Spelling Bee

Indian-American Karthik Nemmani spells 'koinonia' to become Scripps National Spelling Bee champion

Karthik Nemmani, a 14-year-old Indian-American boy, won the Scripps national spelling bee on Friday. Karthik is the 14th consecutive Indian-American winner.

Scripps National Spelling Bee finals are on; Indian Americans are favourites in an incredibly tough field

Forty-one spellers advanced to the finals out of a field of 516 — by far the largest in the 93-year history of the competition. Scripps started a wild-card program this year that created a path to nationals for spellers who didn't win their regional bees, and some of the finalists got to the bee that way.

US National Spelling Bee: Atman Balakrishnan,12, hopes to make history in competition dominated by Indian Americans

The domination of the Scripps National Spelling Bee by Indian-Americans has gone on long enough that a second generation has emerged. Last year, Mira Dedhia, whose mother competed in the bee three times, finished third. This year, the first child of a former champion is competing.

California's Ananya Vinay wins 2017 US Scripps National Spelling Bee, takes home $40,000

Ananya Vinay won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She took home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of competition which featured 25 rounds.

Four Indian-origin kids qualify as top 50 finalists of Australian spelling bee contest

Four Indian-origin children are among the top 50 finalists of the Great Australian Spelling Bee contest.

Indian origin kids sweep Spelling Bee contest

Indian American kids on Friday maintained their complete dominance in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee contest by winning the prestigious competition for the eight year in a row.

Obama bonds with Indian-American Spelling Bee co-champs

US President Barack Obama might be one of the world's most powerful man but he is no spelling champion as he failed to spell two words correctly given to him by this year's Indian-American co-champions of the prestigious Spelling Bee contest.

Indian-Americans Ansun Sujoe, Sriram Hathwar win US Spelling Bee contest

Two Indian-American youngsters Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest for the first time in 52 years.

Celebrate, not Decry Desi Domination of Spellings

It seems some have a slight problem with desi kids dominating the American spelling bees. There is a hunt to pin success on anything other than hard work and grit.

Rote learning helps Indians win spelling bees, not much else

What explains this total dominance of Indians, who are only one percent of America's population? It is hardly the case that we speak or write English better than Europeans or Americans. How are Indians so good with difficult words?