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[Oppiliappan] The recent controversial treatment of the First Tamil Naadu State
wide prize winner : Kumari KaavyaSrI:Dear Fair Minded AasthikAs with equal
reverence for Senthamizh (Agasthya BhAshai) and Deva BhAshaiof Sanskrit :We had
a lot of exchanges on this topic recently about the deliberate and mischeivous
act of the TN Govt , which came into political power and began to settle old
scores rightaway . This "US versusTHEM " attitude is deplorable for a state
that wants to enter the modernage of Electronics and Engineering .By an
imperial and unfair edict , the new government has reversed the facts on field
about Kumari Kaavyaa of the Oriental School , West Maambalam , who had earned
the accolade of being the Topper ( Score of 1186 out of 1200Marks) . The
Government committed to setttle scores with the opposition and lifted the
second ranker , Sri Bharath by declaring him to be the first prizewinner
because he chose Tamil Medium . His score is 1180/1200 . I am told that Sri
Bharath is not very happy about this undeserved & unearned recognition .Kumari
Kaavya seems to be gracious about this mistreatment by the local government ,
which has years of well honed policy of abusing the rights of citizens for
amassing political power and distributing largesse to its inner circle .The
concerned Members of our groups have made number of suggestions ranging from
legal actions ( petitioning the Supreme court ) to writing as a group to the
President of India to right the wrong . They alsosuggested an active
involvement of the MatAdhipathis thru protests .Sri Krishna Moorthy has
volunteered to raise some funds to recognize Kumaari Kaavya to undo somewhat
the wrong things done .After consultations in India , a plan of action has been
developed for your consideration recognizing the fact that (1) Tamil Naadu
State's political philosophy is predictable and they will not budge fromtheir
avowed position of being unfair (2) The Central Government is weak and will not
do anything against a state , whose support they need (3) Education is the area
reserved for the States and the states can do whatever they want as long as
their power base is in tact (4) The Mataadhipathisare already in a constrained
situation and they find themselves invery sensitive areas to operate with
freedom . Their main worries areto serve their disciples and to provide
spiritual guidance .They certainly do not relish the prospect of entering the
dirty world of politicsand fight with corrupt politicians .Against this
background , there is an actio plan . The highlights of this plan is to
recognize KumAri Kaavya by the interested citizens in India and overseas with a
purse to recognize her extraordinary talent and achievement and encourage her
to go forward to put the talent to use thru the pursuit of higher education .
Additional suggestions are : (1) We will take the high road and honor the
second topper , Sri Bharat at the same function to demonsratethat we have no
partiality of one or the other languages , since Tamil and Sanskrit are like
the two eyes for our culture (2) we will alsorecognize the appropriate teachers
of Kumari Kaavyaa and Sri Bahrath as well , if they wish to be honored for
TRAININGsuch outstanding students . The estimated expenses for the awards to
be conducted at the Oriental School , West Mambalam are20,000 Rs(~500$) .The
amount can be made Tax free by sending the award funds through Sri Malolan
Educational Trust ( Registered 80GHolder ) . We can also just honor Kumari
Kaavyaa and give herthe total proceeds . There are thus these two options . Sri
Krishna Moorthyof Chennai can coordinate the assembly of funds from Indiaand I
will take care of the funds donated by Overseas lovers ofSanskrit and our
ubhaya VedAntham culture that celebrates AzhwAr's AruLiccheyalhaLs and
Vedams/Upanishads/Aagamams.It will be my pleasure to make all the other
relevant arrangements including the award ceremony in cooperation with my
counterpartsin India . May I request you to review these recommendations and
send me private notes about your wish to join in this initativeto honor Kumari
Kaavya for her achievements ? My e-mail is :pvaradhan@xxxxxxxxx Dr.V.Sadagopan
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