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This is a beautiful narration of the evening hours when our long wait for justice came to an end. This comes from Ms.SAMUEL CYNTHIA of Department of Biochemistry.
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It was 2.30 pm on Thursday, 11th Dec, 2008 when all of us patiently waited in the campus seated under the trees in front of the Flint House, waiting for the verdict from the court. The judgment was to be announced a week after the hearing. It was a nervous moment though …..Just kept waiting for a while, when we sensed some joyful gestures from our senior faculty. We went running towards them and the first thing we heard was–
• The dismissal of Dr. Chinnaraj Joseph was quashed
What next…..we waited……..???
• The status of the real governing council has to be decided in the lower court……… Ok….then?
• The Bishop, Dr. Davamani Christober and Dr. George Selvakumar are not to interfere in the administration of the college...
We still kept our fingers crossed…..and there it came out clear –
• Dr. P.R. Anbudurai is to take over as Principal In charge and Secretary of the college. JDC, COP and Collector to cooperate with him and ensure smooth functioning of the college
Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooo!!!!
It was as though suddenly stars twinkled exuberantly in the sky profoundly illuminating the treachery of the murderous satanic night….
Oh God! screams and yells everywhere. We could hardly hold it…..we only found ourselves screaming, yelling and running in every direction hugging each other and sharing the joy.
I stopped for a moment and could feel the tears flowing out…..though wanted to hold it tight. It was so wonderful witnessing an invincible smile lighting up on faces that had been submerged in a cloud of derogatory disappointments. I kept looking around. I cannot express what I felt at that moment. Many could not hold back their emotions. I could see Sam George sir taking photographs as he kept on shedding tears and was finding hard to even stand.
It does not require much effort to recall the feelings of helplessness that filled the American College family as we were on the brink of losing the college to the abuse of eminent domain by the Bishop and his cronies on 29th August 2008. How could we hang onto our home that had been in our family for over a century? We stood up for the truth and what if we lost? How would we face our students in whom we strived to inculcate moral values, ethics, social responsibilities and so much more along with the academic education? These were life-altering questions for which we had no satisfactory answers.
In India corruption is so deep and pervasive and now in a time when many keep jumping from one side to the other just to satisfy their selfish gains, it is gratifying to know that there is still something to prove our national motto – Satyameva Jayate. (Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood.). The State Women’s Commission Report has proved it; Hon’ble Justice S. Nagamuthu in the Madurai Bench of High Court has also proved it right by following principles and protecting truth. Their ethic is not for sale proving that ‘Money cannot buy truth & justice… always!
Thanks to all who stood by our side in our times of despair.
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