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DOSA MAKER READY FOR LAUNCH
November 2015 - Krishnan, 34, founder of Soul of India Cooking Company, has received more than $60,000 through a Kickstarter funding campaign to help him produce what he’s calling “the world’s first household dosa appliance.”

Good Sports: TEENAGE CHESS PHENOM
October 2015 - Advait Patel just turned 13 but is already a two-time Oklahoma state champion and ranked in the top 50 in his age group worldwide.

Good Sports: INSPIRATIONAL CLIMBER
October 2015 - Arunima Sinha lost a leg in a train accident but didn’t lose the drive to succeed. She has climbed several of the world’s highest mountains, including Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro, and recently climbed Monte Rosa, the highest peak in the Swiss Alps, hoisting the Indian tricolor on Independence Day.

Good Sports: RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT AUTISM
October 2015 - Sharwani Kota and her friends love to dance and they’re doing it for a good cause: raising awareness about autism. The 15 high school students are members of Hope4Spandana, a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that helps children with autism.

QUOTA of Quotes 2
October 2015 - Every time someone criticizes (Donald Trump), he goes and makes a political attack back. That’s not who we are as Republicans. That’s not what we do.”—South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
October 2015 - An Indian-American businessman in Cleveland was charged with bribing a councilman in order to obtain a
liquor license.

Chai Time: Fun Time: LAST WORD OF THE DEARLY DEPARTED
October 2015 - Years ago, obituaries in newspapers contained just the usual run-of-the-mill details: name and age of the deceased; occupation, accomplishments, and hobbies; a long list of survivors; and funeral arrangements. Now and then, you’d spot something interesting in an obituary, such as the fact that a man loved his favorite baseball player, Barry Bonds, so much that his dying wish was not only to be cremated while wearing a Bonds jersey, but to have his ashes kept in a replica of a syringe.

AN APP THAT ASKS US TO ‘RE-THINK’
October 2015 - Have you ever posted something offensive on social media that you later regretted? If so, you may want to get an app called ReThink, which will warn you about potentially offensive messages through a pop-up window: “Whoa. Hold on. Are you really sure you want to post this message? It could be offensive.”

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