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World Cup notes - 4

Sunday, June 18, 2006

France and Brazil were both unimpressive today.
France was also unlucky as well, as it would be the case with any team on a downward spiral for a long time. They did play with some rhythm but the million dollar question is why isn’t David Trezeguet not playing? It was also pretty depressing to watch Zidane [...]

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California notes

Sunday, June 18, 2006

1. Zza’s trattoria on Grand Avenue. Sitting by the window, I could look into Lake Merritt and eat my lunch.
Ordering lunch was a liminal moment. No olive oil with the garlic bread. When the waitress brings me an omlette, she brings no butter with the toast. Only jam. Which I suspect is made of organically [...]

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Samsa

Sunday, June 18, 2006

I have been reading Samsa again for a few months now. This Kannada playwright, who wrote six (published) plays on the history of Mysore has been a favorite of mine for long. I read KIRAM’s wonderful play, Nigikonda Samsa recently. Samsa’s nephew A. N. Subramanyam has a very insightful small book called Samsasmarane (Remembering Samsa).
Honestly, [...]

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World Cup notes -3

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Togo’s players are still steaming and refuse to board their scheduled flight. FIFA intervened and persuaded them not to boycott tomorrow’s game against Switzerland.
Ghana seems to be the only team to save African pride now. A creditable performance against the US, they will be in the second round. Hope they come out of their high.
But [...]

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Word Cup notes - 2

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

The losers were impressive today. Togo. Croatia.
Especially my adopted team Togolese. They surprised us all with a spirited display and a first half goal. No disgrace in that loss.
So if Croatia had closed down on Kaka sooner and hadn’t given him so much space to shoot that one opportuniy or if Prso or any one [...]

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Hotel Kerala-fonia

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

For your reading pleasure, the new lyric Hotel Kerala-fonia, courtesy Churumuri.

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