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De la hotel la ferma de mirodenii unde ne aștepta Ray, Tariq conduce cât poate de încet, pentru că-i place să vorbească. Prelegerile lui, în engleză, se dovedesc mult peste nivelul postului de șofer pe care-l ocupa, pesemne ca îndeletnicire temporară, vocația sa fiind neîndoios academică.

M-am hazardat să-l întreb despre influențele lingvistice occidentale în swahili, iar răspunsul lui, care conținea și exemplele adecvate, mi-a luat piuitul.

Așa am înțeles de ce localnicii se așteaptă, la numai câteva zile de când aterizezi, să începi să o rupi pe swahili, o limbă foarte simpatică, formată din combinația dintre vocabularul băștinașilor est-africani și cel al negustorilor veniți de peste tot.

Nu știu dacă vizita acelei plantații de mirodenii, fructe și condimente ar fi avut aceeași noimă cu un alt ghid.

De obicei, persoana care mă însoțește într-un loc necunoscut și nebănuit îmi influențează percepția. Ray, ghidul desemnat de agenție pentru…

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Rooftop Ruffians

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At about the same time that David Belle was inventing the acrobatic training discipline of Parkour in France in 1988, a much cruder and somewhat hilarious version of the same was emerging on the rooftops of closely stacked houses in the northern crannies of the port city of Kolkata.

Similar to the Yamakasi-the nine founding fathers of Parkour, the ‘Rooftop Ruffians’ of Calcutta were nine in number too. They were a closely-knit teenage gang of varied ethnicity. Friend circles of such motley races could only be possible in a vividly cosmopolitan city like Kolkata. The difference in their language, religion or food preference was not a deterrent to but acted as the glue that bonded this unique friendship of theirs.

Very different from Belle’s French town of Lisses, the little city of Kolkata on the east coast of the Indian peninsula had always been a boiling cauldron of…

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Senate confirms Biden’s pick to lead White House environmental council | TheHill

Senate confirms Biden's pick to lead White House environmental council The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Brenda Mallory to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), which advises the president on issues such as environmental justice and conserving oceans, lands and wildlife.

The upper chamber approved Mallory’s nomination in a 53-45 vote, with three Republicans voting with Democrats to back her: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Rob Portman (Ohio).

Mallory, who served as the council’s top lawyer under the Obama administration, will be the first Black leader of the CEQ.

Source: Senate confirms Biden’s pick to lead White House environmental council | TheHill

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