Students taking part in Master-26 spelling and vocabulary contest at Mānn School, New Delhi. Photo credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Indian children learn words through books, classrooms and the famously verbose MP Shashi Tharoor. American spelling bee champions learn them through lists, coaches and five-hour days. India’s own spelling bee could borrow the best of both.On October 24, 2026, 44 students from 22 schools in seven States gathered on a Delhi stage, hosted by The Mānn School, and were asked to spell ‘ultracrepidarianism.’ Ask the visiting children what they took home, and it is rarely the trophy; it is a hunger for more words. Published - November 06, 2026 08:30 am IST
It’s time for an Indian Spelling Bee, and the prep is starting with Shashi Tharoor
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