How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. President Trump, speaking on Kashmir at a press
conference, said he told the leaders of India and Pakistan,
“Fellas, work it out. Just work it out.”
2. Prime Minister Modi responded to Trump by tweeting,
“We will, big fella. We will.”
3. Actress Mindy Kaling selected tennis legend John McEnroe to narrate her Netflix series about the complicated
life of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl.
4. A group of Indian-Americans gathered outside
Congressman Ro Khanna’s recent town hall meeting in
Cupertino, California, to protest his membership in the
Pakistani American Congressional Caucus.
5. Comedian Hasan Minhaj said he was denied entry to
the “Howdy Modi” event in Houston because of comments
he had made on his Netflix show.
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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