• IF OBAMA’S TREE COULD TALK

    IF OBAMA’S TREE COULD TALK April 2015 - During his visit to India as chief guest at the Republic Day parade, President Obama planted a peepal tree. The tree's leaves later dropped off. Let's interview the tree to see how it's feeling.

  • Good Sports: LEANDER PAES WINS ANOTHER

    Good Sports: LEANDER PAES WINS ANOTHER March 2015 - Tennis excitement in the Australia Open mixed doubles, with Sania Mirza, Leander Paes. “It’s awesome to have played with both Martinas and won Slams with each of them,” Paes told Times of India.

  • Good Sports: MORE GOLD FOR DIPA

    Good Sports: MORE GOLD FOR DIPA March 2015 - Can Dipa Karmakar win a medal in gymnastics at the 2016 Olympics in Rio? She is a star already. She is trying to persuade Indian sports authorities to hire a foreign coach for her.

  • Good Sports: TEEN INVENTOR HELPS THE BLIND

    Good Sports: TEEN INVENTOR HELPS THE BLIND March 2015 - Shubham Banerjee, 13 years old, of Santa Clara, California, made a braille printer for the blind using a Lego robotics kit—starting a company, Braigo Labs, that received support from Intel Corp.

  • QUOTA of QUOTES

    QUOTA of QUOTES March 2015 - Quotes from the man who made Modi's pinstriped suit, President Obama, Union finance minister Jaitley, publisher of Penguin Books, a writer who's quitting, someone commenting on honesty in Bangalore.

  • DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?

    DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN? March 2015 - How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!

  • FUN TIME: INDIA: SETTING WORLD RECORDS BY A NOSE HAIR

    FUN TIME: INDIA: SETTING WORLD RECORDS BY A NOSE HAIR March 2015 - If there was a world record for number of newspaper articles about one country’s world records, India would probably have it. I’m proud of many of India's records--but not the ear hair one.

  • “THANKS, OBAMA” – AND WE MEAN IT

    “THANKS, OBAMA” – AND WE MEAN IT March 2015 - People in Agra thanked Obama recently. His scheduled (but cancelled) tour of the Taj Mahal led to a clean-up. So in Chennai they're tweeting, "When are you cancelling your trip to Chennai?”

  • AIR INDIA’S MAHARAJAH: FROM REGAL TO HIPSTER

    AIR INDIA’S MAHARAJAH: FROM REGAL TO HIPSTER March 2015 - Air India's new “hipster” mascot is one of several avatars of their 1946 Maharajah that will be used “to suit occasion and activity.” Modi requested a makeover, but it looks like a NY cab driver!

  • Good Sports: FOURTH IN THE WORLD

    Good Sports: FOURTH IN THE WORLD February 2015 - Saina Nehwal, a top badminton player, was joined recently by Srikanth Kidambi, an Andhra Pradesh native who’s only 21. Both began 2015 ranked No. 4 in women’s and men’s singles respectively.