The English word rabies is said to derive from the Sanskrit term rabbas meaning to do violence. Source: Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk P.81 Here’s a short excerpt from Palahniuk’s fine book: As I understand it, you have two types of rabies. There’s your “dumb” type, where you never go […]
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Desi girl Anamika Veeramani is the 2010 Spelling Bee champion. Anamika’s winning word at the 2010 Spelling Bee finals held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington DC this evening was stromuhr. (And we predicted the winner this morning. No kidding, folks. Read our comments and posts from earlier today.) The 14-year-old girl is an […]
Desi lad Shantanu Srivatsa is out of the 2010 Spelling Bee championship. Unless, Anamika Veeramani also misses her word in this round. In which case, Shantanu will be back in the race. By the way, Shantanu was tripped by the word Ochidore. The 13-year-old boy is an 8th grade student at the Cheney Middle School […]
What a great day for Indian Americans. Two desi kids Anamika Veeramani and Shantanu Srivatsa are now dueling for the prestigious 2010 Spelling Bee championship. Two others have (almost) been eliminated in earlier rounds. If the desi kids miss their words, then two of the earlier losers will be back in the race.
Tamil Girl Anamika Veeramani is 2010 Spelling Bee Champion Three desi kids Anamika Veeramani, Shantanu Srivatsa and Aditya Chemudupaty have made it to the finals of the 2010 Spelling Bee competition. The performance of desi students has not been as good this year as in 2009. Last year, seven desi kids made it to the […]