Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Amit Varma Nominated for 2007 Bastiat Prize
Some amazing news from the Indian blogosphere. My buddy, uber-blogger, and Indian Economy Blog co-blogger, Amit Varma, has been nominated for the 2007 Bastiat Prize for Journalism, named for the famed French liberal thinker, Claude Frédéric Bastiat. The Prize is awarded to writers for their promotion of free societies and defence of fundamental economics and social freedoms. Amit has been nominated for his work with Mint, India's finest business newspaper. Amit joins a fab set of nominees which includes Clive Crook of the Atlantic Monthly, Jonah Goldberg of the L.A.Times, and Dominic Lawson of The Independent. Previous winners include Tim Harford, Amity Shlaes (both from the FT) and Robert Guest of the Economist.
As you can tell, this is high honour, so congratulations Amit. You deserve it, and here's wishing you the very best for the final round.
As you can tell, this is high honour, so congratulations Amit. You deserve it, and here's wishing you the very best for the final round.
