- Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar paused his speech during a Rotary Club event in Mumbai to take a call from his wife, drawing praise for putting her first.
- A 70-foot statue of soccer star Lionel Messi was taken down in Kolkata after it was spotted swaying in the wind.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted on X that he had “signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team (the Knicks) in the NBA Finals.”
- In a Truth Social post, President Trump said that he had congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the “wonderful performance of Indian kids in the National Spelling Bee.”
- Hundreds of people attended a free mango-tasting event in San Francisco, sampling Alphonso, Kesar, and other Indian varieties.
(1, 2, 3, and 5 really happened.)
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge. [Comments? Contributions? Please email us at melvin@melvindurai.com. We welcome jokes, quotes, online clips, and more.]