Fourteen-year-old Indian-American Harini Logan from Texas won the prestigious 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee a few weeks back. Logan spelled 21 words correctly within 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee, beating Vikram Raju, another American-Indian in a marathon, again reinforcing the Indian dominance in this prestigious content held every year in U.S.A.
Indian-Americans have dominated the Scripps National Spelling Bee over the past two decades even though they make up only about one per cent of the U.S. population. Since 1999, 27 Indian Americans have won the Spelling Bee championship, including Harini Logan, the latest winner. Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American to win Scripps in 1985.
Coincidentally, his son Atman Balakrishnan also participated in the competition in 2018. Rageshree Ramachandran was the second Indian-American to bring home the top prize in 1988. Between 1999 and 2020, 26 Indian-Americans....
