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Good Sports: THESIS OF A YOUNG FILMMAKER
September 2016 -
(Out)caste, the 15-minute thesis film by Shilpi Shikha Agrawal of Los Angeles, shows the plight of Dalit women who work as manual scavengers, cleaning dry toilets for a living.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
September 2016 -
Quotes from Pakistani-American Khizr Khan & vicechair of the California Republican Party (on Trump), a new member of Congress, an entrepreneur headed for the moon, a director, & a fashion designer.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
September 2016 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: FINDING HAPPINESS THROUGH MINISTRY
September 2016 -
Which Indian state has the happiest people? I’m not sure, but happiness is such a priority in Madhya Pradesh that the state’s chief minister plans to create a “ministry of happiness.”
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THE MANY BENEFITS OF PLANTING TREES
September 2016 -
About 800,000 volunteers in Uttar Pradesh planted 49.1 million trees in one day, hoping to set a world record. India is spending $6 billion to reforest 12% of its land. Here's why trees are valuable.
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MORE NONVEG ON THE MENU
September 2016 -
In India a sign that says “Beef Served Here” might quickly turn into a sign that says “Restaurant closed. Manager in hospital.” But fewer than a third of Indians over the age of 15 are vegetarian.
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Good Sports: LARGEST OLYMPIC TEAM
August 2016 -
India is sending 111 athletes to the Summer Games in Rio, its largest delegation ever. The 2012 Games brought India’s biggest Olympic haul: six medals, so now India hopes for 10!
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Good Sports: SPRINTING OVER OBSTACLES
August 2016 -
Dutee Chand became only the second Indian sprinter to qualify for the Olympics in the 100m dash, matching the feat of P.T. Usha in 1980. Her testosterone levels are no longer a bar to competing.
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Good Sports: TURBANED HERO
August 2016 -
Avtar Hothi, a 65-year-old Sikh farmer in British Columbia, removed his turban to save a drowning girl. He threw one end into the North Thompson River as a rescue rope, and pulled her ashore.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
August 2016 -
Quotes from singer Adnan Sami on the murder of singer Amjad Sabri, CEO of one of America’s 1st crowdfunded technology venture capital firms, a politician, an author, a director, and Aziz Ansari's father.
