Towards the end of our month-long sojourn in Brazil, courtesy the Group Study Exchange Programme of Rotary International, we came to a small city, Sao Jose do Rio Prato, St. Joseph of the Black River. We had crisscrossed Sao Paulo state, starting our journey from the megapolis, Sao Paulo, we travelled to tiny habitations like Fernandopolis, Jales, Cafelandia... We had helicopter rides, river cruises and numerous visits to schools, hospitals and small factories. We were in the local newspapers, the city mayors extended warm welcome to us. To a whole lot of the hinterland Brazilians, an encounter with a group of Indians was a novel experience. That we could rattle off the names of Brazilian World Cuppers was something that startled them most. Thanks to a crash course in Berlitz School, London, we had picked up
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