A white New York City policeman shot and killed a black policeman as he was chasing a suspect (likely Hispanic going by the name) in the predominantly Hispanic Manhattan neighborhood of East Harlem last night. Both NYPD cops were in plainclothes. It’s not known if the white cop identified himself as a cop before shooting […]
Seven desis have made it to the Spelling Bee 2009 Finals. That is 7 out of a total of 11 finalists, folks. Desis account for a mere 0.67% of America’s population but a whopping 64% of the Spelling Bee 2009 finalists Here are the seven Indian American Spelling Bee 2009 finalists: * Speller No. 19, […]
Statistic of the Day – Desis in Spelling Bee 2009Â OK, folks. We’re back from our beer-induced siesta and lo, what do we find – 15 desi kids made it to the 2009 Spelling Bee semifinals 15 out of 31 desi kids who cleared the early rounds of 2009 Spelling Bee are now in 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 […]
* Prabhakaran dead, war on LTTE over: Lanka (Times of India) * Sri Lankans Say Rebels Crushed and Leader Killed (New York Times) * Sri Lankan rebel leader ‘killed’ (BBC) * LTTE chief Prabhakaran dead (Hindu) * Prabhakaran shot dead while trying to break army siege: Army (DNA) * Sri Lanka: Tamil leader has been […]
After being squashed by the Sri Lankan Army, the LTTE says its guns are silenced (in plain English, the LTTE is conceding defeat). If true, this is wondrous news indeed and a day the suffering Tamils have been waiting for decades. For nearly three decades, the LTTE monsters have wantonly massacred several thousand people including […]