Times of India - 31/12/08The survey was done in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune was done for TOI by leading market research agency There were only two real contenders. The Indian soldier and Hemant Karkare, former chief of the Maharashtra ATS who died during the Mumbai terror attacks, were consistently way above anybody else in almost every city covered in an eight-city survey to find out the Indian of the Year, but which of them was first or second was something the cities differed quite significantly on. In Delhi and Pune, Karkare was clearly the top choice. In the southern cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad the Indian soldier had pride of place. In Mumbai and Kolkata there was no clear favourite, Karkare being a couple of percentage points ahead in Mumbai but just a tad behind in the other two. The only cities where anybody else figured in the top two were Chennai and Ahmedabad. In Chennai, the Chandrayaan team got 27% of the votes, well behind the 36% voting for the Indian soldier, but well ahead of the 20% who chose Karkare. In Ahmedabad, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi got the top slot with 26% of the votes, followed not too far behind by the soldier and the slain ATS chief.
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