TUNKU VARADARAJAN looks at why Indians are dominating the National Spelling bee.

That’s a topic I had some thoughts on a while back. But if this keeps up, we’ll have to rename the National Spelling Bee “The Anglosphere Challenge” — except that that name is already taken . . ..

UPDATE: Reader Madhu Dahiya makes an excellent point:

As an Indian-American reader of your blog I’d like to point out that these are American kids after all. I am very proud of my Indian heritage, but I’m an American first and foremost. These kids are growing up here. They *are* part of the anglosphere – the 21st century globalized, American Anglosphere, and I think they are holding up to the challenge quite well :)

Indeed.