Two Indian PhD students at the University of Colorado Boulder secured a $200,000 settlement after what began as a seemingly ordinary act of heating palak paneer in a departmental microwave turned into a long-running campus dispute. On September 5, 2023, Aditya Prakash was warming his lunch when a staff member objected to the smell and told him not to use the microwave. Prakash stood his ground, saying he was simply heating his food and would leave immediately. The incident escalated, with the co

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