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A Comenius-project at Stiftsgymnasium St.Paul April 2005

I. What the story is about . . .

 it is not only about an Indian girl who likes playing football but also about

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Teenager problems

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The clash between traditional values and the modern world

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First love

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Growing up

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Friendship

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Religion

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Cultural Diversity

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Tolerance

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II. Culture Clash

Mrs. Bhamra
cant cope with the culture clash between India and England cant deal with the fact that her daughters playing in a girlsfootball-team takes the Indian culture very seriously expects her daughters to do so too is against emancipation in favour of being able to cook Indian cuisine is against girls doing things that boys do in their spare-time

Mr. Bhamra
doesnt know exactly how he should deal with the culture clash on one hand he doesnt accept that his daughter plays in a girl-footballteam but on the other hand he played in a bowling team too (in East Africa) finally he accepts his daughters wish respects the culture clash his daughter goes through supports his daughter in every way

Both are very protective

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III. Racial Discrimination

Jess is offended by an English girl calling her Pakhi Her trainer Joe has problems too, because he is Irish Jess father who was good at bowling, was discriminated and people laughed at his turban There is also a gap between Muslims and Indians Indian boys dont play in football leagues

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Family Tradition
Pinky

Jess

sneaks off secretly to meet Teetu loves Teetu and wants to marry him covers up for Jess so that she can go to Germany reveals Jess secret cant understand Jess

She wants to play football like her hero David Beckham. loves her trainer Joe but he isnt Indian lies to her parents and deceives them doesn't want to marry an Indian boy gets a scholarship for Santa Clara college in the USA convinces her parents to let her go and live her dreams

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Pinky and Teetus Engagement-party

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IV. Differences between book & film

Jess and Pinkys reconciliation isnt shown in the film Theres more information about David Beckham in the book

Pinky is pregnant at the end of the film Joe is playing cricket with Jess father Switching scenes from football pitch to Pinkys wedding reception

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V. Indian Customs

Indian Gods

Shiva: Shiva is the god of Destruction. He is also the god of Dance.

It is said that he danced the world into creation.

Vishnu: Vishnu is thought to be the supreme god. It is said that when

the world is in danger, he would come to earth in different form.

Brahma: Brahma is said to have created the world .

He has four heads and four arms. It is said that everything is born of Brahma and his wife.

Lakshmi: Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu and is the god of money

and future. She sits on a lotus flower.

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Indian Religion
83% 11% 3% 2% < 1% 5% Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Buddhist Jain

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Languages
Official languages: Hindi and English
Hindi including its associated languages and dialects accounting for 84% of the population while English is used for national , political and commercial purposes. 1600 languages and dialects are spoken 15 languages constitutionally recognized.

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Indian clothes
Indian clothes are very colourful. Each state has its own special costumes. Women traditionally wear Saris, Salwar khameez and Ghagra choli, but they also wear western styles such as skirts , dresses and pants. Men have their traditional costumes as well, but now most wear a light skirt and pants just as in western countries.

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Indian Food
Most Indian cuisines are related by similar usage of spices. Often, Indian cooking is distinguished by the use of a larger variety of vegetables than many other well-known cuisines. Within these recognizable similarities, there is an enormous variety of local styles. In the north and the west, Kashmiri and Mughlai cuisines show strong central Asian influences. Through the medium of Mughlai food, this influence has propagated into many regional kitchens. To the east, the Bengali and Assamese styles shade off into the cuisines of East Asia

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Arranged Marriages
An arranged marriage is a marriage where the marital partners are chosen by others based on considerations other than the preexisting mutual attraction of the partners. This habit has been very common in noble families, especially in reigning ones, at the scope of combining and perhaps enforcing the respective strengths of the original families of the spouses. A relevant part of history has been influenced by these unions.
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VI. Bollywood

Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal name given to the film industry in India.
The word Bollywood was created by blending Bombay and Hollywood. In 1899 the first Indian film was screened.

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Film music is called filmi. The dancing in Bollywood films is primarily modeled on Indian dance. Indians film industry is the biggest in the world.

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Famous films are: Monsoon Wedding, Bride and Prejudice, Lagaan, Veer - Zaara

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Well- known filmstars are: Shak Rukh Khan, Parminder Nagra, Om Puri

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VII. The authoress

Narinder Dhami
Born in Wolverhampton in 1958. Graduating from Birmingham University Teaching at schools in the East End of London Leaving the profession to write full-time.

Hundreds of photo-stories in teenage magazines

First children's book, A Medal for Melina, published in 1990. Lives in Cambridge with her husband and their four cats.

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VIII. Mia Hamm

1999 Women's World Cup: champion in front of 40 million viewers Over 650,000 tickets Youngest player ever to play for her National Team (age 15)

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Recognized as the world's best all-around women's soccer player. Atlanta,1996: Centennial Olympic Games Gold Never in history had so many spectators come out to watch a women's sporting event.

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 US Soccer's Female Athlete of the year five consecutive years. That's been Michael Jordan, in basketball, and in some ways Mia Hamm in women's soccer and Tiger Woods in golf." In April of 1999, Nike named the largest building on its corporate campus after Mia.

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IX. David Beckham

He was born on 2nd May 1975 The most famous football player on earth He married Victoria Adams. Three children: Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. June 2003 he went to Real Madrid and now he plays with football stars like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Ronaldo in the same team David Beckham is almost as famous for his haircuts as for his football

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X. POSTERS

Culture Clash

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Differences

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Family Tradition

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India

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Indian Food

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Indian Customs

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Racial Discrimination

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Die 5A-Klasse

Project-Leader: Prof.Justine Bachiesl Technical Bend it like Beckham Unterluggauer Support: Prof.Peter