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AN ASCENT WITH AN ACCENT
March 2012 -
Aside from students attending University of Virginia, Satyendra Singh Huja, 70, is the only Sikh resident of Charlottesville, Va. And now he’s the city’s mayor, accent or not.
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GOOD SPORTS: Squashing the Competition
March 2012 -
Dipika Pallikal, from Chennai, plays squash and is ranked 14 (world). She was a finalist at the 2012 Tournament of Champions, (U.S. Professional Championships), the first Indian to reach the final of a Silver event.
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Explaining the Head Bobble
March 2012 -
Anyone teaching a course in Indian culture could devote an entire class period to the head bobble and still leave students confused. Writer Mahesh Nair tried to decode the head bobble at CNNGO.com....
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QUOTA of QUOTES
March 2012 -
Quotes on coffee houses, Indian visas, Satanic Verses, green cards, sari fashions, and a Jay Leno joke.
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Hands Down the Best Way to Eat
March 2012 -
Like many people around the world, Indians love to eat with their hands. And according to the New York Times, some high-profile chefs have started encouraging diners to dig in with their hands.
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GOOD SPORTS: India Finishes Fourth at Winter Youth Olympic Games
March 2012 -
Two Indias: India Sherret, a 15-year-old from Canada, finished fourth in the ski-cross event at the recent Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria. And Aanchal Thakur, slalom and giant slalom, was India’s sole representative.
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GOOD SPORTS: THE SEVEN-FOOTER FROM PUNJAB
February 2012 -
Satnam Singh Bhamara’s family is tall: his grandmother is 6’9” and his father is 7’2” tall; teen basketball player Satnam is 7’1”, a giant in his Punjab village. Will he become India's Yao Ming?
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GOOD SPORTS: OUTTHINKING THE COMPETITION
February 2012 -
Ayush Menon of New Jersey is only 10 and already won the under-11 boys title at the recent Junior U.S. Open Squash Championship at Harvard University. "Squash is more about brain than brawn," his father said.
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GOOD SPORTS: SAILING TO THE OLYMPICS
February 2012 -
Rohini Rau hopes to represent India at the Summer Olympics in London, the first Indian woman to do so in the sport of sailing. The 25-year-old medical student from Tamil Nadu is already a champion.
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QUOTA OF QUOTES
February 2012 -
Great quotes from a "Make Chai, Not War" comic, a former slum dweller helping the poor, a Dalit, the "Kolaveri Di" songster, and others.
