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AIR-INDIA FREQUENT FLIER AWARD : ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE: For visiting 13 countries on four continents in the calendar year. |
B.S. PHALKE GRANT FOR FILM CRITICISM: JAYA JAITLY: For her deep technical interest in video film editing, dubbing, subtitling, montage, mis en scene, and for her critical belief that all film is doctored unless proven genuine. |
HONORIS DE CAUSA AWARD: LALOO YADAV, JAYALALITHA: The party of the first part for his first doctorate degree, and the party of the second part for her fourth. |
ISO-9004 FOR OPTIMUM CAPACITY UTILISATION: M.M. JOSHI: For turning the doghouse that was the HRD ministry into a most productive one. |
LOWEST DELIVERY TO HYPE RATIO IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE: BOOM: For turning out to be the worst film ever made after promising to be the hippest ever made. |
PERMANENTLY PRAVASI BHARATIYA PRIZE: DALER MEHNDI: For using Indipop to add to the population of other countries and lightening the burden on his own. |
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FORKED-TONGUE NO CHOPSTICKS NEEDED AWARD: PERVEZ MUSHARRAF: For balancing ties with America, India, China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Taliban, etc. |
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SUMITRA NANDAN PANT POETRY RESEARCH PRIZE: DONALD RUMSFELD: “But there are also unknown unknowns: the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” |
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