This piece of news is absolutely right. I have many friends from Brazil here t Sydney and all of them told me about it. In fact one of them made me meet her mother and she quoted many Hindi lines that had become her favorite at Brazil.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.ra...@...> wrote: > > The Road to Brazil > Last year, that all changed. Admittedly, Nepal still does not figure on most > Brazilians' mental maps. But say anything about India, and you are sure to > get a bright smile and an `Aare baba' or `Bhagwan ke liye.' That this is > hardly the most common Hindi vocabulary is perhaps to be expected, > considering its unusual source: Caminho das Índias, a whirling, colourful > telenovela (soap opera), inspired in no small part by Bollywood > extravaganzas, had Brazilians glued to their televisions from January to > September last year. Singlehandedly, the novela took the Brazil-India > connection from the dry world of the boardroom and beamed it straight into > Brazil's living rooms.* And the burgeoning relationship did not stop there. > A R Rahman's tunes suddenly blared in markets and discos, Brazilian woman > sported bindis, and my Brazilian friends all wanted to know if I knew how to > make chai. * > * > * > *http://www.himalmag.com/The-Road-to-Brazil_nw4582.html > * > > > -- > - Regards > > ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ >
