Playground is as much important as the game played and the Players in the game!
Here are some of the opinions/views about the Playground (www.siv-g.org), the Game (the Online Essay Contest on the theme "Good Governance" and the Players (the College and School students - participants)
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"The convenor of the event, G. Suresh, is a vigilance officer with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). He had launched a website www.siv-g.org, through which entries were invited. Of 123 entries, 27 had qualified for the contest, he said.
Former Central Vigilance Commissioner N. Vittal said the entries were ‘vibrant evidence of young India rooted in tradition.’
Former bureaucrat B.S. Raghavan said good governance was necessary within family and corporate structures as well. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Chairman V.R. Lakshmi Narayanan said all the prize-winning essays discussed a common theme — corruption and development cannot co-exist...."
- The Hindu, 18th September, 2007
"....The convener of the event, G Suresh, vigilance officer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), said that he had launched the website to reach the youth. The number of participants in this competition had proved that the purpose had been achieved...."
B S Raghavan, former policy advisor to the UN, lauded the works of the Mylapore Academy, specially the services of its secretary C S Veeraraghavan in public domain.
Good governance was necessary from the family till the corporate. 'It should start with each one of us. Unless each is conscious of our need to be good in whatever we undertake, we cannot have good governance', he said.
He also lauded the matter, method, manner and means in which the competition had been conducted....."
- The News Today, 18th September 2007
“…let me first congratulate you for this wonderful initiative to spread the
message of fighting against corruption and demanding for the citizens
the most vital right of good governance. And my congratulations and
good wishes to all the young persons who participated and special
praise to those whose essays have been chosen for the prizes.
Corruption has been allowed to erode the gains of our developmental
efforts mainly because we as a nation have been passive and much too
tolerant of this malaise. We cannot and should not wait for a Mahatma
to come and fight for this. Each of us should raise our voice and the
resultant roar should frighten the evil forces of corruption. What you
have started is indeed a very valuable movement for, once the youth of
the country recognise corruption as a weed to be destroyed from our
midst and show themselves as determined to fight it and not be
passive, we can, indeed, hope for a good future for the country. I
hope you will keep up this effort and people like us will be more than
willing to do our bit to strengthen the movement……”
- Mr. P. Shankar, IAS(Retd), Former Central Vigilance Commissioner
“I will not be able to attend the prize distribution on Monday as I have prior important appointments. Wish the function all success…...”
- Mr. L.M. Menezes, IAS(Retd), Convenor, Transparency International India – Tamil Nadu Chapter
“….This is a beginning of something big in future and I am glad to be chosen to play a part in your effort for betterment of our Indian society……..”
“….I was looking for some research work, relevance to GG, originality such as real life examples in India showing the application or lack of it in everyday world in India. I was also looking for bibliography/acknowledgements/references. Some have made an attempt, but I guess the importance of this needs to be stressed more at schools. I did not hold this as my judging point. What made my head turn was the role of students as they see themselves in contributing towards GG.
Lot of students have written about Govts role in GG but not where family, individuals and students come into picture and their role in shaping the future. As outlined in the Lecture outlined by N Vittal in siv-g website, I would expect competitors to go through it before attempting this essay. Not many seem to have grasped it. So I did my best. May the best student win…...”
“…..The photos are great. I watched the videos as well. The interview with Aravindan Chandran was short and sweet. Well done!! All your efforts are well rewarded….”
- Ms. Anitha Kandukuri, Canbera, Australia – one of the Judges for the Contest
“…..kindly accept my opology for missing out of the function. i extend my wishes for the sucess of the function and my congradulations to the winners….”
- Meenalochiny – one of the Judges for the contest
“……I wish you all success in your noble cause to further strengthen the society. I like your strategy to ignite the young minds with positive thoughts…….”
- K.S. Venkatesh, Ahmedabad
“....It is a good effort. Congrats”
- B. Raghavan, Hyderabad
“……I definitely had fun participating, but in receiving the prize, I have to admit, I was disappointed. The entire show seemed amateurish, if you won't mind saying.
The prizes we received included a very old, feathered, 50 Best Short Stories with dog-eared brown pages. I have got to confess, it disappointed me.
But the intent was noble, and I appreciate it…...”
- Siddarth Chandrasekaran, III Prize Winner under School Category
“…..the function went on well. I was impressed by the guests mainly….
I take a great pleasure meeting u……….
I am very proud to be a part of SIV-G and I will be a part of u to fight against corruption and making India a superior in 2020….”
- Indhushree, I Prize winner under College Category
“…Thanks for the wonderful prize. I'm sorry that I couldn't attend the function due to my exams. My dad informed me that it went very well. I regret missing it sir. My dad was very impressed with the way the function was organised especially the punctuality…...”
- Sowmya R, one of the Prize winners who couldn’t attend the function
“……I just wanted to say thank you for letting me support SIV-G and participate in the contest. I want to continue to support the SIV-G organization even though I am in New York. I would be more than grateful if you would let me know if there is any way I can do this…..
…..I wish the you and SIV-G the best of luck in the upcoming 2008; I know your organization will succeed in accomplishing its goals! ……”
- Yasmine, a Special Participant in New York
“….I thank you for giving me this opportunity to exhibit my writing skills……”
- Durgalakshmi, a Prize Winner
“I attended the essay competition Prize Distribution Function yesterday…..corruption spread even in private business organization….. Corruption is spread in each and every corner of India………
…….In this context, you work was extraordinary one. I wish you all success and I'm ready to do my little and humble if needed for u….”
- Ganesh, who attended the function
“…Soo nice to see this and i am really excited about this.It is really amazing to see the participants from various reputed schools .I wish we were there to share, witness and enjoy…...”
- Bama Raghuram, Darien, USA
“……Good to see siv-G in association with Mylapore Acadamy.. which is very renowned institution in the arts culture and socio economic forums.!!! Very nice to see that indeed..!!
………….. it is a very good way of reaching out to people and that too youngsters..
Good effort Suresh, much more we are expecting.!!!........:
- Raghu Ramanujam, Darien, USA
“….Saw your photo on the dinamalar.I feel proud about you anna.
Hope you will be seen in the Daily paper Very Often….”
- Sridhar, Chennai
“….whishing the best for all the success for this function…..
You are making all of us proud……”
- S. Sriram, Houston, USA
“….Most people Dream, only a special few make efforts to materialise the dreams. You are one of the second category. Hatts off to your efforts and visions…….”
- R. Satyanarayanan, Coimbatore
“…..My best wishes for you. I am very happy to see the growth of SIV-G. Though I cant attend the function, my best wishes will be there for the success of the function….”
- Geetha Ramasubramanian, New Delhi
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