I remember how much I cried. I was reading the newspaper, as part of my media analysis, and the words were hurting me. It happened years ago and I am still able to recall some of the facts, phrases, photographs and even diagrams related to my work. It was a research about media re-construction of [...]

I have grown to truly love Bavaria and so I will try, within the next few lines, to share the reasons why this ‘land’ offers almost everything one can wish for. For the past 3 months I have been living in Munich which is located in the Southern part of Germany, Bavaria. Thankfully, during my [...]

The Summer Semester ended here in the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and therewith I had to say goodbye to a lot of people. Some just finished their studies, some went abroad for their own exchange programms, some just got back home – which happened to be the fact for some other exchange students. Was quite hard [...]

The weekend gone-by is an important one in my sporting life! This was the first time ever when I made a serious attempt at playing tennis. Coming from India – a country that eats, sleeps and breathes cricket to such a level of addiction that all other sports take a back seat, I never had [...]

Yesterday the language school where I study Deutsch organized a summer festival and invited students and residents of the city. The weather and the locational setting was beautiful. It took place on the back-lawn and there were many guests. There was free food and drinks and a live band that played international music. It was [...]

A few thoughts on my country as inspired by my German experience, on the occasion of India’s Independence Day.

I knew this trip was going to come to an end sooner than later, but somehow it still shocks me when I realize that I’ve spent three months in a different country and now I’m about to set foot on a plane that will take me far away from what I just adjusted to. Time [...]

Memories come and go. Indeed, what we remember is always a mystery. We could have certain details stock in our head.  It is like a collage of smells, places, faces, lights. There is this popular belief that we are not able to forget. I think it is fallacious. We forget, we didn’t notice maybe, but [...]

In my home country most people travel by car or by public transport. Our big distances and long and cold winters have led to cities not investing in infrastructure for bikes. It is therefore always a risky adventure to bike from point A to B in Canada. There are very rarely bike lanes but more [...]

So, another post about Heidelberg. Why not? I’ve now been here for a while, settled in and things have moved on from first impressions.  Prepare for a picture round – the first of many! I have been making good use of my camera. Don’t worry: should you ever visit any of these places, seeing my [...]