IT'S CHAI TIME
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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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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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October 2012 -
A short quiz on current events in India and the U.S.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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September 2012 -
Quotes: responses to the Sikh massacre in Wisconsin, Ramadan and waste at Pizza Hut, blackouts, India vs. China in sports, an apology from an Olympic volunteer.
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September 2012 -
A short quiz on current events in India and the U.S.
