IT'S CHAI TIME
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GOOD SPORTS: Persistence Paes Off
October 2012 - Who's at the top in India’s sports? Sachin Tendulkar, Viswanathan Anand, Saina Nehwal? But Leander Paes has won 13 Grand Slam titles and an Olympic bronze. Tennis is popular, and he's really good.
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GOOD SPORTS: Almost 50, but still contending
October 2012 - Vijay Singh will turn 50 next February, but the Hall of Fame golfer from Fiji is still winning title after title and is not ready to leave the PGA Tour yet!
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Kalpana Chawla Way
October 2012 - It’s been almost 10 years since Kalpana Chawla perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Religion and politics aside, the Indian-American astronaut continues to inspire.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
October 2012 - Quotes from TV star/female comedian Mindy Kaling, an Indian sari designer, a Sikh dealing with a prejudiced mayor, a young politician, the Sikh who delivered the invocation at the RNC, and an Indian cartoonist.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
October 2012 - A short quiz on current events in India and the U.S.
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WHERE’S THE BEEF?
October 2012 - McDonald’s unveils two vegetarian-only restaurants next year, in Amritsar and Kashmir. McDonald’s already has 271 restaurants in India and if this catches on, it could add dozens more over the next decade.
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Lessons in Naming a Business
October 2012 - If you’re in the process of naming a new business, you may want to stay away from “Hitler.” That may seem obvious, but not to the owners of a new clothing store in Ahmedabad, India.
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GOOD SPORTS: Magnificent Mary of Manipur
September 2012 - Mary Kom, five-time world champion, was the only Indian boxer coming home from the London Olympics with a medal. Her bronze not only made history for India, but showed what women athletes can do.
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GOOD SPORTS: Shooting for Medals
September 2012 - India won medals in shooting at the London Olympics. Marksmanship seems to be it now: no other individual sport produced a gold or silver for India in more than a century.
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GOOD SPORTS: Badminton Queen
September 2012 - Saina Nehwal at 22 is on her way to being India’s greatest athlete playing an individual sport. Nehwal won bronze at the London Olympics, the first Indian to ever medal in badminton.