At 10.30 am the Workshop should start. When I enter the meeting room at 10 am most of the 15 kindergarten teachers are already sitting in the room and waiting. Whoever says that all Indian meetings starts much later than fixed is wrong. We will work together on a health game and discuss the…
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A heartwarming co-existence with cows, dogs & goats in India’s cities
Cows, dogs, even monkeys and goats are a natural part of India’s cities and present everywhere – even in the metropolis like Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. This might be surprising and unusual for tourists who visit the subcontinent for the first time. But it takes only a short while unless one gets used to it….
Feel at home – and live the spirit of a Haveli
I have never met more interesting people in such a short time than during my stay at a Haveli in Ahmedabad. A Haveli originally was a rich merchants house and you can see many of them in Guajarat and Rajastan. Unfortunately, many of them have lost during the last 100 years their extraordinary splendor,…
My preferred Indian Christmas picture
I’m visiting often our Making More Health kindergarten when I’m travelling in India. Also yesterday I passed by and found this nativity scene. It’s amazing – simply because it shows that it could be so easy too accept each other, to share and to enjoy different cultures. In Europe we often tolerate by avoiding “the…
Refugees and Social intrapreneurship: think beyond donations
There are more than 20 million people in the world who leave their countries looking for a better life. All over the world. Every day arrive thousands of people in Western countries and discussion on the refugee issues dominate the media andsocial channels. There are many needs to fulfill for the arriving refugees. Not everyone…
Talk Love, talk Business – two different worlds
Part-time empathy When I meet people during lunch time, when I talk to neighbors, friends and family, whenever I meet people outside the official business hours and talk about social engagement and empathy, about making the world a little bit better, I’m very often surprised. Most of the people around me get excited and very…
Go around the corner – discover life for pottery
It is a rather quiet area in one of the outer city parts of Coimbatore. The streets are small and the colourful, one and two room houses at the right and left reflect the lifestyle of its habitants. It is – compared with many other Indian streets in the surroundings – a very clean and…
“Coffeeboy” – a young Riksha driver in Hampi and how he got his own Riksha at 17 years only
He is 23 years old. His parents died when he was very young. At the age of 12 he left school, worked for a bakery, later he learned how to repair air conditioners before he started his career as Riksha driver – with a rented Riksha. He lives with the aunt. “She is strong….
Puppet players, folk singers, fascination – the slum and some big dreams
One day a court guardian asked the King to get some days off, because of his own marriage. But during those days a lot of bad things happened and he could not come back in time. The king got angry and sent some other guardians to search for him. When they found him, they…
The ‘Learn to pay’ phase – that’s possible in India only
I’d wished we had some more India style trials in Europe. Sometimes and in certain circumstances, like that one I experienced today at a toll station in Kerala close to Pallakad and the border with Tamil Nadu: there, during the last months a new Indian highway has been built – not comparable with a European…
Go India, go future! 