A review of Andrew Downie’s new biography of the Brazilian footballer Sócrates, for The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-good-doctor/article18159803.ece
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Brazil’s ignominious football World Cup
My comment in The Hindu on the Football World Cup, which begins next week in Brazil. I argue here that for most Brazilians view their government’s decision to spend 15 billion dollars on hosting the event as a Most Brazilians view this as a depraved act of profligacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/brazils-ignominious-football-world-cup/article6090095.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 