May-Jun 2006 |
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Brazil
brings the boy on us> read
I had no idea where on the map
of South America Brazil was. But we knew yellow, we
knew Pele, writes Rohit Brijnath. It was 1982, I was
19, in love for the very first time and, on a July night,
introduced to hate. It was the first World Cup I can
remember watching, alone in the early morning Mumbai
darkness, watching Doordarshan pictures that hiccuped
every now and then. (...) By
Rohit Brijnath |
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Brazil
- land of diversity> read
Brazil is in fashion: that is
what European magazines say. Maybe it is because of
the way we make jewelry, bikinis and sandals. Or it
is because of our casual lifestyle and music. Actually,
almost everyone has heard of Brazil, Pelé being
the most recognized icon .(...) By
Denise Coronha Lima |
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Bar>
read
Everyone
learns quickly that Banheiro is the Portuguese
word for toilet. Sooner or later, you will have to buy
toilet paper. I walked into a small shop and asked for
a Naap-kin-nae de Banheiro. Like a number of
foreigners dealing with a Latin language, I was prone
to the belief that if I said the exact same word that
I do in English, with what sounds to the English-speaking
ear as the French accent, then the words spoken will
be understood (...) By
Joyojeet |
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Columns
Splendid
stroke, silence of change> read
"Scripta manet", said
the Latin proverb. What is written remains. How true
and useful it is now in my present state! After suffering
a heart attack and a stroke, now I have to write everything
down because my current memory is seriously affected.
Simple things, names, places and people escaped beneath
a venire of unfocused thoughts and ideas, incoherent
and undistinguishable.
(...)
By Paul Roche |
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Miracle
of motherhood> read
She had an unspoiled charm and
simplicity of grace
A laughter in her voice, and warmth on her face,
And a song in her soul that adversity couldn't still,
A kindness in thought that showed a benevolent will.
(...)
By Paul Roche
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Clipping Desk
| Internet
marketing in Brazil to grow> read
More than half of Canada’s
residents are regular Internet users and spend an
average of about an hour online a day, according to
a new report. Research by comScore Networks puts the
worldwide Internet population at about (...)
Source: Canadian Press
Amazon "
Stonehenge" found in Brazil>
read
Archaeologists discovered a
pre-colonial astrological observatory that could be
2,000 years old in the Amazon basin near French Guiana.
"Only a society with a complex culture could
have built such a monument," archaeologist Mariana
Petry Cabral of the Amapa Institute of Scientific
and Technological Research (IEPA) (...)
Source: Globe and Mail
Canadians
online> read
More than half of Canada’s
residents are regular Internet users and spend an
average of about an hour online a day, according to
a new report. Research by comScore Networks puts the
worldwide Internet population at about (...)
Source: Financial Post
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