Did That Really Happen?
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. President Obama apologized to California
Attorney General Kamala Harris for calling her the
“best-looking attorney general.”
2. During oral arguments on California’s same-sex
marriage ban, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
referred several times to the state’s Attorney General as
“he”—but never apologized.
3. An opinion poll found that 10 million Indians
would like to move permanently to the United States.
4. New York hotelier Vikram Chatwal was arrested
at a Florida airport for allegedly carrying, among other
belongings, six grams of heroin in his underpants.
5. Ford India emphasized the space in its Figo
hatchbacks with print ads showing three women bound
and gagged in the trunk—then apologized.
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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