I have read some of the comments saying that these kids are not Indian.
These Kids are very much Indian. In preparing for this bee, the kids of Indian origin raise money which goes out as scholarships to poor kids in India. www.northsouth.org through which almost all of Indian kids participate get trained and have given the money to over 1000 kids to go to college and complete college.
How many of you "Indians" have done something like that?
North South Foundation spelling bee competitions are the stepping stones for all Indians who enter into the Sripps Bee.
So Stop whining and encourage them. Believe me, they do more to India and people in India than any one who is complaining will ever do.
RE:Why Indians win in the Bee
by pkn on Jun 05, 2006 09:33 PM Permalink
That is a good one Siva. It was a necessary information for the gentlemen who were questioning the significance of the event and the intergrity of indian kids. I always believed that it is partly, the LACK of information and statistical data that makes such folks post negative comments. To those who questioned about what these "Indians" do to India and their real "Indianism":-
First off, what is wrong in publishing an inspiring and informational news ? How many of you know the financial, cultural, medical and social contributions that these "Indian Americans" make to India ? Do you know the kids born and brought up here learn more Ramayana, Bhagavadgeetha and Mahabharatha than any kid in India? They might lack indian social and cultural exposures and they need help from a "strong accepting" India.
How many of you know the amount of aids flowing from Indian Americans during Tsunami, Earth quake? How many of you know, a huge population of Indian Americans react more strongly to those irregularities, corruption and those shameful events in India than the so called "Real Indians" ? Being outside India due to opprtnts and life needs do not throw them off from India.
