The travel from Delhi to Ghat takes nearly 2 days. It’s a long, difficult travel – the roads are bad, landslides, hundreds of curves. When I arrive there – thanks to the help of Karuna Social Service Society (KSSS), a Social Service Wing of Diocese Bijnor, I discover an amazing and – at the same…
Category: culture
Happy New Year and welcome to a Better world!
A friend of mine lost his job a few days ago because the company did not achieve the golden goal of 250000 EUR more profit than in 2014. But 180 000 EUR only, only a 5% growth…Well, things happen. The cover of the newspaper is full of questions what will be in 2016. Questions about…
Colourful kindergarten paintings in India and an innovative learning culture for better managers
During the last year I have visited some Indian kindergarten – mostly in rural areas in the South where nature, water and animals play a huge role in many people’s life. There are still a lot of old small buildings and often the surroundings are quite unhealthy: Inhouse smoking (cooking places), wet walls,…
Car market pictures, comb stories and a challenging walk in Bangalore
Today I have been to Bharati Nagar (BN), a part of Bangalore which – for sure- is not the famous part of a modern Indian city and rarely part of an offered sightseeing tour. It takes you to the heart of poverty and back to past centuries. It’s raining today and very muddy – ,…
Encourage courage!
Today I participated in a workshop in Berlin where stakeholders from different sectors discussed on “social Intrapreneurship – added value for companies and society”. There are a lot of discussions ongoing – across all sectors. That’s interesting. What it is, what it is not, how to measure, if to measure, is it measurable at all…
My top 14 Phuket pics
Tourism, nice beaches, long tail boats – that is what comes to our minds when we think of Phuket. It’s true, it is a fantastic piece of earth. But it is a place where also ‘normal life ‘ takes place and some things happen that are not nice at all. Here my personal favorite photo…
Kho Phi Phi – a paradise for realists
There is no paradise on earth. You should know. But an idea on how it could look you can get when you visit Kho Phi Phi in the low season and you don’t stop at the ferry pier where the day tourists come and – of course – Kho Phi Phi’ habitants have discovered well…
About butterflies, good women and fatalism
We enter a small secondary street at Patong, the famous beach in Phuket,Thailand. Patong is known especially because of its red-light district. In front of us there is the Good Shepherd vocational center, a location for Thai women and girls, working in the red light surroundings, to learn better English, to study for a…
My 14 incredible Bangkok moments
A few days in Bangkok and surroundings … but a really impressive city! These are my personal highlights: