Does an individual who has committed his life for the well-being of makind require the Nobel Peace Prize to acknowledge it? The Nobel Prize is just a bunch of people who acknowledge some individuals effort. It is completely empty and meaningless. The authenticity of a persons effort is in the difference it makes in another human-beings life and not because some organization approves it. The difference, Art of living has made in people's lives are in itself a bigger acknowledgement of Ravishankar's peace efforts. He need not win the Nobel Peace Prize, because that does not determine his efforts. Maybe the west has something against India/Hindu leaders and that shows how low the thinking of the west really is. So it is not important for Ravishankar to be acknowledged by these low-thinking beings. Thanks... but no thanks!!