Aisam and Rohan: Peace for Sport’s Image of the Year, 2010


Aisam and Rohan: Peace for Sport’s Image of the Year, 2010

A Pakistani and an Indian standing side by side, reveling in the benefits that cooperation and camaraderie can bring. It is most certainly the image of the year (and perhaps the decade) And the Peace for Sport’s award just confirms it.

This year, the Monaco based organisation Peace for Sport included a picture of the ‘Indo-Pak Express’ in the category for the ‘Image of the Year’ award. The picture had been taken by the U.S.-based Indian photo journalist Jay Mandal and showed Aisam and Rohan accepting their award at the U.S. open, smiles all around. Flanking the duo was the Indian Ambassador to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri and his Pakistani counterpart, Abdullah H. Haroon. The picture went on to win nearly 60% of the popular vote and become the Image of the Year, 2010.

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco said that, ‘I am convinced that sport can be at the long-term service of peace.’ And in this picture and on and off the courts, Aisam and Rohan exemplify this.

http://peace-sport.org/images/pdf/PEACE_AND_SPORT_IMAGE_OF_THE_YEAR_2010_EN.pdf




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