Seven Indian-origin kids, along with an American, have been declared co-champions of the Us National Spelling Bee after the tie among the eight couldn't be broken even after 20 rounds of the finals.
The unprecedented decision to declare eight co-champions was taken Thursday night after the organizers ran out of their selection of difficult words to challenge them further.
The 10-year monopoly of Indian-origin children was finally broken with a non-Indian girl from Alabama, Erin Howard, becoming a co-champion.
The seven Indian-origin winners (with the final word they spelled correctly in parenthesis) are Rishik Gandhasri (auslaut), Saketh Sundar (bougainvillea), Shruthika Padhy (aiguillette), Sohum Sukhatankar (pendeloque), Abhijay Kodali (palama), Christopher Serrao (cernuous) and Rohan Raja (odylic).?
The winners, who will each get $50,000 and a trophy, were the last ones standing from among the 562 contestants drawn from across the Us and abroad.?
In the past only two co-winners were declared - most recently...
The unprecedented decision to declare eight co-champions was taken Thursday night after the organizers ran out of their selection of difficult words to challenge them further.
The 10-year monopoly of Indian-origin children was finally broken with a non-Indian girl from Alabama, Erin Howard, becoming a co-champion.
The seven Indian-origin winners (with the final word they spelled correctly in parenthesis) are Rishik Gandhasri (auslaut), Saketh Sundar (bougainvillea), Shruthika Padhy (aiguillette), Sohum Sukhatankar (pendeloque), Abhijay Kodali (palama), Christopher Serrao (cernuous) and Rohan Raja (odylic).?
The winners, who will each get $50,000 and a trophy, were the last ones standing from among the 562 contestants drawn from across the Us and abroad.?
In the past only two co-winners were declared - most recently...
- 6/1/2019
- GlamSham
Opening this weekend at the Smithsonian is a special exhibit titled “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation”. This is a first-of-its-kind exhibition detailing the history of Indian Americans and their contributions to the United States from the 1700s to the present. The 5,000-square-foot exhibition presented by he Asian Pacific American Center will open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History February 27th.
“The vibrant life, culture and history of immigrants from India and Indian Americans is the story of America,” said Konrad Ng, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. “This wonderful exhibition deepens our understanding of the American experience as lived by the Asian Pacific American communities who have journeyed from being exotic outsiders to being the faces and voices of the future. We are excited to present an exhibition that we hope will excite and inspire generations.”
Talking about the exhibition, Curator Dr. Masum Momaya said,...
“The vibrant life, culture and history of immigrants from India and Indian Americans is the story of America,” said Konrad Ng, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. “This wonderful exhibition deepens our understanding of the American experience as lived by the Asian Pacific American communities who have journeyed from being exotic outsiders to being the faces and voices of the future. We are excited to present an exhibition that we hope will excite and inspire generations.”
Talking about the exhibition, Curator Dr. Masum Momaya said,...
- 2/26/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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