#Nobel Peace Prize

A man of peace, but not the prize

Posted on by Moni Basu

Three pioneering women — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen — won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Friday. The Nobel committee recognized them for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.” It made me think, as I …

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A different sort of revolutionary

Posted on by Moni Basu

Norman Borlaug died over the weekend. Who? OK. Borlaug’s name isn’t familiar to most, though he was one of only five people to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. The other four recipients are Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel, and Mother Teresa. …

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