Broadband Internet access continues to surge in the U.S. even as the recession is forcing consumers to drop their pricey cable and satellite television services. Home broadband adoption in the U.S. rose to 63% of adult Americans as of April 2009 from 55% in May 2008, according to a new report put out by the […]
Update: Kavya Shivashankar is Spelling Bee 2009 Champion Folks, two rounds of the Spelling Bee 2009 are already over. And so far, our desi kids have covered themselves with glory. As we type this post, Round Three is going on in Washington DC . There are at least 31 Desi students among the 293 contestants who […]
Many Americans (including us) on occasion get angry over the issue of H1B work visas at a time when unemployment in the U.S. is rising (11% in California now) and approaching 10% in other states. But what seems like an abstract problem at a distance becomes a disturbing tragedy at close quarters. Sad Story We […]
Time for another edition of Incredible India, folks. * A 12-year-old girl in the North Indian city of Jaipur who delivered a child the other day did not even realize she was pregnant until the delivery. No, we are not kidding. Here’s an excerpt from the Times of India story: She was too young to […]
Here in the U.S. and in India too, we’re told ad nauseum, ad infinitum that children are the future of the country. A constant refrain is that if we want our nation to be great, we need to invest in our children and in our schools, hire good teachers and so on. While the state […]
IIT Kharagpur alumni and quality guru Subir Chowdhury has won the ‘Outstanding American by Choice‘ award handed out by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service to recognize the outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens. Here’s what the 42-year-old Subir said on hearing the news of the award: Whatever I have dreamed, America has always […]