by Amrita Priya | May 30, 2026
(May 30, 2026) Fourteen-year-old Shrey Parikh of Rancho Cucamonga, California, had just won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the latest Indian-American contestant to claim the prestigious title in a competition long marked by the community’s remarkable...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 5, 2024
(June 5, 2024) A few days ago, Bruhat Soma found himself in a whirlwind of confetti as the audience erupted in cheers, as he became the 28th Indian American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old from Tampa in Florida spelled 29 words correctly out...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jun 14, 2022
(June 14, 2022) In 1985, Balu Natarajan became the first Indian-American kid to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. And since then, the Indian-American community has pretty much dominated the competition. Even though they make up only about one percent of the...
