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About 85 per cent of the Telemarketing Calls Indian-Americans support –Page 12 Obama for a second term, according to a latest survey conducted by Lake NRO, NRE, FCNR Research Partners, a DC- based political consultancy Term Deposits: firm, with APIAVote. APIA Which One to Pick? stands for Asian American –Page 4 Pacific Islander. Asian Children perform a dance at the Cleveland Asian Festival May 19, 2012 “President Obama was strongest among Indian- American voters, leading Pro-Women Divorce Mitt Romney by a margin of Clause in India’s Law 76 to eight per cent in the –Page 10 poll, and weakest among Filipino Americans, where the vote was 57 per cent to Cleveland’s Neha is 20 per cent. Among Chinese Americans, it was 68 per Runner-Up at All-US cent for Obama, 8 per cent Beauty Pageat for Romney,” said Toby –Page 8 Chaudhuri, veteran strategist and chair of APIAVote. Rupee’s Fall Hits The result of the survey Students Abroad conducted by Lake Research Partners is similar –Page 11 to that of India in New England, an ethnic Indian- American publication which, India International in an online survey in Online February, had said that 80 To receive the online per cent of Indian- Americans support Obama India International against Romney. free, please send According to the Lake your email address Research Partners survey, to [email protected] Indian Americans have the Visitors at the India Interrnational booth – the Cleveland Asian Festival May 20, 2012. highest favorable opinions of Obama as compared to other Asian-Americans. Indian-American Kids Sweep Spelling and Geography Bees More than half (51 per cent) have very favorable Three Indian-American finals as the field of 278 walked away from the Lala won and was later Texas bagged the first views on Obama, and 85 per children were the only children was narrowed down microphone. featured in the documentary position, by beating 13-year- cent overall have favorable spellers left in the final after several intense rounds Two other Indian-American “Spellbound.” old Vansh Jain from views, compared to 34 per championship round of the of spelling. finalists were Snigdha Indian-American students Wisconsin at the finals of the cent of Asian-Americans 2012 Scripps National Arvind Mahankali, 12, of Nandipati, 14, of San Diego have also swept the annual competition held May who hold very favorable Spelling Bee at a convention Bayside Hills, New York, a and Stuti Mishra, 14, of West prestigious National 24, 2012. Both are class views. Indian-Americans are centre outside Washington finalist the last two years, Melbourne, Florida. Geographic Bee, bagging eighth students. also more negative towards on May 31 night. made it three years in a row A semifinalist last year, the top four positions of this The third and fourth Mitt Romney, with 56 per The three were among the when he spelled Snigdha Nandipati became year’s tough national positions went to Varun cent having unfavorable nine who nailed words “phrontistery”. the fifth consecutive Indian- competition, where US Mahadevan from San views on him (44 per cent of derived from Greek, Latin, A tennis player and aspiring American winner and 10th in President Barack Obama Francisco and Raghav Asian-Americans have French, German, Hawaiian physicist, Mahankali raised the last 14 years, a run that played a quizmaster. 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