Monsoon wedding

MONSOON WEDDING - The extended Aditi family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. Monsoon Wedding traces five intersecting stories. The family's hopes, anxieties and long-guarded secrets emerge amid frantic wedding preparations.



ARRANGED MARRIAGE - Marriages planned by their parents and oher respected family-members. The institution of marriage in India is considered a very important one.

Differences in our weddings and their weddings - The similar is the flowers, the photos, the time in family... But the different is the way in which they celebrate it, and that when the people marries, they are known of long before.


CREDITS: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/
http://monsoonwedding.indiatimes.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arranged_marriages_in_India
and in the differences: my opinion.

Bollywood, Indians films and Mira Nair.

BOLLYWOOD : Is the informal term populary used for Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. Bollywood is one of the largest films producers in the world, is how Hollywood in England, but in India is Bollywood. The films usually are the same.

INDIAN CINEMA : The indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of

films producted anually.
Indians films: Monsoon wedding, Gandhi, Earth, English August, Bollywood Calling, Salaam Bombay, A train to Pakistan, A passage to India, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Hyderabad Blues.

Mira Nair : She was born in Rarkela, October 15, 1957. Is an indian-born New York-based film director. Her production company is Mirabai films. She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. At the beginning of her career as a films artist, Nair directed four documentaries.

CREDITS:
http://mundobollywood.blogspot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Nair
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619762/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India

"Fallas & "holy week"

In this time, to be on vacation, the only that I have done is to go out with my friends, for a stroll or walk, to see fallas and throwing "petardos". I passed it very well, because my friends are very funnies and always we're with a smile in the face.

Later, at night, we were in the street and in the "falla" of a friend that they gave us beverage.

We were in the park, in the fallas, in the house of one, in the street, with all the people of paterna, with many people... And one day I was in the gulliver and in the city of the arts and the sciences because came a cousin of a friend, that she was of Madrid.

I have known to many people, very funny and very friendly.

The only that I can say is that I passed it very well and the next fallas will be better. And in holy week I have done the same thing, go out with my friends but without the fallas, because fallas was finished.

INDIA

INDIAN ECONOMY - India's economic history can be broadly divided into three eras, beginning with the pre-colonial period lasting up to the 17th century. The advent of British colonisation started the colonial period in the 17th century, which ended with independence in 1947. India's economy is diverse, encompassing agriculture, handicrafts, textile, manufacturing, and a multitude of services.



INDIAN SOCIETY - Indian society is an extent perhaps unknown in any other of the world's great civilizations.



HISTORY OF INDIA - The history of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent from 3300 to 1700. Islam arrived on the subcontinent early in the 8th century CE with the conquest of Baluchistan and Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim. During the first half of the 20th century, a nationwide struggle for independence was launched by the Indian National Congress, and later joined by the Muslim League. The subcontinent gained independence from Great Britain in 1947.

CREDITS : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_India

Past continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS;
FORM: [was/were + present participle]

Use the past continuous to indicate an action in the past was interrupted.

I was dancing when I met Javi
I wasn't dreaming, it was real
What were you doing when you met your best friend?

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE:
I was watching TV when she called.

NEGATIVE:
I wasn't watching TV when she called

INTERROGATIVE:
Was I wathing TV when she called?

The Past Continuous is interrupted by a shorter action in the Past Simple. You can also use a specific time as an interruption.

Examples:

Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

CREDITS: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

http://www.nb2.go.th/~praphas/english/grammarcon/40.gif

A country of Africa

MADAGASCAR

Madagascar is a country of Africa.

The official name is: 'Repoblikan'i Madagaskara'.

Is the fourth-largest island in the world.

Located: East: Island.

Capital: Antananarivo (Tana)

Area: 594.180 sq km.

Population: 15.4 million

Languages: Malagasy and French

It includes much smaller islands and high mountains in a central chain.

The economy of Madagascar is dominated by agriculture.

Is the island more big to Africa and the fourth more big in the world. It is separate by "the canal of Mozambique"

The est rivers are shorts and torrentials, but in the occidental part are more bigs and longs.

CREDITS: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar

http://www.ikuska.com/Africa/Paises/Madagascar.htm

PRESENT PERFECT

To use the present perfect is needed this form: has/have + past participle.

We use the present perfect to refer an action that happened at an unspecified time before now, but the exact time is not important.

AFFIRMATIVE;
People have traveled to the moon.
I have been in London many times.

NEGATIVE;
People haven't traveled to the moon.
I haven't been in London many times.

INTERROGATIVE;
Have the people traveled to the moon?
Have I been in London many times?


We can't use the present perfect with specific time expressions: yesterday, one year ago, last week, etc... but we can use with unspecific expressions: ever, never, many times, before, etc.

The difference between past simple and present perfect is that to use the present perfect is needed add have/has .

CREDITS: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/pres_perf.htm