“If They Could Do It, I Could Do It”: Indian-Origin Spelling Bee Winner
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Dev Shah said the fact that he has won the 2023 Spelling Bee is still sinking in.New Delhi: "Seeing other kids win the Spelling Bee probably inspired me the most because I said if they could do it, I could do it," was the confident response of Dev Shah, the Indian-American 14-year-old who won the prestigious 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on June 1, when asked what prompted him to get into the world of spelling.In an interview with NDTV yesterday, the eighth grader said he expected to spell the winning eleven-letter word 'psammophile' correctly because it was a word he had studied before. Merriam-Webster defines 'psammophile' as an organism that thrives in sandy areas."I developed an interest (in the Spelling Bee) starting sixth grade because that's when I really started serio...