If it is October ... Nobel Prizes will be announced

For the nerd that I am, this upcoming week will be a fantastic one--to follow-up on news on the Nobel recognitions.  A wonderful opportunity to learn a tad, particularly about the significance of the achievements in the sciences; I can't ever let go of that first "academic love" of mine :)

So, what is the schedule of announcements?

Monday, October 4 11:30 a.m. at the earliest	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Tuesday, October 5 11:45 a.m. at the earliest	The Nobel Prize in Physics
Wednesday, October 6 11:45 a.m. at the earliest	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Friday, October 8 11:00 a.m.	The Nobel Peace Prize
Monday, October 11 1:00 p.m. at the earliest	The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

According to tradition, the Swedish Academy will set the date for its announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature later.

In Economics, which is technically not a "Nobel Prize," I am rooting for Jagdish Bhagwati. Why? Yes, because he is from India :)  Also because the essays of his that I have read always made sense to me.  And, because of this trivia about his daughter, which is so wonderfully off-beat and unexpected, given all the intellectual achievements in the family.

And, apparently even The Simpsons have picked him as the winner!

For literature, my vote is for Mario Vargas Llosa.  I like how he is more than a man of letters.  Haruki Murakami is more favored by bookies; I would love that too. 

After the disastrous decision last year on the Peace prize, I won't be surprised if the decision is even more bizarre this year.  After all, this is a prize that apparently was not fit for M.K. Gandhi, who certainly leads the list of notable non-winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Here is a possible prize winner in Medicine