The Nobel Peace Prize is often dicey. It becomes messier still when presidents are involved, especially American. Let us look at two examples, one awarded, hence debated; the other not awarded and hence debated, nay, a "h(e)ated" topic.
Easy it is to guess who possibly could be the two individuals. Yes, I AM referring to Señor Obama and Señor Trump. Yes, the "Señor" is consciously used as Obama had a huge latino support which helped him win. As for Trump, no, it not his "winter White House", that is, his Florida estate, Mar-o-lago. Sure, more it is the after effect of the Venezuelan adventure!
When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, Obama himself must have been surprised. In fact, even his loyal supporters felt that he did not deserve it. Sure, it gave him a halo which allowed him to lecture india in 2015 about tolerance, et al.
Lucky for him that I was not in Delhi then. Ha! Ha! Ha! Forget the levity of this remark, but I genuinely wonder how/why nobody asked him about the American non-tolerance under his presidency. The U. S. was a major party(cipant) in very many wars during the Obama regime. Oh, yes, how can anyone forget the 2008 implosion of economy either? Well, it led to his presidency in a way, right?
May be, that is why, not getting the Nobel Peace Prize rankles the next incumbent of the presidential post, now in his second term. He himself lists the wars he stopped, some eight according to him, including the possible nuclear clash between us and our 'war-y' neighbour. Well, even a kindergarten kid in India knows the truth, right?
Whatever recently happened in Venezuela and the current peace prize winner (from Venezuela, too) most no(ta)bly ready to trade hers with him casts aspersions on the peace prize as well. Thankfully, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has solid reservations regarding such an exchange.
Yet it clouds the very process of the nomination, right? Haste always leads to waste. If both of them had waited it out, may be, the crown would have been shinier!
Pratima@Like respect, prizes, too, cannot be demanded. Rather, both, respect and a respected prize, must be commanded!
Quote of the day: Theodore Roosevelt, a much honoured American president maintained, "Far and away, the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
Word(s) of the day: Award and reward Something that is given by someone else to a recipient as a token of recognition for excellence in a certain field is called an award.
Something that is given to a recipient as a token of recognition for their service, effort or achievement is a reward. A reward can be intrinsic as well , as in "virtue is its own reward".
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