DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. India awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country’s
third highest civilian honor, to Bill and Melinda Gates for
their social work.
2. The tiger population in India rose by 30 percent from
2010 to 2014, according to a government report.
3. An Indian man accused of stalking women in
Australia told a court that he learned from Bollywood
movies that relentlessly pursuing women was a good way
to win their hearts.
4. The Record Setter Organization credited a three-year-old Indian-American boy with a world record after he
identified 202 countries, dependencies, and territories on a
world map in four minutes and 42 seconds.
5. A constituent’s portrait of Bobby Jindal, in which the
Louisiana governor appears white-skinned, was mistakenly
assumed to be his official portrait and widely lampooned
on social media.
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
[Comments? Contributions? We would love to hear from you about Chai Time. If you have contributions, please email us at melvin@melvindurai.com. We welcome jokes, quotes, online clips and more.]
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