Spelling Bees and Indian Kids [Article]

You may have watched or followed the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee contest in the US last week. 13 year old Arvind Mahankali won the championships. He is the sixth consecutive Indian-American winner of the Spelling Bee and the 11th in the past 15 years.Slate magazine wonders, & discovers, why Indian kids are so good at spelling.  There was some intense scrutiny on Twitter as well.

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