Perhaps, the entire world sees Holi as a festival that is full of colours, that looks so bright sunshine could fade out. Holi is all of that and more. Before the day the festival of Holi is celebrated with colours, there is a ritual where a fire is lit and ceremonial things are burnt. This
Buenos Aires is described as a sensual satisfaction. This is some of my absolute favorite things to enjoy in the Argentine capital. Jacaranda Trees in Bloom Every spring Buenos Aires turns into an immense purple flower. A glimpse of the bloom of the city’s more than 11 000 astounding Jacaranda trees is reason to visit
“Me hacés una gauchada?” – Spanish for “Can you do me a favour?” The hero wanders of the Pampas. The romanticized lawless cowboys. The free-living legends of the Argentina society. Once nomad cowboys of the vast fertile grasslands. A horsemen envisioning himself as a centaur – a half-human, half-horse. In the pampas town of Coronel Vidal
I left Hoi An only a few days after our goodbye party. Me and Cecilie travelled together, first night spent in a nice hotel in Da Nang before our flight to Bali, Denpasar. We booked a few nights in Uluwatu at the south coast. I did not take too many pictures, however, I have collected
After some time living and studying in Hoi An I would like to present some pros and cons of being a development student in this city that I now can call my second home. PROS Experience how lucky and privileged I am in comparison to so many others Getting to know 23 new people and
During this semester, we have two exams. One of them is the group exam, which I personally looked the least forward to. I find it a bit hard to write one paper together with four other brains with different ideas. However, we were told to write down a list of preferred topicsa and then we
Our Hoi An experience is almost over! The last week has included a lot of recapping of the essential topics in our studies. However, the issues have been presented from other perspectives. Our lecturer, Roy, also like to present topics with photos as a tool and learning method. In my opinion, this week has been
As a South Asian student doing this program, my experience was different from the other Scandinavians. This difference does not diminish my experience but it simply means, that I got an experience I would never get otherwise. The most ironic consequence of studying with people belonging to another culture in the place of your own
Just one more addition to the perks that you get upon doing this course, is cultural evenings. One cultural evening we had a chaat party. I suppose there is no perfect translation for chaat into English but I also suppose that eating some snack in the evening might be present in many cultures. In India,
The students of Peace and Conflict Studies for this semester got a unique opportunity on 23rd February 2017 when the ambassadors of the Nordic countries to India decided to visit us. It was very much a once in a lifetime opportunity for us. For them to come down from Delhi and meet us was a
