| The
Fountainhead Essay Contest |
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students of high schools and junior colleges in
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A Report on The Fountainhead Essay Competion 1999
In
only its second year, The Fountainhead Essay Contest,
organised by the Liberty Institute, attained a national character.
Students from almost fifty of India's premiere high schools
and junior colleges spread all over the country took part.
The contest also reflects the enormous appeal of Ayn Rand's
classic novel The Fountainhead more than fifty years
after it was first published.
The
quality of the essays this year was of quite high, and naturally
the competition was very stiff. It was difficult for the
judges to come to a final decision. In view of the quality
of essays, we decided to offer ten consolation prizes to
students who came very close to winning one of the prizes.
Quite
a few of the participants showed very good understanding
of Ayn Rand's ideas and knowldege of other works of Rand
other than The Fountainhead. Unfortunately,
many also drifted away from the specific topics chosen for
this contest and therefore failed to get nominated for any
of the prizes.
The
results of contest, 1999, are available
here. We have also placed on line four of the best
essay from this year's competition. You can also find the
first prize winning essay of
1998. These will provide a bench mark for the participants
in the coming years.
On
request from teachers across the country, we sent out copies
of The Teacher's Guide to The Fountainhead
by Andrew Bernstein. Increasing number of schools also expressed
an interest in screening the video of the film The Fountainhead.
Unfortunately, for logistical reasons, it was not possible
for us to meet this request from schools outside of Delhi.
A
general account of the objectives of
this essay competition and an estimate of our budget
are available on line. Also available are brief accounts
of our experience at Contest Report
1998 and Contest Report
1999. Liberty Institute is a non-profit organisation,
and contributions are exempt under the Section 80G of the
IT Act. For more information about the activities of the
institute please see About US.
With
your help, we hope to make The Fountainhead Essay contest
an even bigger success in the coming years. We will greatly
appreciate your comments and suggestions in this regard.
The Ayn Rand Institute
has been organising a very successful essay contest in the
United States of America for over a decade. Among
other organisations involved in creating appreciation of
Ayn Rand's ideas is The
Objectivist Centre.
We
have been reaching out to over a thousand schools in India.
Please suggest names and addresses of high schools and junior
colleges that you would like to be included in our mailing
list. E-mail addresses and web sites of schools will be
particularly helpful.
Students
from following schools participated in the competition in
1999.
Andhra
Pradesh
- Hyderabad
Public School, Hyderabad
- St.
Ann’s Junior College for Girls, Hyderabad
- Tetrahedron
Junior College, Hyderabad
Assam
- Army
Public School, Guwahati
Bihar
- Sacred
Heart School, Northern Town, Jamshedpur
- Sacred
Heart School, Jamshedpur
Chandigarh
- Sacred
Heart Senior Sec. School
- St.
Stephen's School
Delhi
- Apeejay
School, Sheikh Sarai
- Ahlcon
Public School, Mayur Vihar
- Blue
Bells School
- Delhi
Public School, RK Puram
- Carmel
Convent School, Chanakya Puri
- Frank
Agnel School, Gautam Nagar
- Gen.
Raj's Shankaran Memorial School, Hauz Khas
- Guru
Harkishan Oublic School, Purana Quila
- Guru
Harkishan Oublic School, Karol Bagh
Gujarat
- Vallabhram
Mehta Public School, Vadodara
- Navrachana
Higher Sec. School, Vadodara
Haryana
- Convent
of Jesus and Mary, Ambala Cantonment
- Apeejay
School, Faridabad
- D.A.V.
School, Gurgaon
Karnataka
- Baldwin
Girls' High School, Bangalore
- Bishop
Cotton's Girls High School, Bangalore
- National
Public School, Bangalore
Madhya
Pradesh
- Delhi
Public School, Bhilai
- Christ
Church Girls' Sen. Sec. School, Jabalpur
Maharashtra
- The
Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay
Orissa
- Delhi
Public School, Nalco Nagar
Punjab
- D.A.V.
Public School, Amritsar
Tamil
Nadu
- Bhavan’s
Rajaji Vidyashram, Madras
- The
Hindu Senior Sec. School, Indira Ngr, Madras
- The
Hindu Senior Sec. School, Triplicane, Madras
- Lawrence
School, Ooty
- P.
S. Senior Sec. School, Madras
Utter
Pradesh
- Children's
Academy, Dehradun
- Delhi
Public School, NOIDA
- La
Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow
- Loreto
Convent High School, Lucknow
- Raja
Ram Mohan Roy Academy, Dehradun
West
Bengal
- Calcutta
Boys' School, Calcutta
- St.
Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta
Thank you
every one for making this contest a grand success. We welcome
your comments and suggestions.
Please
write to
info@libertyindia.org
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