<p>To be honest, Xiggi - there are multiple threads on this subject running at the same time and I’m not sure which posts I’m reacting to. I wasn’t referring to you in particular about the moralizing. I haven’t really been following the whole “packaging” aspect of it because, to be sadly honest about it, I don’t really care. The “win at all costs” parental mentality of vicarious competition for various accolades at an early age has repelled me for years, and nothing surprises me anymore. I do blame the parents, not the still-immature high school students for this. In fact, I think in many cases the primary victim of the process is the person who is “promoted” into the limelight. I have to admit I’m still somewhat haunted by the story of Adragon DeMello. Maybe that’s why I feel a desire to, at least in part, defend Kaavya. The misdeeds here will haunt her more than the older, guiltier parties, I fear.</p>