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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Brazilian football team in India

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A team from Sao Paulo Football club is in India these days. They have already played two games in Assam and calcutta. They will play in Delh...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Visit of Andres Oppenheimer- Latin America columnist of Miami Herald

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Andres Oppenheimer( in the middle of the foto on top) is the latest Latin American visitor to understand and study the India story for its r...
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Monday, January 01, 2007

The campaign - novel by Carlos Fuentes

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This is the story of Baltazar Bustos, an Argentinian from the pampas, the land of gauchos who goes to live in Buenos Aires and is inspired b...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

The West on Trial - autobiography of Cheddi Jagan

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I read most of this book during the long trip to Guyana last month and I have just completed it. Cheddi Jagan was Guyana's most importan...
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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Voces Inocentes - Film on El Salvador

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Voces Inocentes means Innocent Voices. This Mexican film in Spanish ( released in 2004 ) is about the cruel and bloody civil war in El Salva...
Thursday, November 30, 2006

MBA students of Latin America coming to India

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Nirmala Harrylal of Trinidad and Tobago had a dream. She wanted to get an experience of the education of IIM Ahmedabad. She has just got adm...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

This can happen only in Brazil

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Here is the Reuters news item....needs no explanation or commentary. Brazilian town's free Viagra gives elderly a boost BRASILIA, Brazil...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Rojo Amanecer - Mexican movie

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I have not got over the shocking impact of this film ( Rojo Amanaecer means red dawn) i watched on sunday night. It is about the student upr...
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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Trip to Trinidad and Tobago

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temple in the sea Port of Spain city Reaching Trinidad and Tobago from Guyana, I was struck by the stark contrast. While Guyana is a poor c...
Thursday, November 09, 2006

The Eagle's Throne- novel by Carlos Fuentes

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The first book of Carlos Fuentes (from mexico) I read was " Death of Artemio Cruz" . I did not finish it. I found it like catch-22...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Speech at IIM Kolkata on 2 November

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The topic of my talk was "Business and management culture of Latin America". I traced the evolution of this to the history of the...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

la fiesta del chivo - movie on Dominican Republic

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La fiesta del chivo- the feast of the goat is the movie based on the novel by the same name written by Mario vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writ...
Friday, October 27, 2006

Brazilian interest in Mahatma Gandhi

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The interest is not for fashion nor induced by Munnabhai film Palas Athena, a NGO from Sao Paulo has been disseminating Gandhiji's ideal...
Sunday, October 22, 2006

Two Brazilian films on football and sex

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The film on football is " casamento de Romeu e julietta" - marriage of Romeo and Juliet. It is about the foot ball obsession of th...
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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Pantaleon y las visitadoras - Peruvian film

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This is one of the best Latino films I have seen so far. A delighful and enjoyable comedy with a typical latino flavour. The Peruvian army ...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Machuca - Chilean movie

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This is the second Chilean film I have come to like after " Mi Mejor inimigo" The theme is Chilean and Latin American. It is about...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

Miss Magical Realism

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appears from nowhere disappears into the air appears and disappears surprising and disappointing calls me on fone takes not my calls sends m...

Movie- la mujer de mi hermano

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La mujer de mi hermano- The wife of my brother - is the movie I watched yesterday. It is a Mexican film shot in Chile by a Peruvian directo...
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Divali - Trinidad style

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The High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago Mr Persad hosted Divali celebrations- Trinidad style on 13 October. It was an impressive and co...
Saturday, October 07, 2006

saving the world - Julia Alvarez's novel

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This latest novel of Julia Alvarez, as her previous ones, traces her roots in Dominican Republic from the place of her stay in Vermont, USA....
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