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Good Sports: FIREWORKS DONATION
August 2017 -
The city of Visalia, California, wasn’t sure if it could afford its regular Fourth of July fireworks show this year—until it received a $10,000 donation from nearby Fresno's Sikh community.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
August 2017 -
Quotes from 2 graduation speeches; Britain’s first turban-wearing MP; Indian women’s cricket team captain; Preet Bharara; and the author of novel Marriage of a Thousand Lies about LGBTQs.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
August 2017 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: FACEBOOK ADDICTION DEPARTMENT (FAD)
August 2017 -
Even older people can be addicted to social media. Here's the story of a 76-year-old woman who goes to an Addictions Clinic and explains her Facebook history--including unfriending her husband.
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QUESTIONS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
August 2017 -
Indian-American parents with white adopted children—it’s a rare sight and raises suspicions as well as prejudices. Lakshman Rajagopal was questioned by Delta for suspected child trafficking.
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REMEMBERING A NEWBERY AWARD WINNER
August 2017 -
Calcutta-born author Dhan Gopal Mukerji is the only Indian-American to win a Newbery Medal. His book, Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon, with its lyricism and multiple meanings, won in 1928.
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Good Sports: BOPANNA JOINS EXCLUSIVE CLUB
July 2017 -
After 14 years on the professional tennis tour, Rohan Bopanna has won a Grand Slam title. The 37-year-old doubles specialist from Bangalore became only the fourth Indian to do it.
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Good Sports: INDO-CANADIAN WRESTLER WINS WWE TITLE
July 2017 -
Yuvraj “Raj” Singh Dhesi, 30, from Calgary, Canada, who performs under the name Jinder Mahal, is the 50th WWE heavyweight champion, and the second of Indian descent.
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Good Sports: GENEROUS RAPPER
July 2017 -
American rapper Nicki Minaj, 34, whose father is Indo-Trinidadian and mother is Afro-Trinidadian, is "the most proud" of helping an Indian village get clean water and more.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
July 2017 -
Quotes from a peach farmer, a teacher who is also a novelist, two Congressmen, a superstar, and a hotel manager who signed a deal with the Trump Organization and does not want to talk about the travel ban.
