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Good Sports: Responding with Love and Service
November 2013 -
Dr. Prabhjot Singh, Dir. Systems Design at the Earth Institute, assistant prof at Columbia, and a practicing MD, responds to his brutal attack with love and an offer of education.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
November 2013 -
Quotes from the first Indian-American Miss America (and about the racist backlash), Vijay Iyer on winning a MacArthur, the VP of comedy development at Fox, and a new state Representative.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
November 2013 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Satire: Important Questions on the Mars Program
November 2013 -
More than 200,000 people from all over the world recently submitted applications to the Mars One Astronaut Selection Program to become the first human settlers on Mars.
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The Raj and Sanjay Show
November 2013 -
It’s great to see so many Indian-American characters in movies and TV shows, only a few of them stereotypical. But how many characters here (and in Bollywood) are named Raj?
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GOOD SENTENCE, BAD SENTENCE
November 2013 -
One particular sentence in Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Lowland has been reviewed as both a “lovely, fragrant passage” and “cheaply microwaved otherness.” You, dear reader, may decide!
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Good Sports: Champion at 40
October 2013 -
Tennis stars Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova, two best friends and teammates, both hold age records. "A good, healthy, quality lifestyle in any field can help you achieve excellence.”
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Good Sports: Welcome back, wrestling
October 2013 -
Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the only Indian to win multiple Olympic medals. The International Olympic Committee reinstated wrestling as an Olympic sport last month. India is happy!
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Good Sports: Flushed with joy
October 2013 -
Hollywood actor Matt Damon is helping the poor with sanitation and clean water. He visited India to see the impact of his nonprofit Water.org: toilets, tube wells, and hand pumps.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
October 2013 -
Quotes from Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, a doctor about doctors returning to India, a dalit writer, and three comedians about Indians in sitcoms and more.
