Lights of Change: Sustainable Bollywood

"Stop - the hair". The director is sitting in front of two screens just around the corner of the set so that he can observe everything without being in the way of the camera. I am currently witnessing behind the scenes how a new episode of a popular Indian TV series is produced. I make

Shaking, Stepping, Jumping – 3 h of Bollywood dance

"You have to concentrate! Now we take our right arm and lift our right leg in order to..." Akshay is facing the mirror while talking to us - a group of University of Denver students on their interterm-class exploring the secrets of Bollywood. If you follow my blog you already know that I started my

Rajasthan – a wild discovery journey

"No, no. It was only a small wedding. 10 guests for each family." The young man next to me is slim, he smiles while telling about the wedding ceremony of his younger brother for which he just returns home from Jodhpur. It is one of the shorter train rides for me, a bit longer than

From Ajmer via Pushkar to Jaipur – a rollercoaster of experiences

"Pushkar?" "Pushkar?" I freak out innerly, but stay nice and calm outside. "No, thank you". I just arrived at the train station at Ajmer. I experience exactly what I read: Normally tourists do not stop at Ajmer, but directly go on to travel to Pushkar. I decided to at least spend some hours in this

From Hinduism mythology to women empowerment

The singer’s voice is soft but audible. She is sitting at the edge of the stage, a guitar in her hand. She does not seem nervous. As the last act of the evening, she invites us to join her singing a popular Indian song. I do neither know the lyrics nor the melody, but I

Unraveling India’s Packaging Tapestry

The man opposite to me has just finished his package of chips. "American Style Sour Cream" is what I can read on its front. I find it slightly weird that I as a German, studying in the US track an Indian in an Indian second class sleeping cabin in a night train enjoying American Chips.

Flying for a purpose

"If you do a split now, I will donate $ 1000" Both men who are standing in the queue of the outdoor cocktail bar opposite to me start laughing simultaneously. "I can teach you and then you can show your skills at the next Trivia!" is what I tell them while lowering my left foot

How do trains sleep? Looking back at my Falling Walls Experience

"Yes, I had this issue already within the last days several times. People approached me asking whether I am the 1.30 bus heading to Uelzen. But I am not. I am just the bus coming from Uelzen and driving home now". The bus driver is very nice, but his kind attitude does not help to

Zusammenarbeit und Aufgabenaufteilung – das netzwerk n Coaching bei der IPU Berlin

Seit 2019 bin ich als sogenannte Wandercoachin des netzwerk n aktiv. Eine wahnsinnig tolle Organisation zum Voranbringen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung an Hochschulen. Nach zahlreichen Wochenendworkshops, die ich an unterschiedlichen Bildungseinrichtungen angeleitet habe, dem Inputgeben auf Kongressen und dem Moderieren von Diskussionsrunden, habe ich im Juli diesen Jahres mein erstes Onlinecoaching abgehalten. „Und ihr seht mich

„Voll“er neuer Erfahrungen – als Deutsche im US Profichor – Teil III

Der vorerst letzte Teil meiner Trilogie über die ersten zwei Monate in Denver. Ab Morgen geht es erst einmal nach Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston und Chicago. Ich halte euch auf dem Laufenden! Mitten im Wahlkampf „What did you think about the debate”. Eigentlich hatte ich diese Frage zunächst von meiner Dozentin beantwortet bekommen wollen,