Kashmir conflict
April 28, 2008
At page 73 of the book “Bend it like Beckham” by Narinder Dhami the author refers with the dialog of Jessminder Bharma and her football-coach Joe to the Kashmir conflict. Jess and Joe talk about Jessminder’s problems (ll. 26-30).
“She called me Paki. But I guess you wouldn’t understand what that feels like, would you?”
Joe sighed. “I’m Irish, Jess. Of course I understand what that feels like.”
They talk about Jess being a Indian girl but getting called Paki. She is pissed of angry about it because Indians and Pakistani argue for more then 60 years over the Kashmir region between Pakistan and India. She is angry about getting called like that because the most indian’s and pakistani’s don’t like each other. She talks to Joe and thinks he wouldn’t understand her problem with getting called Paki – but he does. He is Irish and so he know’s how it feels having a problem with a territorial conflict.
(A map of the Kashmir region)
(the Irish Flag)
Women’s Football & Mia Hamm!
April 17, 2008
Women’s Football. One of the most played Teamgames for women. Also it’s one of the few sports with professional Leagues for women! Since 1969 there is also a women’s league in GB, which resulted out of the bigger interest in the World Cup in England 1966. In the last years women’s Football became more and more famous and the sport became more and more profressional. For example the Women’s Euro – it all started in 1982 and it get’s bigger and bigger every time! The first World Cup was 1991 in China and the strong USA won it. You’ll find a list of other sports for women also at Wikipedia.
(Mia Hamm)
Mia Hamm, was born at the 17th March 1972 in Alabama (USA). She is a former Football-player and she scored more points than any other (wo)man in the history of football. Here you’ll find additional information about Mia Hamm’s success’s.
Here some facts about here Career!
- Two-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2004), silver medalist (2000)
- Two-time FIFA Women’s World Player of the year (2001 and 2002)
- World’s all-time leading scorer with 136 goals and 114 assists for 386 points
- Member of 1991 and 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup gold medal winning teams
Indian people in the UK
April 8, 2008
| Ethnic group | Population | % of total* |
|---|---|---|
| White British | 50,366,497 | 85.7% |
| White Irish | 691,232 | 1.2% |
| White (other) | 3,096,169 | 5.3% |
| Mixed race | 677,117 | 1.2% |
| Indian | 1,053,411 | 1.8% |
| Pakistani | 747,285 | 1.3% |
| Bangladeshi | 283,063 | 0.5% |
| Other Asian (non-Chinese) | 247,644 | 0.4% |
| Black Caribbean | 565,876 | 1.0% |
| Black African | 485,277 | 0.8% |
| Black (others) | 97,585 | 0.2% |
| Chinese | 247,403 | 0.4% |
| Other | 230,615 | 0.4% |
| * Percentage of total UK population | ||
You see the Indian group is big with nearly 1.05 million really big.
Teaser/Trailer of “Bend it like Beckham”
April 8, 2008
The “Bend it Like Beckham” Theatrical Trailer
“Bend it like Beckham” – I’ll sum it up!
April 8, 2008
Well, “Bend it like Beckham” is about a young girl called Jesminder ‘Jess’ Kaur Bhamra. She is a football-loving daughter of a Indian family in London. Unlike her, her mother doesn’t like football – call’s it even “football shootball” – she thinks it’s not good for a traditional Indian girl to like football. She has a older sister which is the more loved one. She is called “Pinky” and she is a traditional Indian girl, her mother wants Jess to be. Pinky is prepared to live a life full of cooking but Jessminder doesn’t want to live like that. She wants to be a professional football player just like her big Idol David Beckham.
Facts about Mr. Beckham
April 8, 2008
David Robert Joseph Beckham was born at the 2nd May 1975. He was born in London and he’s 6 feet tall. He played for
and is currently playing for Los Angeles Galaxy. He has three sons with his wife Victoria Beckham.
Hello world!
April 8, 2008
Welcome to my blog! I’ll report about “bend it like beckham” asap.
