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Good Sports: SWIMMING TO GOLD
January 2018 -
In Mexico, Kanchanmala Pande, a 26-year-old visually impaired swimmer from Nagpur, recently became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Para Swimming Championship.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
January 2018 -
Quotes from the nation’s first female Sikh mayor, FCC Chairman, a Washington state senator, actor Irrfan Khan, actress Mindy Kaling, and India’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
January 2018 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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FUN TIME: WORLD’S LARGEST SAMOSA: WHY DIDN’T I GET SOME?
January 2018 -
Muslim Aid UK set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest samosa: a 153.1 kg samosa at a mosque in East London. I wish I could set the record for “largest samosa consumed by a human.”
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IVATURY’S MUSIC INVENTORY
January 2018 -
Arjun Ivatury was a college student, but instead of becoming a doctor, he became a hip hop producer. Only 26, Ivatury, or "6ix," has won a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
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HOW MANY INSTRUMENTS CAN HE PLAY?
January 2018 -
Neil Nayyar of Elk Grove, California set an age-related world record in music last August: at age 11 he played 44 instruments. He practices 6 hours a day and hopes to play 100 instruments.
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Good Sports: ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL FOR MARY KOM
December 2017 -
Mary Kom, India’s greatest female boxer, won her fifth Asian Boxing Championship gold medal last month. It came after she became an MP. She has three sons and juggles many roles!
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Good Sports: IRONMAN OFFICER
December 2017 -
Indian Police Service officer Krishna Prakash recently became India’s first civil servant to complete the Ironman triathlon. He was excited, he says, and advises everyone to "Break your ceilings!"
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Good Sports: BRACELETS FOR SMILES
December 2017 -
Born with a cleft lip, high-schooler Nandini Arakoni of Naperville, Illinois, wants to help underprivileged children get cleft lip repair. She and her friend, Sanjana Gangadharan, are raising funds.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
December 2017 -
Quotes from Falguni Patel, elected despite being attacked by racist campaign mailers; poet Rupi Kaur; Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal; dancer with Down’s Syndrome; queer author; politician.
