def index(request):
    latest_posts_list = Post.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5]
    req = request.method   # is shown easily in {{ req }} because it's a string
    # request.body is a byte string and i see nothing if using {{ req }}
    req = request.body.decode('utf-8') # doesn't help
    req = unicode(request.body) # doesn't help
    return render_to_response(
    'posts/index.html',
        {'latest_posts_list' : latest_posts_list,
          'req' : req
        }
    )