IT'S CHAI TIME
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March 2015 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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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.
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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?”
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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!
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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.
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February 2015 -
In 2011 cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar deemed himself an actor to claim tax deductions related to his appearances in commercials. This year, he’ll play himself in a full-length film.
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February 2015 -
A German soccer club hired Robin Dutt as Director of Sport. Dutt (German mother, father from Kolkata) has coached in the Bundesliga, which boasts the highest average stadium attendance worldwide.
