Kansas gal Kavya Shivshankar bee-comes spelling princess WASHINGTON: There was an air of inevitability as yet another precocious middle-Indian-American Kavya Shivashankar lifts the trophy after winning the 2009 National Spelling Bee, in Washington. (Reuters Photo) More Pictures
schooler of Indian origin won the US National Spelling Bee Indian-American Kavya Shivashankar lifts the trophy after winning the 2009 National Spelling Bee, in Washington. (Reuters Photo) More Pictures championship for 2009 on Thursday night, extending a decade long run in which Indian-Americans kids have won the title seven times out of ten. Kavya Shivshankar of Olethe, Kansas, effortlessly spelt the word Laodicean -- which means indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion -- to claim the title after her only remaining American opponent Tim Ruiter flubbed Maecenas, which means a generous benefactor. Indians aren’t Laodicean in the usual sense. In fact, when it comes to spelling bee championship especially, they have made it a rite -- or write -- of passage. To the point of being devout. for more read http://tinyurl.com/nsblp8 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indian-origin-girl-wins-US-Spelling-Bee-contest/articleshow/4591730.cms This was LAST YEAR 8-yr-old Indian-American spells history 30 May 2008, 0859 hrs IST, IANS WASHINGTON: Sriram Hathwar, an 8-year-old Indian American boy, has become the http://tinyurl.com/l7v2tq youngest speller in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee even as he could not go too far in the popular contest. But nine other of the 30 Indian-American participants made it to the semi finals of the 83-year-old competition Thursday by spelling words like "leptocercal", "bizarrerie" and "trochophore" Indian kids have dominated the event in recent years, winning the championship five times in the last nine years. The last Indian winner was Anurag Kashyap in 2005 correctly spelling "appoggiatura". Shrikant Vinayak Barve Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/
