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Cleveland Asian Festival: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (center) with a group of Indian participants. At least three Indian groups presented classical Indian dances, drawing large
audiences. The two-day festival on May 21-22 had a strong Indian community participation. Picture below: “KathakByShweta” dance school Director Shweta Maniar with one of her students
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Asian-Indian Population
Explodes Across USA
WASHINGTON: The Indian American
population in the United States has
exploded over the past decade, far
outpacing the growth of other Asian
groups, according to the newly released
2010 Census data.
Indians have surpassed Filipinos as
the nation’s second largest Asian
population after Chinese, the data
show. In 19 of the first 26 states for
which figures were released May 15,
Indians have emerged as the largest
Asian subgroup, with especially large
majorities in the Midwest and South.
The figures for Ohio are yet to be
released.
New York and Florida, once the
biggest magnets for Indian immigrants,
have been replaced by California,
especially the area around Silicon
Valley. According to the detailed
Census demographic analysis,
California’s Indian population climbed
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68 percent from 2000 to 2010, to
528,000 people, making it by far the
largest Asian Indian community in the
U.S.
New York state’s Asian Indian
population, meanwhile, grew by 24.6
percent over the 10-year period, to
313,000.
Six of the top 10 cities that have at
least 10,000 Asian Indian residents are
in California: Cupertino, Fremont,
Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara, all in
Silicon Valley; and Livingston and Yuba
City, rural communities with large
concentrations of Sikh farmers. In each
city, at least one in seven residents is
Asian Indian.
“The growth in population is because
of job opportunities and better
education,” says Raj Bhanot, a tax
auditor for the state.
California’s
Indian-American
population has now surpassed the
Japanese and Korean communities in
size, notes Hans Johnson, a
demographer at the Public Policy
Institute of California.
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What’s Happening ........... 2
NRIs Can Vote ............... 4
Follow Your Dreams ....... 5
India Trivia Quiz .............. 5
Community News ......... 6–7
Art & Culture ............... 8–-9
Asian Festival .............. 10
Community News .......... 11
Indian Population in US... 12
Humor, Riddles .............. 13
Immigration ................... 15
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American Federation of Muslims
of Indian Origin (AFMI)
Zahid Siddiqui (440) 238-3796
Association of Indian Physicians
of Northern Ohio (AIPNO)
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Bengali Cultural Society
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Satish Mahna (216) 228-1168
American Society of Engineers
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International Services Center presents the 22nd Annual International Folk Festival
Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:00–6:00 PM at Wade Oval in University Circle
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Bharati Cultural Society
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Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation
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FICA
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Gujarati Samaj of Grt. Cleveland
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Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Society
Surinder Singh Chauhan (440)243-8439
Punjabi
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Indian Classical Music Society
Ravi Gaonkar (440) 838-6414
India-Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Radhika Reddy (216) 344-9441
Jain Society of Greater Cleveland
Shanti Jain (440) 498-8234
Kasturi Kannada Society
Janardhan Kamath (440) 498-8748
Kerala Association of Ohio
Anil Kumar 440-572-9571
NE Ohio Marathi Mandal(NEOMM)
Jay Masurekar (202) 436-0997
Marwari Association
Sushila Mohanka (330) 598-0642
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Orissa Society of America
Punjabi
Khed Mela
with Live Concert
Saturday, June 25
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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1494 E. Aurora Road
Macedonia, OH 44056
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Punjabi Cultural Society
Barjinder Dhanoa (216) 650-2311
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Cleveland Neelam Gill 440-201-3460
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Akron 330-836-7777
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2915 Laurel Rd, Brunswick
OH 44212 Phone: (330) 220-4020
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13354 Pearl Road, Strongsville,
OH 44136 Phone: (440) 238-2222
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OH 44286 Phone: 330-659-0832
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Perception Isn’t Always Reality
Tenth Annual Understanding Diversity Workshop organized by the FBI
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8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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INDIA
INTERNATIONAL
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 5
JUNE, 2011
PUBLISHER & EDITOR
Prakash N. Sinha
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India’s Southern Promises
A region that is more vibrant economically, and also
more appreciative of relations with the U.S.
Chennai, India:
Forty miles south of Chennai, in
India’s south, on the Bay of Bengal,
lies Mahabalipuram. Today it is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site,
abounding in temples and massive
frescoes, all cut from solid rock.
Yet in the seventh century, when
carvers began chiseling out the
temples, this was India’s portal to
Southeast Asia.
From here, trade networks
reached as far as Indonesia,
spreading Indian goods along with
the influence of the ruling Pallava
kingdom.
More than a millennium later,
Mahabalipuram’s legacy lives on in
Chennai, formerly Madras and now
India’s fourth-largest city. Located
in the southern state of Tamil Nadu,
Chennai remains India’s gateway
to the Indo-Pacific region.
This city and this region are
deeply embedded in the global
supply chain and trading network.
It is here that American businesses
are finding some of their largest
markets.
It is also the place where U.S.
policy makers may find the greatest
opportunities for building the U.S.India relationship, especially given
New Delhi’s recent mixed signals
about its interest in closer ties with
America.
Most Americans think of northern
or western India when they
consider the rise of the world’s
largest democracy. New Delhi, the
political capital, and Mumbai, the
financial one, regularly receive
Western visitors. India’s tense
relationship with Pakistan draws
attention to its northwest borders,
while its ongoing territorial troubles
with China similarly center on its
far northern boundaries.
Yet India’s north is poorer and
less developed than the south.
During my visit, Maoist rebels in the
northeast ambushed and killed 11
policemen, while farmers in Uttar
Pradesh state, near Delhi,
rampaged against police, killing
some and holding state officials
hostage.
That’s not to say that the south
of the subcontinent isn’t plagued by
poverty. Still, it is more educated
than the north and is home to some
of India’s most vibrant cities and
industries.
Bangalore, located several
hundred miles west of Chennai, is
the center of the country’s space
and IT sectors. Kerala state, also
to Chennai’s west, boasts of nearuniversal literacy in a country in
which only 74% of the populace
can read.
Tamil Nadu hosts hundreds of
universities and colleges—from the
University of Madras, founded by
the British in 1857, to tiny technical
schools located in crumbling
buildings.
By Michael Auslin
While it is hard to believe that
many of the state’s 532 engineering
colleges provide an education
comparable to their larger
counterparts, they nonetheless
testify to the region’s focus on
education.
This climate is drawing leading
global companies to Chennai. Long
after the region served as the
gateway to Asia, it became the
original home of the East India
Company during the 1640s.
Madras’s cosmopolitanism grew
throughout the centuries of British
rule. The East India Company has
been succeeded by Ford, Hyundai,
Nissan and auto-components
manufacturer BorgWarner, to name
a few of the corporations that have
made Chennai known as the
“Detroit of the East.”
Indeed, the automotive industry is
one of Chennai’s standouts, just as
IT shapes Bangalore. India is the
world’s largest small-car market,
and Ford, for example, has seen
growth of sales quadruple since
2009.
Chennai is the small-car hub for
the region for Ford, a senior
company executive tells me, and
from here it exports cars, engines
and components to Africa, Oceania
and Japan. Suzuki, BMW, Hyundai
and others similarly produce in
Chennai hundreds of thousands of
cars and motorcycles, making this
city and its surroundings one of
India’s most vibrant economic
clusters.
American companies are clearly
but one part of the landscape here.
N. Srinivasan, head of the Tamil
Nadu branch of the Indo-American
Chamber of Commerce, stresses
that the Chennai region is
increasingly linked to a broadening
Asian network.
Over 900 Australian companies
operate in the region, he tells me.
And of the 120,000 Indian students
who go to Australia to study—onefifth more than those who travel to
the U.S.—those from Tamil Nadu,
native speakers of the Tamil
language, can interact with the
Indian diaspora in Malaysia,
Singapore and Indonesia, since
most of those expatriates speak the
same language.
One Asian country that draws
negative remarks is China. I am told
by various executives and officials
that China poses the greatest threat
to Indian economic growth. It
undercuts prices and is not
considered a reliable supplier of
goods.
Yet, in the long-run, argues a
managing director of BorgWarner,
India’s production costs are more
competitive than China’s, since its
quality is higher and it will have a
younger, more educated work force
far into the future.
In particular, the south will lead the
way, he and other businessmen tell
me, with skilled labor and
managerial capacity.
Not all is rosy, of course. Many of
India’s graduates are functionally
illiterate, though perhaps less so in
the south. This part of the country
is plagued by the same poor
infrastructure as the rest.
Poverty here is similarly appalling,
not only in Chennai’s slums, but
throughout the city, where makeshift
lean-to’s butt up against the walls
of the Madras High Court.
Corruption is also a factor here:
The daughter of the state’s chief
minister is currently under
indictment for bribe-taking in a
national telecom scandal, a charge
she denies. Graft had become an
issue in the recent elections.
Yet there is a dynamism in
Chennai that should attract
American (and other foreign)
companies. The real growth, I’m
told, is in the small and medium
enterprise sector.
American SMEs can find willing
Indian partners, and be assured of
an Anglo-inspired system of law to
protect their rights, unlike in China.
Over the next decade, perhaps
Washington should focus on this
part of the country, creating
business opportunities (Chennai’s
consulate already handles more
work visas than others in India) and
fostering cultural ties with the local
communities, instead of concentrating solely on New Delhi’s
recent rejection of U.S. entrants for
a major fighter plane contract and
the scuttling of the heralded civilian
nuclear deal.
Moreover, staff of the U.S.
Consulate tell me, people in the
south have much more positive
images of America than their
countrymen do in the north.
Touring Fort St. George, first
headquarters of the East India
Company, I run into a French
couple. He is helping build
Michelin’s •1 billion ($1.43 billion)
tire plant in Chennai, which will be
their hub for Asia.
Nearly 400 years after the British
first arrived to trade in Madras, the
opportunities of the Indian south
remain bountiful.
The lesson here is that Americans
will benefit most if they focus where
they are wanted. In the long run, that
will create a more stable IndoAmerican relationship that could
lead to true partnership.
Mr. Auslin is the director of Japan
studies at the American Enterprise
Institute and a columnist for
WSJ.com. He is the author of
“Pacific Cosmopolitans: A Cultural
History of U.S.-Japan Relations”
(Harvard University Press, 2011).
(Courtesy of The Wall Street
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Dalai Lama
Relinquishes
Political Power
Dharamsala, India: Tibetan
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama
has formally relinquished his
political and administrative role by
signing amendments to the
Constitution of the Tibetan
government-in-exile.
The amendments, mostly
pertaining to political and
administrative powers vested with
75-year-old Dalai Lama, were
debated during the special three
day session of the Tibetan
Parliament and presented to the
Dalai Lama, who accepted them
on May 29, 2011, said Tenzin
Norbu, Tibetan Parliament
Spokesperson.
After the approval of the
amendments to Tibetan Charter
(Constitution) by Dalai Lama, “All
political powers formerly held
jointly by him and the Central
Tibetan Administration (CTA) to
represent and serve the whole
people of Tibet, are now vested in
the CTA and in particular its
democratic leadership and Dalai
Lama would only remain the
spiritual head as per his wishes,”
he said.
During the special session from
May 26 to 28, the Parliament
approved a new preamble and
inherent rights and responsibilities
to be assigned to the Dalai Lama
under Article 1 of the charter.
Under Article 1, the Dalai Lama
is the “Protector and Symbol of
Tibet and Tibetan People” and his
duties would be to provide advice
and encouragement with respect
to protection and promotion of
physical, spiritual, ethical and
cultural well being of the Tibetan
people, to remain engaged in
efforts to reach a satisfactory
solution to the question of Tibet
and to accomplish the cherished
goals of the Tibetan people.
He will provide suggestions in
various forms to the Assembly of
Tibetan Peoples’ Deputies and
Kashag (council of ministers) in
matters of importance to the
Tibetan people, including the
community and its institutions in
exile, at his own initiative or at the
request of those bodies.
The Dalai Lama will meet with
world leaders and other important
individuals to speak on behalf of
the Tibetans, to explain and
discuss their concerns and needs
as well as to designate
representatives and special
envoys appointed by the cabinet
to serve the interests of the
Tibetan people in any part of the
world, according to the approved
amendments.
The powers vested with the
Dalai Lama as head of the
executive under Article 19 have
been delegated to the Prime
Minister, who is now empowered
to approve and promulgate bills
and regulations passed by the
Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile while
other responsibilities have been
devolved to the parliament and the
judiciary.
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state in addition to the Preamble and Article 1 which
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T
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Friday 29 April through May 1, 2011. A 27-member
Reception Committee was formed to look after the grandiose
preparation of the convention which was held at Days Inn
Conference Center, 4742 Brecksville Road, Richfield, and at
Brecksville Middle School, Mill Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
The grand inauguration of the Convention was kicked-off
by Dr. Anoop Kapoor, the convener of the convention on April
29 with a creative and innovative musical play “3000 Years
of Hindi Bhasha ki Yatra” staged by the local chapter of the
Hindi Association.
The gala evening included captivating dances and
melodious music directed by Dr. Sneh Raj. More than 80
children and adults performed various mesmerizing dances.
This was followed by a Kavi Sammelan where poets from
various chapters of IHA recited poems. The poets included
Maha Kavi Gulab Khandelwal, the IHA President and Sri
Surendra Nath Tiwari.
The second day of the event included various workshops
to promote the teaching of Hindi in public schools. Various
thoughts were presented for teaching of Hindi while the
students have fun in the process of learning. Mrs. Kiran
Khaitan organized various workshops like “Khel Khel mein
Hindi Shiksha,” “Hindi Shiksha ko Ruchikar kaise banayen,”
“Typing Hindi on Computer,” etc.
The two-day event included a rip-roaring Hasya Kavi
Sammelan on the second day. The poets were some of the
most famous from India and included Dr. Vishnu Saxena, Sri
Sarvesh Asthana, Dr. Praveen Shukla, and poetess Ms.
Kamal Musaddi.
A full auditorium thoroughly enjoyed the four-hour evening
of non-stop hasya kavita (humor poetry).
Guests arrived from various states of the USA and from
India. The Team IHA Convention 2011 worked diligently with
the logistics of picking up guests and providing them
accommodation.
The keynote speaker of the event Sri Kesari Nath Tripathi,
past Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha captivated
the hearts of audience with his motivating speech. Dr. Ranbir
(Continued on Page 12)
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At the Kavi Sammelan: Dr. Kamal Musaddi (Poetess), Sri Sarvesh Asthana (Poet), Dr. Vishnu Saxena (Poet), Dr. Praveen
Shukla (Poet)
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Nand Lal Singh, Dr. Praveen Shukla (Poet), Dr. Rakesh Ranjan, Mr. Ashok Khandelwal, Mr. Anil Gupta, Mr. Raghubir Goyal, Dr. Munna Lal Agarwal, Mr. Kamal Khandelwal, Mr. Manju Kant
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Khandelwal, Dr. Satish Misra, Sri Sarvesh Asthana (Poet), Dr. Vishnu Saxena (Poet), Mr. Alok Misra, Mrs. Suniti Misra, Mr. Yagya Prasad Tiwari.
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First Annual Convention
Picture above, from left
to right: Dr. Satheesh
Kathula (Secretary, AIPO);
Dr. Gautam Samadder
(Vice President, AIPO); Dr.
Ajeet Singhavi (President,
AAPI); Dr. Deepak Kumar
(President Elect, Ohio
State Medical Association);
Dr. Sunita Kanumury
(President Elect, AAPI); Dr.
Satish Mahna (President,
AIPO); Dr. Prashanth
Kesav (Treasurer, AIPO).
Left: AIPO President Dr
Satish Mahna addresses
the convention delegates
and guests.
Memorable AIPO First Convention
A
large number of
Indian American
physicians from all
over Ohio gathered in
Cleveland May 20-21, 2011
at
Wyndham
Hotel,
downtown Cleveland to hold
the first annual convention of
their newly-formed statewide
organization, Association of
Indian Physicians of Ohio
(AIPO).
“The
first
annual
convention represents a
moment of excitement and
joy for all Indian physicians in
Ohio, after the major sister
chapters in Ohio came
together to form AIPO,” said
Dr Satish Mahna, a founder
and the first President of
AIPO.
“We have succeeded in
bringing together the Indian
physicians of Ohio, as AIPO
fills a glaring void in our
representation as prior to its
existence there was no
means by which we could
convey our perspective at the
state level,” he said.
Besides bolstering the
regional sister organizations
through proactive support,
AIPO will effectively address
the missing link between the
national organization AAPI
(American Association of
Physicians of Indian Origin)
and its local chapters. “A
united front will ensure that
physicians are able to
address fundamental issues
facing the community at local,
regional and national levels,”
said Dr. Mahna.
Speaking at the convention
dinner at State Theater May
21, AAPI President Dr. Ajeet
Singhavi praised Dr. Mahna’s
successful
efforts
in
organizing AIPO.
Several speakers made
special mention of Mrs. Ritu
Mahna, wife of Dr. Satish
Mahna, who successfully
organized the convention on
a grand scale.
Indeed, the First Annual
Convention of AIPO in
JUNE, 2011
Cleveland was a great
success. The Karaoke/dance
program on May 20 evening
was
attended
by
approximately 200 people.
May 21 morning CME was
well attended.
The evening dinner on the
stage of the State Theater
was
attended
by
approximately 400 people.
In attendance, among
others, were Honorable Ron
Young
(Ohio
State
Representative); Mrs. Kathy
Young; Dr. Ajit Singhvi
(President National AAPI);
Dr. Sunita Kanumury
(President-Elect National
AAPI); Dr. Deepak Kumar
(President-Elect of OSMA
and Past President of Ohio
State Medical Board); Dr.
Richard Ellison (Past
President, Ohio State
Medical Association); Mr. Jeff
Smith
(Director
Governmental Relations,
OSMA); Dr. Laura David
(Past
President
of
AMCNOMA); Dr. James
Sechler (President-Elect
AMCNOMA); Dr. Elizabeth
Balraj (Former Coroner of
Cuyahoga County); Dr. Anant
Bhati (Coroner Hamilton
County; Past President, Ohio
State Medical Board); Dr.
Darshan Mahajan (Member
and Vice President of Ohio
State Medical Board); Dr. D.
Madia (Member and Past
President of the Ohio State
Medical Board).
Also present was Dr.
Mohan
Bafna,
a
distinguished member of the
Cleveland Indian community.
The Association of Indian
Physicians of Northern Ohio
(AIPNO) was represented by
Dr. Appachi (President Elect),
Dr.
Rajesh
Sharma
(Treasurer) and Members of
the Board of Trustees.
Dr. Parshotam Gupta, Dr.
Mohan Durve, Dr. Chandra
Haria, Dr. Ashok Patil, Dr.
Girish Mulgaokar, Dr.Aji
Shah, Dr. Sanjay Parikh, Dr.
Shailesh Nanavati, Dr.
Sangita Mehta and Dr. Satish
Mahna, Past Presidents of
AIPNO, attended the
Convention.
Local Chapters from
Cincinnati,
Columbus,
Dayton and Youngstown/
Warren
were
well
represented
by
their
members and leadership.
“It is a matter of pride for
the Indian community and
physicians for having come
together in such a large
number in support of the
Association of Indian
Physicians of Ohio (AIPO).
The AIPO leadership
applauds their support. Let
us stay together and make
a difference for the future
generation,” said Dr.
Satish Mahna.
The May 21 evening
concert by Sonu Nigam at
Palace Theater was
almost sold out. People
from all over Ohio, Toronto
(Canada), Philadelphia/
Pittsburgh, as well as West
Virginia came to the show.
And Sonu presented a
fabulous concert. –PS
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Mr. Vinny Gupta, a business
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entrepreneur in Northeast
Ohio, has been named by
Governor John Kasich to
the Ohio Board of Regents.
This is the first of its kind
appointment of an Asian
Indian in the country.
Born in India, Gupta has
lived and worked in
Northeast Ohio for the past
32 years. He began his
career at Gould Inc.,
progressing to Director of
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Mr. Gupta has contributed
to his community with equal
enthusiasm. He was the
founding President of both
Ohio Cast Metals Association
and the Asian Indian Alliance
(AIA), the latter being a
consortium of major Asian
Indian business owners in
Ohio. He currently serves as
AIA’s president. He is a
recipient of the Minority
Entrepreneur of the Year
award from City of Cleveland.
Gupta holds a Bachelors
degree in Chemistry from
Bombay University, a
Bachelors
degree
in
metallurgical engineering
from
Michigan
Technological University
and a Masters degree in
metallurgical engineering
from Case Western Reserve
University.
Gupta has been appointed
to a five-year term on the
Ohio Board of Regents.
The nine-member advisory
board provides policy
guidance to the Governor
and the Ohio General
Assembly, advocates for the
University System of Ohio
and carries out state higher
education policy.
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Sonu Rocks Cleveland
Indian Painter
M.F. Hussain
Dies in London
From left to right: Sanjay Desh
Popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam presented a fabulous
show at the Palace Theater downtown Cleveland May 21,
2011 to an audience of well over 2,000 people.
LONDON: Legendary Indian artist
Maqbool Fida Husain, popularly
known as ‘Picasso of India’ who
earned both fame and wrath for his
paintings, died here on June 9,
2011 at a hospital following over a
month-long illness. He was 95.
Husain breathed his last at the
Royal Brompton Hospital where he
was admitted after being in
“indifferent health.”
The painter, whose works fetched
astronomical sums at the recent
Bonham’s auctions - the highest for
any Indian artist, was living abroad
since 2006 after a series of legal
cases and death threats against
him over his paintings depicting
Hindu goddesses in nude.
He accepted Qatari citizenship in
2010 after surrendering his Indian
passport and till the last was
reticent on whether he would return
to his homeland.
Husain’s paintings of Hindu
goddesses Durga and Saraswati
invited the wrath of Hindu groups.
In February 2006, Husain was
charged with hurting sentiments of
people because of his nude
portraits of Hindu gods and
goddesses.
In the wake of legal challenges
in India, Husain had been living
abroad in self-imposed exile since
2006.
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music lovers were treated to an
outstanding concert by noted vocalist
Smt. Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar, held
under the auspices of the Indian
Classical Music Society (ICMS) at the
Bamboo Garden restaurant auditorium
on May 14, 2011.
Smt. Kelkar is one of the younger and
respected artists of the famed JaipurAtauli Gharana style of Hindustani
Classical music. She is a disciple of Pt.
Madhusudan Kanetkar, himself a direct
disciple of Ustad Bhurji Khan. She is
gifted with a very rich, mellifluous voice,
backed by many years of rigorous
training in Aakaar, Swara aalapana and
intricate laykari (rhythmic variations).
This has earned her accolades in every
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Indian Community
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Art, Culture, Food
A highlight of the Cleveland Asian Festival was
a strong participation by the Indian community
in Greater Cleveland.
The Indian classical and folk dances Kathak,
Bharatnatyam and Bhangra presentations on
the two stages drew large crowds.
The festival attracted 25,000+ people. Many
folks who flocked the festival had a taste of
India at the food court where four Indian restaurants had their stalls doing brisk business.
Photo by Dan Nottage
Photo by Dan Nottage
Righto left: India International Editor Prakash Sinha,
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and City Hall Asian
Liaison Le Nguyen at the festival May 21, 2011.
From left to right: Abhijit Kaushik (Sewa Shangrila Weavers Project Manager), Mayor Jackson, Mongal Maya (Bhutanese
refugee weaver), and Prof. Sree N. Sreenath, National President of Sewa International.
Seva International has provided great help and support to Bhutanese refugees from Nepal, helping them to acquire
basic education and skills to make a living and be economically independent. Besides providing them handlooms, they
also supply them wollen yarns and help marketing their finished product. Mayor Jackson visited their booth where
Prof. Sreenath explained how a few hundreds Bhutanese refugees are trying to find their feet in the city of Cleveland.
Hundreds of Bhutanese refugees have arrived from Nepal in Cleveland during the last two years.
Samosa Eating Competition at the festival: Winner eats 10 large samosas in 9.02 minutes
Back row, left to right: Lisa Wong, Hao Zhou, 3rd place winner Emily Kwong, (first place winner Mike Koch (AKA The Rapture), 2nd place winner Alex Madorsky (AKA The
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Ms. Sujatha Srinivasan introduces students from her Indian classical dance school. They presented a few dance items at the Asian festival
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JUNE, 2011
COMMUNITY NEWS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Hindi Spelling Bee participants and judges at India Sunday School in Akron. The school has been running at Akron University for 30 years.
Hindi Spelling Bee at
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“Our annual spelling bee is
one way in which the parents
can see what the students
are learning. The spelling
bee gives the students the
opportunity to demonstrate
their ability to listen, translate
and write from English to
Hindi. Our spelling bee is
different from regular spelling
bees in that it gives the
student more opportunities to
prepare and compete, said
Mrs. Kiran Khaitan, the
Director of the school.
There are two parts to the
spelling bee. The first is
completed in the classroom
on paper. The students have
a list of both words and
phrases that they are
required to translate. In the
second part, the family is
invited to watch five rounds
in which the students are
required to translate one
word into Hindi and also write
the word in Hindi.
There were three judges
and points were awarded for
each correct answer.
“The students are highly
motivated and competitive
and they not only learn Hindi
vocabulary but also public
speaking. Our students
should be commended for
their effort. We are very
proud
of
their
accomplishments, said Ms
Khaitan.
The India Sunday School
has been running for 30
years, teaching Hindi to
children and promoting
Indian classical dance and
music and Indian culture in
general.
For more information about
Hindi classes and the spelling
Bee, please e-mail to:
kirankhaitan@yahoo.com
For more information about
the school, please visit
visit:www.indiasundayschool.com
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NATIONAL ENGLISH SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP
Indian Girl Aces ‘cymotrichous’ to Win Spelling Bee
WASHINGTON: Spelling “cymotrichous” correctly (having
wavy hair), Indian American Sukanya Roy won the 2011
Scripps National Spelling Bee crown June 2 to retain the
coveted honor for the Indian community in US for the fourth
year in a row.
Sukanya Roy, 14, an eighth-grader at Abington Heights
Middle School, Pennsylvania, said she knew as soon as she
heard “cymotrichous” that she’d get the word right and win
the championship.
“My heart started pounding, I guess,” she said. “I couldn’t
believe it. . It’s just amazing. It’s hard to put into words.”
JUNE, 2011
It was Roy’s third trip to the national spelling bee, and she
had credited her past experience with keeping her calm and
relaxed heading into the finals. She tied for 12th place in 2009
and 20th place in 2010.
Roy is the ninth Indian-American in the last 13 years, a run
that began when Nupur Lala captured the crown in 1999 and
was later featured in the documentary “Spellbound.”
The winner will be awarded a $30,000 cash prize, a trophy,
a $2,500 US savings bond, a complete reference library, a
$5,000 scholarship and $2,600 in reference works and other
prizes.
INDIA INTERNATIONAL
Cleveland’s Anamika Veeramani had scored a hat-trick for
Indian-Americans in taking the crown last year.
Sukanya Roy was one of the six Indian Americans - Sriram
Hathwar, Arvind Mahankali, Prakash Mishra, Mashad Arora,
and Dhivya Senthil Murugan - who made it to the last 13 in
this year’s finals.
The youngest finalist was 10-year-old Dhivya Murugan of
Denver, who was born in India.
Laura Newcombe of Toronto was the runner-up. The 12year-old was trying to become the first Canadian to win the
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NEWS FROM ACROSS AMERICA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Indian Americans: Fastest
Growing Immigrant Group
I
ndian-Americans are among the fastest growing immigrant
groups in the United States. According to the 2010 Census
results, the Indian population in the US has increased
exponentially over a past few years to become the second
largest population group after Chinese.
The data released for 26 states (as on May 15) shows that
the number of Indian-Americans in those states put together is
661,799.
Indian-Americans are one of the wealthiest and besteducated communities in the United States. With an average
annual growth rate of 10.5%, it makes Americans from India
and their descendants the fastest growing ethnic group in the
U.S.
VITAL STATISTICS
The Indian-American population has gone up by more than
80% in last one decade in the states of Florida, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Kentucky.
In last 10 years, the Indian-American population has grown
by 68% in California.
In New York City while the population of the city increased by
12.5%, the Asian-Indian population increased by 24.6%.
In the Bay Area of nine counties, the Indian population has
grown by 53%.
India sent the third largest number of immigrants in 2010.
69,162 people of Indian origin obtained legal permanent
resident status in 2010.
Indian companies played a crucial role during the recession
by employing 60,000 people across 40 states.
They have been instrumental in acquisitions worth $6 billion
since 2005 and have also employed thousands of fresh US
college graduates.
15% - percentage of Silicon Valley start-up firms owned by
Indian-Americans.
59.9% of Indian-Americans work in top managerial positions.
Average yearly income of an Indian worker is $51,904.
More than 300,000 Indian-Americans work in the Information
Technology sector.
$69,470 - the median income of Indian-American families,
nearly double the median income of all American families —
$38,885
200,000 - the number of Indian-American millionaires (Source:
Merrill Lynch).
The purchasing power of the community is $25 billion.
Nearly 10% of the physicians in the US are of Indian origin.
Around 35% of the hotels in the country are owned by Indians.
More than 5000 Indian-Americans serve as faculties in the
universities across America.
104,897 Indian students enrolled in US universities in 20092010.
68290 students enrolled for Post graduate studies, while
15192 enrolled for under graduate studies.
64.4% - percentage of Indian-Americans over the age of 25
who have a college degree (BA or higher).
Indian-Americans also have a huge marked presence in the
national and local political arena. At least 12 candidates won
various elections in 2010.
Of the total non-farm business owned by the Asians, the
Indians own close to 1/5 of the business in America and have
earned over $150 billion in revenue.
Indian-Americans owned 19.9% of the total Asian firms with
a value of $152.5 billion and a recorded growth of 38.2 % in
2007.
Over 50% of the H1-B and L visas are issued in India.
Over 900,000 Hotel rooms - Asian-Americans currently own
50 percent of the economy lodging sector and 37 percent of all
hotels (Source: Asian American Hotel Owners Association).
(Watch out for more updates as data is released in a phased
manner by the US Census Bureau.)
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Indian-American Population
Rises 80% in Southern States
(Continued from Page 1)
“We know from other data that it’s
the best-educated population—
more likely, for example, to be
college-educated than whites.”
Chinese continue to be
California’s largest Asian group,
with 1.25 million people.
In the South, meanwhile, the
Indian American population
increased by more than 80
percent in four states –
Florida, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Kentucky–
and more than doubled in a
fifth state, Georgia.
The population of Indian
Americans in Florida rose from
70,740 in 2000 to 128,735 in 2010,
an increase of 82 percent. Indians
are the largest Asian group in
Florida, far ahead of Filipinos, at
90,223.
In Georgia, the number of Asian
Indians surged to 96,116, versus
46,132 in 2000. The next largest
Asian populations were Koreans
(52, 431), and Chinese and
Vietnamese (virtually tied at around
45,000).
In South Carolina, where Nikki
Haley, the daughter of Sikh
immigrants, is governor, the Asian
Indian population grew from 8,856
to 15,941. Filipinos are the second-
Indian Population in US
Estimated to be 2.8 mln.
According to the results of the 2010
U.S. Census released by the U.S.
Census Bureau [8], the Asian Indian
population in the United States grew
from almost 1,679,000 in 2000 to
2,843,391 in 2010: a growth rate of
69.35%, the highest for any Asian
American community, and among the
fastest growing ethnic groups in the
United States.
In 2009, the New York City
Metropolitan Area, consisting of
New York City and adjacent areas
within New York State as well as
nearby areas within the states of
New Jersey, Connecticut, and
Pennsylvania, was home to
approximately 600,000 Indian
Americans, comprising by far the
largest Indian American population
of any metropolitan area in the
United States.
As of August 2009, Indian airline
carriers Air India and Jet Airways
as well as United States airline
carrier Continental Airlines were all
offering flights from the New York
City Metropolitan Area to and from
India. At least eightteen Indian
American enclaves characterized
as a Little India have emerged in
the New York City Metropolitan
Area.
Other metropolitan areas with
large Indian American populations
include Atlanta, Washington/
Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, North
Carolina, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Houston, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco/San
Jose/Oakland.
INDIA INTERNATIONAL
largest Asian group, at 10,053, and
Chinese third at 9,686.
Tennessee’s population of 23,000
Asian Indians represented an 86
per cent increase from the 2000
count.
The second-biggest Asian group
in the state—18,867 people—was
the category “Other Asians.”
Chinese were third among Asian
groups with 15,415 and Vietnamese
fourth at 10,033.
The Asian groups listed
separately in newly released
census data are: Asian Indian,
Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese,
Korean and Japanese. All other
Asians were grouped together in the
“Other Asian” category, unless listed
in mixed race cohorts.
In Kentucky, the Asian Indian
population shot up 84.6 percent
from 2000 to 2010, going from
6,771 to 12,501. Chinese were
second with 9,051 residents and
“Other Asians” totaled 8,103.
Massachusetts went from 43,801
to 77,177 Asian Indians, a rise of
76.2 percent. Indian Americans,
who constitute 1.2 percent of the
total population, are the second
largest Asian group in the state after
Chinese (122,957).
Indian Americans in Michigan
grew from 54,656 to 77,132 in the
decade, making them the largest
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Asian group in the state, with
Chinese a distant second at 44,496.
In New Mexico, Chinese are the
most numerous Asian group with
5,729 residents, followed by
Filipinos (4,963), Vietnamese
(4,723) and Asian Indians (4,550).
There were just 3,104 Asian Indians
counted in the state in 2000.
Vietnamese are the largest Asian
group in Mississippi with 7,025
enumerated in 2010, followed by
Indians at 5,494, up from 3,827
counted in 2000.
In Fremont, Indian-American
population has nearly doubled
during the past decade, surpassing
Los Angeles to become the secondlargest Indian community in the
state.
Indians now number 38,711, or
18.1 percent of Fremont’s
population, outstripping, for the first
time, the Chinese population of
38,118, or 17.8 percent.
Nearly all Asian nationalities have
increased in number throughout the
East Bay, but none has grown as
fast as Indian Americans, whose
population soared 74 percent to
94,606 in Alameda and Contra
Costa counties.
In Maine, the Asian Indian
population went from 1,021 to
1,959, which is an increase of 91.9
percent.
Spelling Bee
bee, but she went out on the word “sorites,” her look of concentration
turning suddenly to a sad one when she realized she’d misspelled it.
Canadians have been a strong presence at the competition for many years
and have had several close calls, with Nate Gartke of Alberta also finishing
second in 2007.
The spelling bee kids just keep getting better and better. Even words
like chlorthalidone,” “dreikanter,” “renminbi” and “helichrysum” couldn’t
sufficiently narrow down the field in the semifinals, which needed 95
minutes of overtime to whittle the competitors from 41 to 13.
The week began with 275 spellers. A written test May 31 and two oral
rounds June 1 reduced the field for the semifinals.
According to the Scripps Spelling Bee’s website, this year brought
contenders ranging in age from 8 to 15 years old from all over the world.
The bee began the finals by remembering its first two champions. With
Jeopardy uber-champion Ken Jennings and eight former winners in the
house, the bee paid tribute to Frank Neuhauser and Pauline Bell, who
both died in their 90s recently. Neuhauser won in 1925 with the word
“gladiolus” and Bell won in 1926 with the “cerise,” so bee officials placed
an arrangement of cerise-colored gladioli at the base of the trophy pedestal
onstage.
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Hindi
Singh, Counsellor from the Embassy of India in his address promised full
support to provide help and assistance for promoting Hindi.
Dr. Anoop Kapoor, the Convener of the IHA Convention, dedicated the
event in memory of Dr. Mahadeo Chand, and said that Dr. Chand, the
original convener, was pivotal in bringing this event to town.
Dr. Chand died suddenly of a massive heart attack earlier in April. He
worked incessantly for the cause of Hindi promotion and was awarded
Hindi Ratn, the highest honor from IHA. The award was presented
posthumously to his wife Mrs. Sushila Mohanka, also the IHA Presidentelect 2012-13. Mrs. Mohanka prepared Smarika, a booklet with various
details of the association, for distribution to the audience.
The web-site www.IHAConvention2011.com prepared by Mr. Akash
Kapoor was pivotal in providing complete details and contact information,
including Registration Form and the Program of Events.
One guest commented, “This is the best IHA Convention I ever attended.
The bar has now moved higher for future!”
The fun-filled weekend included mouth watering food and snacks —
breakfast, lunch, dinner, and much more. The event was hosted by the
Northeast Ohio Chapter of the International Hindi Association, and the
theme of this convention was: Education of Hindi in the Next Generation.
JUNE, 2011
Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.
–Mark Twain
Days in Jail
Patents
An 80 year old woman
was arrested for shop
lifting.
When she went before
the judge in Cincinnati he
asked her, “What did you
steal?”
She replied, “A can of
peaches.”
The judge then asked
her why she had stolen
the can of peaches and
she replied that she was
hungry.
The judge then asked
her how many peaches
were in the can.
She replied, “6.”
The judge said, “Then I
will give you 6 days in
jail.”
The woman’s husband
asked the judge if he
could say something.
The judge said, “What
is it?”
The husband said, “She
also stole a can of peas.”
A man goes along to the
Patent Office with some
of his new designs.
The loss of engines
Two blondes were flying
to Miami from Cleveland.
Fifteen minutes into the
flight, the captain
announced, “One of the
engines has failed and
He says to the clerk,
“I’d like to register my
new invention. It’s a
folding bottle.”
I used to think I was indecisive,
but now I’m not so sure.
the flight will be an hour
longer. But don’t worry
we have three engines
left”.
Thirty minutes later,
the captain announced,
“One more engine has
failed and the flight will
be two hours longer. But
don’t worry we have two
engines left”.
An hour later, the
captain announced, “One
more engine has failed
and the flight will be
three hours longer. But
don’t worry we have one
engine left”.
One blonde looked at
the other blonde and
said, “If we lose one
more engine, we’ll be up
here all day”
HEALTH BENEFITS
OF LAUGHTER
♦ Reduces stress
♦ Lowers blood
pressure
♦ Elevates mood
♦ Boosts immune
system
♦ Improves brain
functioning
♦ Protects the heart
♦ Connects you to
others
♦ Fosters instant
relaxation
♦ Makes you feel
good
So make sure you get
your daily dosage of
laughter every day!
Medical Error
At the outpatient
surgery center where I
work, the anesthesiologist often chatted
with patients before
their operations to help
them relax.
One day he thought he
recognized a woman as a
co-worker at the VA
hospital where he had
trained.
When the patient
confirmed that his hunch
was correct, he said, “So,
tell me, is the food still
as bad there as it used
to be?”
“Well, I suppose,” she
replied, “I’m still cooking
it.”
Taking Action Against High Gas Prices
Now that President Obama
has taken care of Osama bin
Laden, it’s time for him to
do something about rising
gas prices.
All the conventional
methods have failed, so
Obama needs to do
something drastic: send a
team to “negotiate” with oil
company executives. I
suggest Navy SEAL Team
Six.
I hope to turn on my TV
one of these days and see
Obama making an important
announcement again:
“Good evening. Tonight, I
can report to the American
people and to the world that
the United States has
conducted an operation
that killed the wanton
greed of Exxon Mobil,
British Petroleum and
Chevron, as well as oil
companies in the Middle
East. Together, these
companies are responsible
for millions of sad faces at
fuel pumps around the
world.
It was nearly 130 years
ago that the first gasolinepowered automobiles were
produced in Germany, with
Henry Ford and other
Americans introducing their
own versions not long after.
Little did they know that
when they gave up on horsedrawn carriages in the name
of
progress,
their
descendants were doomed
to stare at gas-pump prices
with faces as long as
horses’.
Over the last 10 years, we
have seen gas prices
gradually inch upwards, and
we have scratched our
heads to try to understand
many of these increases. It
was reasonable, the
experts told us, that gas
prices would increase when
we went to war in Iraq. But
my fellow Americans, was it
reasonable that gas prices
would increase when Oprah
went on a diet?
Was it reasonable that
gas prices would increase
when David Beckham got a
new tattoo? Was it
reasonable that gas prices
would increases when
Angelina Jolie got a new
baby?
Of course not! But these
were some of the many
excuses for oil company
executives to increase
prices and boost their
profits, while laughing at us
for not only paying high
prices at the gas pumps but
also doing all the pumping
ourselves. And so shortly
after taking office, I
LIFE CAN BE SO FUNNY !
Melvin Durai is a
Winnipeg-based writer
and humorist. Born in
India and raised in
Zambia, he has lived in
North America since
1982. Through the
Internet, his column is
read by thousands of
people in more than 90
countries.
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The Humor of Melvin Durai
directed Leon Panetta, the
director of the CIA, to
make the killing of oil
company greed the top
priority of our war against
high gas prices, even as we
continued our broader
efforts
to
disrupt,
dismantle and defeat their
evil network.
Then, last August, after
years of painstaking work
by
our
intelligence
community, I was briefed
on a possible solution to
high gas prices. It was far
from certain, and it took
many months to run this
thread to ground. I met
repeatedly with my national
security team as we
developed more information
about the possibility that
we could corner oil company
executives
within
a
compound deep inside of
Pakistan. And finally, last
week, I determined that we
had enough intelligence to
take action, and authorized
an operation to surround oil
company executives in
Pakistan and scare the
living daylights out of them.
Today, at my direction,
the United States launched
a targeted operation
against that compound in
“OK,” says the clerk.
“What do you call it?”
“A fottle, replies the
inventor.”
INDIA INTERNATIONAL
Compiled by
Aditi Sinha
“A fottle? That’s a
stupid! Can’t you think of
something else?”
“I can think about it.
I’ve got something else
though. It’s a folding
carton.”
“And what do you call
that?” asks the clerk.
“A farton”, replies the
inventor.
“That’s rude. You can’t
possibly call it that!”
“In that case,” says the
inventor...
“You’re really going to
hate the name of my
folding bucket.”
Abbottabad, Pakistan. A
small team of Americans
carried out the operation
with extraordinary
courage and capability.
No
Americans
were
harmed. They took care to
avoid civilian casualties.
After a firefight, they
killed oil company greed and
gave it a quick burial at sea.
Yet its death does not
mark the end of our effort.
There’s no doubt that oil
companies will continue to
pursue attacks against us
and our wallets. We must —
and we will — remain
vigilant at gas pumps at
home and abroad.
The cause of protecting
our country from high gas
prices is not complete. But
tonight we are once again
reminded that America can
do whatever we set our
mind to, even bring gas
prices down
to 10 cents a gallon.
Let us remember that we
can do these things not just
because of wealth or
power, but because of who
we are: one nation, under
God, indivisible, with
liberty, justice and low gas
prices for all.
Thank you. May God bless
you. And may God bless the
United States of America.”
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column, you’ll love Melvin’s
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Riddle
Corner
1. I can only live
when there is light,
although I die if
the light shines on
me. What am I?
2. There are 11
body parts that
have only 3 letters
(no slang allowed).
What are they?
3. Below are ten
words each missing
the same two letter
combination. Can
you figure out what
those two letters
are?
Sw_ _n
Do_ _
Ch_ _e
_ _al
Janit_ _
W_ _ld
_ _ange
T_ _e
Vap_ _ize
_ _at_ _
4. Some months
have thirty days
and some months
have thirty-one
days. How many
months
have
twenty-eight days?
5. What is the
most frequently
used letter in the
English language?
And what is the
most used word in
the
English
language?
Anwers on Page 14
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Answers to
India Quiz
1. Srinagar is the largest city in the state. Jammu and Kashmir is sectioned
into 22 districts and the predominant religion is Islam.
2. The Sutlej
The Sutlej River is 1,450 km in length. The main crop cultivated in Punjab is
wheat. It is grown in the winter. Bhangra is the traditional and most famous
dance of the people of Punjab.
3. Mount Abu
Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. The state is part of the Thar Desert.
Rajasthan also contains famous sanctuaries like the Bharatpur Reserve and
architectural marvels like the Hawa Mahal.
4. The Hoogly
Calcutta (or Kolkata) is known as the City of Joy. It houses the Victoria
Memorial, the famous Alipore Zoo and other sites of cultural importance.
The predominant language is Bengali.
5. Land of Temples
Orissa was formerly known as Kalinga. It was ravaged by Emperor Ashoka
in 261 B.C.E. Orissa is home to the Nandankanan Wildlife Reserve where
breeding programs for white tigers are carried out.
6. 36 fortes
Chhattisgarh, formally recognized as a state in 2000, was earlier a section
of Madhya Pradesh. It was an important Buddhist site in the past.
7. The Indian Roller
The state animal of A.P. is the black buck. The state dance is kuchipudi and
the state tree is the neem (Azadirachta indica).
8. The Silicon Valley of India
Karnataka is divided into twenty-nine districts. The mother-tongue of the
people is Kannada. The state is situated south of the Krishna River. The
industrious nature of the people has helped the state to advance by leaps
and bounds in the early 21st century.
9. Edakkal Caves
Though located in the tropics, Kerala possesses a hill station by the name of
Munnar. It is home to the famous Silent Valley. The beach of Kovalam in
Kerala was damaged by the huge earthquake-triggered tsunami of 2004.
10. Kanyakumari
Although Kanyakumari is the most southern spot in peninsular India, Indira
Point in the Nicobar Islands is the southernmost point of the entire country.
Kanyakumari is home to the statue of Thiruvalluvar and the famous
Vivekananda Rock.
Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Summer
Reading Program Begins June 4th
Library reading game helps kids and parents defeat the summer brain drain.
Parma, OH – Cuyahoga County Public
Library’s (CCPL) popular Summer Reading
Program returns Saturday, June 4th through
Saturday, August 6th.
The theme of this year’s game is “Read
Around the World.” Playing the game is
simple. Participants of all ages track their
reading in order to earn entries for monthly
prize drawings and End of Summer Grand
Prizes provided by CCPL’s summer reading
partners:
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Cleveland Browns Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Indians High Achievers Kids
Club Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Erie Monsters
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
You can register to play online at http://
w w w. c u y a h o g a l i b r a r y. o r g /
summerreading.aspx or in person at any of
CCPL’s 28 branches. ”Read Around the
World” game boards will be available in all
28 Cuyahoga County Public Library branches
beginning June 4th.
Why is summer reading important?
Students can lose up to three months of
reading skills during summer break, but being
away from school doesn’t have to equal
“summer brain drain.” By participating in
enriching activities, students can actually get
a running start into the new school year.
Experts say the best ways to prevent loss
of reading skills during summer break are to
keep lots of books around the house, to make
regular trips to the library and to participate
in summer library programs.
CCPL’s “Read Around the World” summer
reading game offers kids (and parents, too!)
the opportunity to keep their reading skills
sharp and have fun doing it!
“Read Around the World” monthly
prizes include:
Chipotle BOGO (buy one get one) Cards
and Free Kids Meal Cards
Cleveland Browns pre-Season tickets
Cleveland
Cavaliers and Lake Erie
Monsters merchandise
Cleveland Indians game vouchers
The Most Frequently Used Word in English Language
Answers to Riddles
1. A shadow
2.
1. Arm 2. Leg 3. Ear 4. Eye
5. Lip 6. Gum 7. Rib 8. Jaw
9. Toe 10. Hip 11. Gut
3. The letters are OR:
Sworn
Door Chore
Oral
Janitor
World Orange Tore
Vaporize Orator
4. Every month has 28 days (at least).
5. The letter most frequently used in
English is E.
The least frequently used letter is Z.
The most frequently used word is
THE.
The list below shows the frequency
of letter use in English.
Letter (Frequency): A 8.17%; B1.49%;
C2.78%; D 4.25%; E 12.70%; F 2.23%;
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G 2.02%; H 6.09%; I 6.97%; J 0.15%;
K 0.77%; L 4.03%; M 2.41%; N 6.75%;
O 7.51%; P 1.93%; Q 0.10%; R 5.99%;
S 6.33%; T 9.06%; U 2.76%; V 0.98%;
W 2.36%; X 0.15%; Y 1.97%; Z 0.07%.
The most commonly used letter in the
English language is the letter “e”. This
is the case in the general language, in
fiction and non-fiction writings,
journalism, religious works like the
Bible, and even in
Morse code. The most common
consonant in the English language is
“t.”
With “e” being so common in the
English language, one would think that
it would start the most words. Actually
“t” begins the most words, followed by
“o.”
“E” is the letter which most commonly
occurs third in a word, and is the third
most common second letter in a word.
The most common second letter in a
word in the English language is h.
Actually, “e” is far down the list of
English language word beginners, and
comes in at the 15th place. The five
most common letters beginning words
are “t,” “o,” “a,” “w,” and “b.”
Approximately half of the words in the
English language end with the letters
“e,” “t,” “d,” and “s” with the greatest
share of words ending in “e.” Further,
there are four letters most likely to
follow “e” in a word. These are “r,” “s,”
“n,” and “d.”
Ironically, of the most common words
with two letters in the English language,
only three words actually have an “e.”
They are be, we, and me. As well, in
the top twenty most frequently written
English language words, only three
words have an “e.” These are “the,” the
most frequently used word in the
English language, and “he” and “be.”
However, when one analyzes most
frequently used three-letter words, “e”
gets a fairer share.
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LOS ANGELES: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a
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more than seven million Green Card holders to become naturalized.
“It’s very important for people who are already permanent residents to consider
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The Citizen Public Education and Awareness Initiative will include radio and
television advertisements, written press and Internet dissemination nationwide.
The messages will be broadcast in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and English
with special emphasis on the cities of Los Angeles and New York, and also on the
states of Florida and Texas, where there are high numbers of permanent residents.
The first sentence of the message in Spanish, which will be spoken by an Hispanic
woman, states: “I was born in Mexico and being an American citizen makes me
proud.”
“The campaign will last for three years and the funds, which amount to $11 million,
are coming from an allocation made by the federal Congress in Fiscal Year 2010,”
Gitomer said.
“We’re going to channel part of those funds to community organizations that help
immigrants so they can help us to educate and convince people to become citizens,”
she added.
The USCIS spokesperson said that, according to the government’s database,
there are about 12.5 million permanent residents in the US, of whom 7.9 million are
already eligible to get US citizenship, the majority of them being Hispanics.
In California alone, there are approximately three million people who obtained
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“There are many reasons why people don’t become citizens, some people don’t
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they can travel, then they feel they don’t need citizenship,” said Gitomer.
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Future success starts today.
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