nobel peace prize

for women´s cause

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

Vienna,Sunday,November 25,2007:Today is being observed as the United Nations Day for
Elimination of Violence Against Women.World wide, even today one woman out of three suffers
cruelty from an ungrateful man.Area wise the cruelty ratio differ.For example, in Australia 57 per cent of women suffer violence at the hands of men, supposed to be partners and lovers!I must record here the tragic fate of the late Princess Diana.If a girl who should have become the Queen of U.K. suffered cruelty, in this case mental cruelty, what to speak of normal ordinary females?In Africa, Asia,Europe,Americas Australia and New Zealand ill treatment of women,
including the use of violence and trade in women using unheard of inhuman violence is as old as the human race itself.I can not even imagine of animals like cows or she buffaloes being subjected to cruelty by the mates of the opposite sex as indulged in by men.The latest instance is that of Taslima Nasrin.This cruelty is rooted in men´s pervert feeling for power.This should be eradicated first if we are to succeed in our campaign,I deliberately do not use the word =war=, against =Terrorism=.

I have no pretensions of power.I am but an ordinary man.But I think I owe it to my mother to work for the cause of women.If we have to make the earth safe by protecting climatic conditions, we have to protect our women´s freedom to make our lives peaceful and happier.I am nobody to nominate/suggest individuals or organizations for a Nobel Peace Prize, even the down graded one, after the late Israeli Prime Minister Menachin Begin was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize!For
funny reasons,Mahatma Gandhi was denied the prize even after seven or eight nominations. However, I think the prize still holds the imagination of ordinary people world wide. It is in this context I appeal to the Nobel Foundation to award the year 2008/9 Nobel Peace Prize to an institution or Individual who works for the cause of women.This will help Arab women, especially in the context of a girl, living in the land of the Holy Places being convicted for 200 lashes of whips after being a victim of a gang rape by seven men for fourteen times, to dare hold their heads high as equal to men.When they get this freedom, we can easily eradicate terror. Greek author of comedies, Aristophanes heroine Lysistrata eradicated the addiction of Greek men for wars.It is safe then to think Arab Lysitratas can help in eliminating terrorism from our midst.

It is the idea behind my motivation to address a letter to the Nobel Foundation reproduced
below.Those of my readers, who are convinced of my idea are welcome to send a letter to the
foundation by e mail: comments@nobelprize.org or by post that they consider the suggestion
seriously.I have retained the foundation´s address for the purpose.

nobel foundation

Prof.Dr.Storch Marcus,
Chairman,
The Board of Nobel Foundation,
P.O.Box 5232,SE 10245
Stockholm, Sweden
e mail: comments@nobelprize.org

Nobel Peace Prize for Women´s cause

Dear Sir,

My website is concerned also with the cause of peace but without
constraints imposed by the circumstances like that of the Nobel Foundation,
who could not accord the honor to Mahatma Gandhi even though he
was nominated several times from 1937 to 1948,since the foundation
had to please to say the least,the imperial mothers as revealed by
your archives.

Now my suggestion is, although I am not qualified to nominate any one
for the nobel peace prize for the year 2008/9, as I welcome the = protect the
Climate= leader Al Gore sharing the Peace prize with IPCC,I hope the next year´s
peace award should go to a man,woman or movement that would work to
liberate women in all parts of the world, making them hold their head high in
Arabia, ending of the cruel female genital mutilation practices etc., and any other
place on this earth.I am aware Arab News, the pan Arab daily Jeddah staff led by
Dr.Khaleed Almaeena is doing a great service in this regard.Just to bring to
your kind notice a 19 year old Saudi girl was awarded punishment,a victim
herself she was, for being raped by seven criminals 14 times, for 200 whippings
in the public by a non-jurist =religious= mullah (terrorist) court of virtue!
Arab News staff contributors, Ms.Abeer Mishkas,Ms.Lubna Hussain,Ms.Waala
Hawari and others are working in the field should be able to lead the foundation
in identifying the suitable individual or organization.There is also a group of former
muslims called Faith Freedom International, who could help.This would
also help in promoting groups resisting terrorist tendencies.

You may therefore consider inviting the intellectuals, individuals and
institutions to nominate a woman,a man or an institution working for the
cause of equal status for women.Here is a historic chance for you
to make amends for the earlier lapses.

With all the best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Kulamarva Balakrishna
Kleistgasse 31/33, A.1030,Vienna,Austria
Phones:00431-7997699 or 0043676-4953370

e mail balakrishna.humansite@gmail.com
www.balakrishna-humansite.blogspot.com

Taranadu Taranga Trust for Media Monitoring (TTTMM) &
International Centre for Social Environmental Engineering,
Taravadu, Bengre,Padubidri 574111, Karnataka,India
Phone:0091820-2577058(end)

Comment:Dr.Traude Pillai says:
I think it is a good initiative.I got terribly upset when I heard about that girl being raped and then punished by whipping because she had been sitting in a car with a man she was not married.it seems we are back in the middle ages,nay,then people were more free! admire yiour guts to write such letters.