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Good Sports: WORLD CUP DREAMS
December 2015 -
Will India be in the soccer World Cup Finals soon? It’s unlikely, but there’s always the chance that India will one day host the event. India recently got past Round 1 in prelims.
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Good Sports: 24-HOUR ENERGY
December 2015 -
Manoj Bhargava's 5-Hour Energy drinks made him a billionaire. He pledged to give away 99% of his fortune, and is now bringing energy to India's poor with his electricity-producing bicycles.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
December 2015 -
Quotes from the 1st Indian-American female mayor in the USA; Texas Teacher of the Year; Aziz Ansari impersonating Bobby Jindal; Director Deepa Mehta; P. M. Bhargava; Google employee who found a bug.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
December 2015 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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FUN TIME: NOPE, WE’RE NOT SWIMMING ACROSS THE WORLD
December 2015 -
When I heard that a man was planning to complete a 10,000-mile swim around the world, I knew that he couldn’t possibly be Indian. He's Martin Strel, a native of Slovenia who lives in the USA.
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MOVE OVER KARDASHIANS, HERE COME THE KESWANIS
December 2015 -
A new web series called The Keswanis: A Most Modern Family came out on People.com, featuring an Indian-American family that hopes to replace the Kardashians as the most famous family in America.
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INKING HIS DEVOTION
December 2015 -
An Australian tourist got in trouble in Bengaluru when right-wing activists saw his tattoo of the fertility goddess Yellamma on his shin. Yellamma (or Renuka) is a Hindu goddess of South India.
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Good Sports: YOGA-TEACHING OLYMPIAN
November 2015 -
Rai, the first woman of Indian descent and first Indo-Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal, was inducted into the Delta Sports Hall of Fame in Delta, British Columbia, last month.
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Good Sports: SACHIN’S CRICKET MISSION
November 2015 -
Sachin Tendulkar is helping spark US interest in cricket. He and Shane Warne have organized all-star T20 games in New York City, Houston, and Los Angeles, and will have community clinics for kids.
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Good Sports: WATER HERO
November 2015 -
Dr. Bhagwati Agrawal was named last month as one of CNN’s Top Ten Heroes of 2015. His nonprofit corporation, Sustainable Innovations, created a rainwater harvesting system that’s providing safe drinking water to six villages in Rajasthan.
