ABC confuses Priyanka Chopra with another Indian actress

ABC News apologizes to 'Quantico' star for 'Nightline' segment mistake



File under "You Had One Job." ABC apologized for making a goof this week when it confused Quantico star Priyanka Chopra with another Indian actress in a promo for Nightline. For the record, there is currently only one Indian lead actress on all of network television -- on ABC, for that matter -- and they still got it wrong.

ABC Apologizes for Confusing 'Quantico's' Priyanka Chopra With Another Indian Actress

Chopra was on Nightline to talk about her starring role on Quantico. However, during the introduction to the segment, the show mistakenly showed images of fellow Indian acdtress Yukta Mookhey, who was crowned Miss World in 1999, the year before Chopra won the title. Oops.

The mistake was quickly pointed out on social media:

Congressman mistakes U.S. officials for Indian nationals

"I am familiar with your country. I love your country."



If you missed this embarrassingly awkward moment from last week, here you go. It's simultaneously awful and amazing... During a House hearing on Friday, Rep. Curt Clawson, a freshman Republican congressman from Florida, mistook two senior U.S. officials for representatives of the Indian government. Oops.

Freshman Congressman Mistakes Senior Government Officials for Foreigners

You have to give a tiny bit of credit to Clawson. He seemed eager to show that he's a fan of India and its culture. He told Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar as much: "I am familiar with your country. I love your country."

But you see, that's the thing, Rep. Clawson. Their country is your country -- the United States, of which Biswal and Kumar are citizens and hold high-ranking positions in the State and Commerce Department, respectively.

Here's video of the ass-awkward moment:

Fund This: The Pink Sorrys, An Acid Punk Bollywood Musical

This is the acid punk Bollywood revenge musical we've been waiting for.



I must see this film get made! The Pink Sorrys is described as a highly stylized acid punk Bollywood music about the real gangs of Indian women who enact vigilante justice against rapists. Whaaaaaat. Hell yeah. I honestly don't need any more information than that. The project is winding down the final hours of its Kickstarter campaign, and could use your help to meet its funding goal.

Writer/director team Ben Stoddard and Anam Syed are out to make a bold film that seeks to address the sensitive issue of rape in South Asia in a "stylized, kickass fashion." The Pink Sorrys is a blend of imagery from their favorite gangster films and Bollywod musicals. Watch this video for more details:

This kid's 'India's Got Talent' audition will make your day

8-year-old Akshat Singh's got the moves. The other contestants can go home.



You know what my day really needed? An awesome video of a chubby dancing Indian kid. Luckily, I was blessed with this video of 8-year-old Akshat Singh and his highly entertaining Bollywood medley audition for India's Got Talent. Yeah, he's definitely got some moves, but really, his performance is like 95% swagger. He gets a standing ovation from both the audiences and the judges. Auntie approved.

File Under Badass: 61-year-old barefoot, sari-clad woman wins at Baramati Marathon

Lata Bhagwan Kare beat out experienced runners in her very first race



How are your new year's resolutions going? Getting back on that treadmill? Thinking about running a marathon? If you're thinking about lacing up and going the distance, consider this story from a couple of weeks ago... Last month in India, a 61-year-old woman finished first in her race at the Baramati Marathon. Dressed in a sari. Barefoot.

61-year-old woman clad in sari and running barefoot wins Baramati Marathon

Lata Bhagwan Kare, a laborer from the town of Pimpli, surprised everyone by coming out of nowhere to not only win her first-ever 3K race, but beating out much more experienced runners in the senior category to the finish line. Pretty badass, considering that she signed up to participate in the race just days before the event.

And did I mention she did it without any sneakers or fancy running gear? Well, she actually started the race with slippers on, but they came off just a few meters into the race. They just got in the way:

Arrest of Indian diplomat sparks international outrage

Devyani Khobragade, accused of visa fraud, says she suffered "indignities"



In New York City, the arrest of an Indian diplomat on visa charges has sparked international outrage. Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general, says she suffered "indignities" when she handcuffed, subjected to a strip search, cavity search and DNA swabbing, and placed in a holdup "with common criminals and drug addicts" by U.S. authorities despite her "incessant assertions of immunity."

Devyani Khobragade Says She Faced Cavity Search In NYC; Outrage In India After Diplomat Arrested

Khobragade, who was arrested last Thursday outside of her daughter's school in Manhattan, is accused of submitting false documents to obtain a work visa for her housekeeper, Sangeeta Richard. According to prosecutors, Khobragade claimed on visa application documents she paid her Indian maid $4,500 per month, but that she actually paid her around five hundred dollars a month -- that's around $3.31 per hour.

CNBC host Joe Kernen can't resist the dumbass Indian jokes

"Are they good at 7-11?" Is it really that hard not to say the stupidest shit possible?



Come on. Can we please cut it with the stupid 7-11/Indian jokes? Last week on CNBC's Squawk Box, co-host Joe Kernen decided to go there, asking if Indian currency was good at 7-11: CNBC's Kernen Reacts To Indian Central Banking Decision With Racial Stereotypes.

Kernen and co-hosts Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin were discussing recent changes in the Indian central bank's interest rates and their effect on exchange rates. When the discussion turned to the rupee, the tone of the conversation definitely shifted into oh-those-silly-Indians mode, mostly led by Kernen.

When Quick realized that she still had rupees in her wallet from her last trip to India, Kernen couldn't resist going Full Apu, using a stereotypical Indian accent and asking, "Are they good at 7-11?"

Let's go to the video:

My name is Datta and this is my shirt made of gold.

Why, hello. Nice to meet you. You look like the kind of classy woman who might be interested in a man with the means to wear a custom shirt made from threads of gold. Here is a news story about my fabulous solid gold shirt: Wealthy Indian spends £14,000 on a shirt made of GOLD to impress the ladies.

Hari Kondabolu's Columbus Day Wish

"Christopher Columbus was a demon."



Apologies. Columbus Day has come and gone, and I didn't have the chance to observe the occasion with this sweet clip from Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Here's our friend comedian/writer Hari Kondabolu dropping some knowledge on why Christopher Columbus is still the bane of Indians everywhere, and why Italians should embrace a new hero: