conscientious, resolute writer can strengthen public morality

An Indian writer and columnist who used biting satire in defying both the terrorists and the government, and in promoting press freedom

An Indian theater actor who created superbly crafted productions shaped the literary taste of an intellectual generation

A senior Indian journalist who was editor of leading newspapers The Hindustan Times and The Indian Express