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Nine year old Roshini Ravi looks at the printout in her hand and repeats in her head what she sees.... c-a-c-o-g-r-a-p-h-y.  It means bad handwriting or bad spelling and that is exactly what she is trying to avoid as she prepares for an upcoming spelling bee contest.  She is one the 8000 plus children of Indian origin who is participating in annual fundraising academic contests organized the North South Foundation (NSF) all over the United States at more than 60 locations.  NSF is a non-profit organization founded by Ratnam Chitturi of Illinois in 1989 to provide scholarships to bright, but underprivileged students in India.  Activities of this foundation panned into conducting academic contests in 1993 and more than 60 regional chapters now conduct essay writing, public speaking, math, spelling, vocabulary and geography bee contests for pre-K to high school children.  NSF is run by volunteers in the US and in India and use two thirds of the participation...
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