We have been in election fever recently. The Indian elections are overwhelming in terms of numbers: 814 MILLION voters! How did they work, who was involved? See what the BBC has to say:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26869578
This has brought back memories of my trip to India to visit Laura. I was overwhelmed by the colours, the foods, by everything in fact. If you can, get hold of a DVD of the movie Monsoon Wedding, to give yourself a flavour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjyAWlhALWk
And here's an easy-to-make recipe to nibbleonwhilst watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caFH9ciL0mI
And here you can watch the entire Gandhi movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HT4BM7cgJw
Here's some useful vocabulary for elections:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjyAWlhALWk
I think that's enough to keep you busy; I'm off to watch my DVD box set of Broadchurch, big winner at the BAFTAs yesterday:
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/18/broadchurch-bafta-television-Awards
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