The Sentinel (June 2, 2012) Indian-American wins US spelling contest for fifth year running
Washington, June 1: Indian Americans continued to demonstrate their spelling prowess when Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old girl, correctly spelled “guetapens”, French word for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown. She thus retained the coveted national honour for the community, that has been steadily growing in profile and influence, for the fifth straight year. “It’s a miracle,” said Nandipati from San Diego, California, as she pipped fellow Indian American Stuti Mishra (14) of West Melbourne, Florida who stumbled over “schwarmerei”, German for extravagant enthusiasm, in the last round of the final at a convention centre outside Washington on Thursday night. Nandipati, an avid reader and coin collector who aspires to become a psychiatrist or neurosurgeon, gets $30,000 in cash, a trophy, a $2,500 savings bond, a $5,000 scholarship, $2,600 in reference works from the Encyclopedia Britannica and an online language course. (IANS)
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