Just posted a message on Patnadaily.com, not sure if they will publish but
sharing this with this group anyway. Would urge others as well to reach out
to previous batches of Super30 to make an appeal as well if you know any of
them. Already see some action on Orkut group of ex-Super30 students but all
should try

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Appeal to Super30 (Sri Abhayanand and Sri Anand Kumar)

Respected Abhayanand jee and Anand jee. Many of us feel the pain and anguish
you have felt from the stupid conduct of some of our very own students. Yes
it hurts, was unexpected and totally unacceptable.

But we will be even more hurt by the damage they would be able to inflict on
future needy aspirants. What you have been able to achieve was exemplary in
many ways. Bihar has been short of good news for long and your inspirational
story was such a welcome relief. You might be aware that national media
loves to negatively stereotype Bihar and in that context your Super30 was
such a mood lifter and confidence builder. When the whole nation has been
busy in communal & caste debates your Super30 was a practical alternative to
social harmony and way forward.

Yes these students and their "overnight" sponsors have managed to hurt your
sentiments and also bring some disrepute to our state. But we will be real
losers when we vacate the ground for them.

Even worse than having Bad people at a place is the case when good people
vacate the space for evil. Please don't let them succeed in their evil
intent.

For the sake of many more of those future Super30 generations please
reconsider your decision. We all earnestly appeal. Biharis across globe and
even other societies are shaken by this news and we all feel like crying.
Please please don't let these few off track students and money making goons
run the show.

Since you both have great love for Physics and Maths. I would just give an
example from Physics that "Nature Abhors Vacuum". When you "Vacate" the
space, then in a way you are letting "bad air" come in and occupy the empty
space. Please don't do that.

Atul Kumar
Danbury,CT
USA
Ph +1 203 512 6749


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