Congrats! You win a Nobel!

Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:00 AM
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Professor M Zahidul Haque, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka

Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:00 AM Last update on: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:00 AM

Normally, the secretary of the Nobel Prize Committee dials the one who wins the prestigious Nobel Prize. It is amusing to know from a recent Arab News report entitled “Call of a lifetime: 'Congrats! You win a Nobel!'” that sometimes the recipient thinks that someone is cracking a joke with him!
Well, imagine if due to some technical faults the call goes to a wrong number, to a Bangladeshi newspapermen or just a common citizen like me, what would be their immediate reaction on receiving the call from the Nobel Prize Committee?