Ablaze in a Blizzard

Chettinad is dry rocky area,the ancestral land of Nattukkottai Chettiars popularly known as Nagarathars. The famous people in this community are Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar and Dr.Alagappa chettiars. It was actually Kanadukathan where the polytechnic was located. Ganesan stayed in hostel from 1958 to 1961 and appeared for final exam by the Directorate of Technical Examination in April 1961. When the result was published a month later Ganesan did not find his number. He was shocked and tried to locate his friends numbers. To his utter surprise not a single number from his polytechnic appeared. When the principal was contacted it was told that the results of all students appeared from Annamalai Polytechnic are with held as mass scale copying suspected. Students from that institution will appear for a Re-examination from a changed centre Trichirappally. With out any hesitation Ganesan went to Trichy and stayed in his sister's house and appeared for the re-examination. Days passed and Ganesan was busy in his father's aggricultural avtivities. One day in the late evening a friend of him casually mentioned that some polytechnic result has come in the morning news paper. Ganesan got exited and ran here and there and got the paper. In some corner three lines news appeared" Result of Annamalai polytechnic Re-examination" and only ten numbers appeared, three first class and seven second class. Ganesan was thrilled to see his number in the First class list.