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2. The United States named a mountain in Antarctica, Mount Sinha, in honor of Indian-American scientist Ankhouri Sinha.
3. Indian-American twin brothers Akshaya and Mihir Trivedi graduated from a Wisconsin high school with the exact same grade point average of 4.81.
4. Urban Outfitters began selling a duvet cover featuring Lord Ganesh.
5. Hindu activist Rajan Zed set a world record by sending out a press release protesting the duvet cover within one minute of its availability online.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
Compiled/partly written by Melvin Durai 
August 2014
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. A man in Madhya Pradesh who threw a stone at his neighbor’s dog had his ear bitten off—by the dog’s owner.2. The United States named a mountain in Antarctica, Mount Sinha, in honor of Indian-American scientist Ankhouri Sinha.
3. Indian-American twin brothers Akshaya and Mihir Trivedi graduated from a Wisconsin high school with the exact same grade point average of 4.81.
4. Urban Outfitters began selling a duvet cover featuring Lord Ganesh.
5. Hindu activist Rajan Zed set a world record by sending out a press release protesting the duvet cover within one minute of its availability online.
(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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