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TOO BORED TO STAY IN PRISON
September 2015 -
According to a Times of India report, a bored 22-year-old convicted murderer escaped from jail and went to surrender at the jail near his home village so that his family could visit him.
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Good Sports: THE HEIGHT OF PARENTAL PRIDE
August 2015 -
After the Dallas Mavericks picked Satnam Singh Bhamara in the 2015 NBA draft, people no longer laugh--it was the fulfillment of a dream for two seven-footers: Satnam and his father, Balbir.
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Good Sports: TRIPLE DELIGHT AT WIMBLEDON
August 2015 -
Wimbledon, India's triple delight! Martina Hingis (Swiss) teamed with Sania Mirza and Leander Paes to win women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Sumit Nagal and Vietnamese Nam Hoang Ly won boys doubles.
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Good Sports: MOST GENEROUS INDIAN
August 2015 -
Wipro’s billionaire founder Azim Premji was the first Indian to sign the Giving Pledge for Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffett’s charity initiative. Premji is the “Most Generous Indian."
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QUOTA of QUOTES
August 2015 -
Quotes from Bobby Jindal, Manil Suri, Nikki Haley, Sunita Williams; Sudha Patel, running for mayor of Andrews, a small town in SC; and Dr. Kunal Saha, crusader vs. medical malpractice in India.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
August 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: RUNNING TO CATCH THE BUS
August 2015 -
I don’t plan on running in the Delhi Half Marathon anytime soon, but if I did, I won’t be taking a bus or train to the finish line. I’d rather take an auto-rickshaw.
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HINDU GODS AS SUPER HEROES
August 2015 -
In November, moviegoers will be treated to an animation short called “Sanjay’s Super Team.” Hindu gods and goddesses as superheroes help a young boy understand his father’s spirituality.
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SUPER SIKH PUTS VILLAINS IN ‘DEEP’ TROUBLE
August 2015 -
Comic book action hero Deep Singh or "Super Sikh" is “a natural modern Sikh person who uses great internal power of intuition, training, physical and mental strength"—not supernatural or mutant.
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Good Sports: THE BENEFITS OF THE SPELLING BEE
July 2015 -
Pratyush Buddiga is the 2002 spelling champion whose spelling success led him to success in professional poker. He has now earned millions of dollars in prize money.
