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Back To Pennsylvania Ave
Kal Penn is returning to the White House Office of Public Engagement to work as an associate director after filming the latest “Harold and Kumar”
$462 Billion Heist
These “illicit financial flows,” says GFI, “were generally the product of corruption, bribery and kickbacks, criminal activities and efforts to shelter wealth from a country’s tax authorities.”
Harry Potter Endangers India’s Owls
Harry Potter craze has resulted in a national infatuation with owls.
Zapping Coconuts
They stripped all trees around a museum he visited of coconuts to protect him from accidental bonking.
Shopping For Cotton In Jaipur
Wall Street Journal reports that Conan was paid $1 million for the commercial.
Centenarian PhD
A 100-year-old Indian freedom fighter is vying to become the oldest Ph.D. student in the country. Bholaram Das has enrolled for a PhD in Gauhati
Research Sabotage
An Indian post graduate student at the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center has been convicted of sabotaging the experiments of a colleague out of
Gandhi Font
An Indian ad agency has developed a Gandhiji font in the Devanagari script, based on Mahatma Gandhi’s spectacles with the aim of “allowing us to
Premier League Cancels Two Franchises
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has yanked the Indian Premier League licenses of the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab for breaching
Don’t Monkey With Us
A contingent of langurs was deployed at the Commonwealth Games venues to chase away monkeys. Ten langurs were posted outside the boxing and hockey stadiums
No Show for Salahi Photos
People simply aren’t crashing the gates for signed photos of the Salahis who gained notoriety for crashing a White House state dinner for Indian Prime
Yoga, Unchristian?
A Southern Baptist leader is calling on Christians to spurn yoga and its meditative attachments. Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler argues in an online essay
Silencing Tabla
The restaurant’s executive chef Floyd Cardoz, who became famous for his Indian fusion cooking, will remain with Meyer’s company to work on other projects.
Offshoring Companies Take Political Hit
Democrats are denouncing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s political advertising campaign this election season for being funded by foreigners. A progressive policy group ThinkProgress has
