IT'S CHAI TIME
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Good Sports: From Music to Poker to Hockey
September 2014 - Sunny Mehta, after earning a degree in music and playing professionally, became a professional poker player. Now he is a stats guru for the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils.
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Good Sports: Big Ratings for Kabaddi
September 2014 - India’s new Pro Kabaddi League debuted on July 26 and drew a staggering 22 million viewers. That’s 10 times the viewership in India of the 2014 FIFA World Cup’s opening match.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
September 2014 - Quotes from a photographer, an entertainer, a tech CEO, Director of Law and Policy
at the Sikh Coalition, an Emory physician about Ebola, and an immigration attorney.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
September 2014 - How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: Too Much Monkeying Around in Delhi
September 2014 - If you’re visiting New Delhi, you may spot dozens of men monkeying around—and not just inside government buildings. You’ll see them in the streets, sounding like langur monkeys.
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Congressman Shoots an Air Ball
September 2014 - A U.S. Representative assumed Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar were from India. The two Indian-Americans have senior positions in the U.S. State Dept. and Commerce Dept. respectively.
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Muscular Gods
September 2014 - Shiva with bulging biceps, Vishnu with six-pack abs—Hindu gods are looking buff, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article titled “The Gods Seem to Have Been Working Out.”
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Good Sports: Signing with Sacramento
August 2014 - The NBA’s Sacramento Kings have an Indian-American owner, Vivek Ranadive, and now a seven-foot-five player, Indo-Canadian Sim Bhullar, the first person of Indian origin on an NBA team.
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Good Sports: Recognizing Sachin
August 2014 - Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricket players ever, but not everyone knows him. Cricket, after all, isn’t quite as popular as tennis or football around the world.
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Good Sports: Gold Medal Service
August 2014 - Soham Daga, 17, of Forest Hills, New York, was presented with the Congressional Award Gold Medal (the highest award given to young people) for his many hours of community service.