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Mr. Met Loves Indian Weddings
A guest from Flushing drops in on Pinty & Pooja's wedding. -
Muslim Women and Sports Don’t Mix? Nonsense.
Sunday’s Washington Post profile on Pakistani American high school tennis player Raheela Fazal left me both excited and disappointed. On the one hand, it’s so great to see South Asians in the mainstream press; on the other hand, the story seems to paint Islam and Muslims with one broad stroke. It opens with this: Playing [...] -
Brett and Bhosle Bowl Over Fans
Aussie cricketer hits pitch (off the green!). -
Swing Batter-Batter
Babu/Reuters You knew he could swing a racket, but a cricket bat? Roger Federer spent yesterday 100 miles south of Chennai, playing a few rounds of cricket with the displaced children of the Pudupettai rehabilitation colony. The children have been homeless since the tsunami hit on December 26, 2004. The tsunami-death toll stands at just under 300,000 [...] -
Gender Race
AP Photo The good news is that Santhi Soudarajan, Indian runner and competitor in this month’s Asia Games, won the silver medal for her performance in the 800 meters. The bad news? She is now being asked to give the medal back. Earlier today, reports surfaced that Soudarajan had failed a gender test, after results determined the 25 [...] -
K-O Khan
British Asian athlete Amir Khan will fight for his first professional boxing title tomorrow. Khan is to duke it out with Frenchman Rachid Drilzane for the chance to call himself the IBF inter-continental light welterweight champion. The fight, Khan’s tenth as a pro, is to be his first over-ten-round match. It’s a step up in class [...]