Overachievement

Ansun Sujoe, of Fort Worth, spells a word correctly behind the winner's trophy during the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2013 (Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing)

Indians, Indian-Americans and Spelling

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

English spelling is getting worse in India. But India is not the United States, where Indian-Americans clean up year after year at the National Spelling Bee

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