IT'S CHAI TIME
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GOOD SPORTS: Shooting for Medals
September 2012 - India won medals in shooting at the London Olympics. Marksmanship seems to be it now: no other individual sport produced a gold or silver for India in more than a century.
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GOOD SPORTS: Badminton Queen
September 2012 - Saina Nehwal at 22 is on her way to being India’s greatest athlete playing an individual sport. Nehwal won bronze at the London Olympics, the first Indian to ever medal in badminton.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
September 2012 - Quotes: responses to the Sikh massacre in Wisconsin, Ramadan and waste at Pizza Hut, blackouts, India vs. China in sports, an apology from an Olympic volunteer.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
September 2012 - A short quiz on current events in India and the U.S.
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DESI SATIRE: India Enjoys Most Successful Olympic Games Ever
September 2012 - India is basking in the glory of its most successful Olympics campaign ever, with four of its athletes going home with bronze medals, two with silver medals, and one with Usain Bolt’s autograph.
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LORD INDRA TAKES NOTICE
September 2012 - A prankster mailed a notice to Lord Indra, asking the God of Rains to explain within three days why it had not rained enough, or else--and then torrential rains came!
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MYTH OF THE NON-WORKING WOMAN
September 2012 - According to the matrimonial site Jeevansathi.com, grooms are looking or stay-at-home wives, for a peaceful life. Peaceful, as long as they don't call their wives "non-working" women.
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Good Sports: Drive to Suceed
August 2012 - Jujhar Khaira was recently drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the third round (63rd) of the National Hockey League Draft. Only two other players of South Asian descent have made it to the NHL.
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Good Sports: Still Going Strong at 100
August 2012 - Manohar Aich won the amateur Mr. Universe title in 1952, the first Indian to do so. And he would probably do it again today—if there were a special category for centenarians.
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Good Sports: Soccer Captain Moves Again
August 2012 - Sunil Chhetri, India’s captain, has signed a contract with Sporting Lisbon’s reserve squad and will play in Portugal’s second division and seems excited about the opportunity.