Praveen,
Of course I follow what you are saying. I also agree that now is the time to have this conversation after Wikimania is ended and before the next Wikimania scholarships process begins. For the feedback from scholars, see this link:
Here are 15 reports by earlybirds on their Wikimania productivity:
I just reread what Gerard wrote here:
I agree with everything he wrote and I do think there is a huge bias in the scholarships committee towards people who can present well and who can "sell" themselves as productive Wikimanians in English. The sticky question of what makes a "productive Wikimanian" is quite an interesting one and it would be worthwhile to put some time into it. Anything you come up with on the nationality bias would benefit the entire non-US community, not just the Malayalam community.
If one compares the Dutch community to other European communities regarding number of speakers, number of articles in their language-pedia and so on, I think the number of Dutch "productive Wikimanians" has been very high from year to year. That said, it is also true that for many Dutch people under the age of 60, they can read and write English quite fluently. This makes it quite easy for them to present and sell their ideas in English.
Jane