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2. After receiving a complaint from a Hindu leader, Campbell’s Soup Company removed “Spicy Beef & Broccoli Pinwheels” from a list of suggested recipes to celebrate Diwali on its website.
3. Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly got in trouble for showing his support for diversity in a debate by saying, “Our state director is Indian-American, but he does an amazing job.”
4. The Department of Homeland Security released data that showed that almost 75 percent of H-1B visas are held by Indians.
5. After renaming NAFTA as USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), President Trump suggested that the H-1B visa be renamed the IAAFO (Indians and a Few Others) visa.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
Compiled/partly written by Melvin Durai 
December 2018
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. The city of Ayodhya broke a Guinness World Record by lighting 300,150 diyas and keeping them lit for at least 45 minutes in celebration of Diwali.2. After receiving a complaint from a Hindu leader, Campbell’s Soup Company removed “Spicy Beef & Broccoli Pinwheels” from a list of suggested recipes to celebrate Diwali on its website.
3. Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly got in trouble for showing his support for diversity in a debate by saying, “Our state director is Indian-American, but he does an amazing job.”
4. The Department of Homeland Security released data that showed that almost 75 percent of H-1B visas are held by Indians.
5. After renaming NAFTA as USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), President Trump suggested that the H-1B visa be renamed the IAAFO (Indians and a Few Others) visa.
(1, 2, 3, and 4 really happened.)
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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