In an eight-week season, "The Indian Dream", the BBC will be exploring this trend, and speaking to people who are part of it.

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And while the University of California system may stop requiring SATs for admission, the Indian Institute would not dream of lessening its total reliance on tests.

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"Our dream is to have an Indian version of a global channel that can take on CNN and the BBC, " muses Prannoy Roy over a cup of tea in his office, which overlooks the main newsroom.

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But it wasn't until the 2010 installment of the Games in Vancouver that Williams, who was born and raised by his West Indian mother in Canada, was spurred on to transform his pipe dream into a reality, as another pair of underdogs took on the establishment.

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Indian-born Manoj Bhargava chose one of the roads less traveled to the American Dream.

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