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Online Essay Writing Competition - 2010

The theme for this competition was YOUTH.

Our Masters have laid great emphasis on the paramount importance of this period in one’s life, being a time not only of great promise and opportunity but also one ridden with dangers and distractions at every step. As abhyasis we are exposed to profound spiritual truisms, and this essay event seek to draw out, from within us, our thoughts and ideas on this important stage in life which impacts our own future as well as the future of our world.

Category: Age 20 and under

Topic: Character Protects Life

First Prize

Carolyn Grace Romano: Virginia, USA

Second Prize

Bhuma Kantamsetty: Singapore

Category: Age 21 to 25 years

Topic: Freedom does not mean license, but the wisdom to choose what is right for oneself

First Prize

Asankhaya Sharma: Singapore

Second Prize

Olga Pocherniaeva: Dublin, Ireland

Category: Age 26 to 30 years

Topic: From Ambition to Aspiration, from Acquiring to Becoming

First Prize

Raghavan Gopalakrishnan: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Second Prize

Jayshika Mahida: Johannesburg, South Africa

Third Prize

Dheeraj Kapoor: Toronto, Canada