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1. Police in Jackson Heights, Queens, known for its many
South Asian businesses, handed out 1,808 summonses for
public urination last year, more than in any other New York
City neighborhood.
2. People attending some meetings and conferences in India were jokingly asked to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode.”
3. The cleaning company of a major Australian supermarket posted an online job opening that stated: “No Indians or Asians, please.”
4. India and Pakistan agreed to a new visa policy that includes a six-month, five-destination tourist visa.
5. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra’s music single “In My City” debuted on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
Compiled/partly written by Melvin Durai 
October 2012
2. People attending some meetings and conferences in India were jokingly asked to put their phones into “Manmohan Singh mode.”
3. The cleaning company of a major Australian supermarket posted an online job opening that stated: “No Indians or Asians, please.”
4. India and Pakistan agreed to a new visa policy that includes a six-month, five-destination tourist visa.
5. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra’s music single “In My City” debuted on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football.
(All five really happened.)
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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