IT'S CHAI TIME
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November 2013 -
It’s great to see so many Indian-American characters in movies and TV shows, only a few of them stereotypical. But how many characters here (and in Bollywood) are named Raj?
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November 2013 -
One particular sentence in Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Lowland has been reviewed as both a “lovely, fragrant passage” and “cheaply microwaved otherness.” You, dear reader, may decide!
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October 2013 -
Tennis stars Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova, two best friends and teammates, both hold age records. "A good, healthy, quality lifestyle in any field can help you achieve excellence.”
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October 2013 -
Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the only Indian to win multiple Olympic medals. The International Olympic Committee reinstated wrestling as an Olympic sport last month. India is happy!
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October 2013 -
Hollywood actor Matt Damon is helping the poor with sanitation and clean water. He visited India to see the impact of his nonprofit Water.org: toilets, tube wells, and hand pumps.
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October 2013 -
Quotes from Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, a doctor about doctors returning to India, a dalit writer, and three comedians about Indians in sitcoms and more.
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October 2013 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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October 2013 -
A documentary on PBS tells us that America is not doing enough to control the population of a certain group that keeps sneaking into the country and causing trouble: Burmese pythons.
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October 2013 -
Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh dressed in the costume of Marvel Comics superhero Captain America, to “challenge the way [we] think about superheroes—and bearded Sikhs like me.”
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October 2013 -
Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN recently changed his stance on medicinal marijuana, since it can immensely help certain patients--but noted that it can harm young, developing brains.
