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Good Sports: SCULPTOR HELPS REFUGEES
March 2017 -
Anish Kapoor, a British-Indian sculptor, is Genesis Prize Laureate 2017; he will use the $1 million “Jewish Nobel Prize” money to help refugees. He made Cloud Gate, also known as “the Bean.”
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QUOTA of QUOTES
March 2017 -
Quotes from comedian Aziz Ansari, a woman walking while brown, Pramila Jayapal on immigration, Bharati Mukherjee's husband, a litigator who brought a case vs. Trump, and actor Dev Patel.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
March 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: MY FRIENDS KEEP INSPIRING ME ON FACEBOOK
March 2017 -
I remember the days when I didn’t have to compare myself to all the people on Facebook who have achieved so much. Are they bragging or trying to inspire me? Are they narcissists?
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McDONALD’S INTRODUCES ‘MASALA DOSA BURGERS’
March 2017 -
McDonald’s may be trying a little too hard to cater to Indian tastes. People are really making fun of the restaurant's new breakfast masala dosa burgers with molaga podi sauce.
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FREE WIFI IS GREAT—IF IT ACTUALLY WORKS
March 2017 -
The Indian government will offer free WiFi to 1,050 villages as part of a project called Digital Village. This is good for the villages, but also for visitors and people driving nearby.
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Good Sports: FLYING SIKH
February 2017 -
Arpinder Kaur is the first female Sikh pilot in the U.S. and the first Sikh pilot, male or female, to wear a turban on the flight deck, according to Envoy Air, a carrier for American Airlines.
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Good Sports: MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
February 2017 -
India’s P.V. Sindhu, who won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics and her first Super Series title, received Most Improved Player Award from the Badminton World Federation in Dubai.
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Good Sports: HISTORIC TRIPLE-CENTURY
February 2017 -
Karun Nair created history with a triple-century in only his third Test innings, earlier than anyone else in Test history. The previous record was set by Sir Len Hutton in August 1938.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
February 2017 -
Quotes from Google's Sundar Pichai, comedian Aziz Ansari, a Pakistani-American with a beard in the NYPD, and actors Om Puri, Kal Penn, & Omi Vaidya who stars in the Netflix series Brown Nation.
