I guess india needs a more effective medicine/health care regulatory authority.

Now only if the teachers had helped the children with last minute problem-solving instead of “blessing” them, they probably would have fared better in their exams :)

While on the topic of faring better, the DAV I was referring to was the one in Gopalapuram, Chennai. My sister studied there. They have these regular pujas, and guess what, they churn out the top rankers and highest average board exam results in Chennai year in, year out. Last year in commerce alone the lowest overall percentage for a student was 78%! And going to coaching classes was banned. :)
I know it’s beyond the topic, but just though that it was an interesting statistic. Though I dont intend to relate it with the puja (which btw is not forced on the students. The Muslims and Christians come out of their own will)

Lucio, Thanks. But email me the link next time.

Bongo, Yup! every convent school faces those charges and I guess many students have graduated with their “religion intact” so I wouldn’t consider that a threat. What pissed me off more was the blatant promotion of a superstition in an educational institute; the fact that it even goes against the beliefs of the Catholic Church, as Lucio pointed out, is simply icing on a ridiculous cake.