A recent Twitter thread that speaks of a terminally challenged 10-year-old girl named Shraddha from Mumbai, going on to become the 'Queen Bee' in the New York Times puzzle, has moved people.?Ramakrishna (Ramki) Desiraju, CEO of Cartwheel Creative, made the story about the girl winning New York Times' Spell Bee.?
The thread begins with the executive editor of the New York Times getting a call when he is just about to sleep, which ruins his mood.?
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The man revealed that he received a "distraught call from Mumbai, from the father of a ten-year-old kid with a terminal condition." He added, "She's one point away from hitting Genius. Something she's been trying to achieve for months. And the puzzle will not accept gaol, spelt g..a..o..l."??
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The father of the child was requesting that they allow their daughter to hit 'Genius' because that might just be what she needed to keep fighting.
The move could motivate her to be stronger and happier for just another day.?
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The call is revealed to be from the Head Of Puzzles who requests for the editor's permission to edit the answers of the live Spelling Bee. He also tells the editor that he does not have the authority to perform something like this.??
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The Puzzles Head says that she was not able to achieve the same as the puzzle would not accept the word 'GAOL'. He also says that this is because the word is an archaic word and that they are not allowed to alter the approved answers when the puzzle is live.?
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The Editor ends up giving permission for the answer to be altered which allows the child to hit 'Genius'. She then goes on to hit Genius for another five days in a row which makes her the 'Queen Bee.'? ?
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Ramki ended the thread with the tweet that read, "The Editor smiled as he sank into his chair. This was the best call he had ever taken in his long career. 'Listen, when this pandemic is done and dusted, get that kid and her Dad here on a holiday. At our cost. This is the first time that a gaol has liberated someone' (sic)."
Someone even sent him a full fledged backstory of the father and daughter, Bapat and Shraddha and it's the best compliment ever!?
*The image used for social showing a girl participating in a spelling bee is only for representation. It does not show the actual person the story is about