Just when you get complacent with everything you have learnt, life makes you realise you haven’t really begun. This is what Pondicherry has been to me in the past two weeks. Peace and Conflict in Pondy is something I had been eyeing for the past five years. I yearned, and I schemed. I must add
“Do you see the moon standing over there? There is only half of it to see, And yet it is round, and fair! So it is with several things That we mock confidently, Because our eyes see them not.” That is the English translation (source: http://german.about.com/od/literature/a/Der-Mond-Ist-Aufgegangen.htm) of my favourite stanza from the German song
With just a week more to bring the semester to an end, the students in Ghana are seriously working on their group papers.They spend more time on making researches, discussions and writing. Activitities for this weekend include (i). oral presentation of the group papers and (ii). farewell party. CLICK TO WATCH KULTURSTUDIER ON TV
Last Saturday, two students from Kulturstudier, Tobi and Emil and another friend of theirs Julia travelled to Accra to take part in a live TV programme. “The DIVA SHOW” on TV3 is programme that brings together different groups of people to discuss issues relating to sports in the country and in the world in general.
As I see Eid wishes circulate around the Internet in the form of Facebook updates and Twitter posts, especially by people who are not Muslims, I too send out a wish: May this festival inspire all these well-wishers to make an attempt to learn more about Islam, and about Muslims. Why do I wish this?
The second day of the trip began with a tour of the Akosombo dam in the morning. There was a brief education on the history of the dam, funding and its construction. After a brief tour of the dam that lasted for less than an hour, we left to the Volta River Authority’s (VRA) department
Last week, we began our new module titled ‘Peace and Conflict in Southasia’ with Dr. Sudha Ramachandran who came from Bangalore full of energy and things to share. In the first two days, we got a pretty rich overview of ethno-political conflicts in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma and the Maldives. What was particularly enriching
The Akosombo Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Adjena gorge of the Volta River. It is in the southeastern part of Ghana. The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin, and led to a subsequent creation of what has become the world’s largest man-made lake (Lake Volta). Covering an area of 8,502 square kilometres
There are some lectures that you move you in ways that only intimate conversations can. I am referring to Prof Alpaslan Ozerdem’s last lecture with us. It was a Thursday morning. He was talking about post-conflict reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There was something special and sacred about this class. Alpaslan spoke from a place
In the words of Laurie Colwin “No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present and the wisdom of cookbook writers.” For the students of Kulturstudier-Ghana, learning to cook as a group and working
